300 Famous Scientists Tell Us What the Future Holds

Michio Kaku, a very famous physicist, writer and television presenter in the United States, interviewed 300 leading scientists from around the world and came to some conclusions about what our future will look like.

In his books and lectures, Michio shows what awaits us in 20, 50 and 100 years.

O awesome.club gathered the most interesting predictions and presents them first hand.

In the coming decades, special contact lenses will appear, with which we will be able to access the Internet with just a blink. People will see the world like the robot in the movie Terminator: different additional data will appear about the real-time view of reality. During the conversation with an interlocutor, you will see information about him, and if he speaks another language, you will be able to understand him with the help of subtitles. Did you pass an old acquaintance on the street and don’t remember his name? The computer will determine who it is and help you recognize it. Want to buy a product and have information about it before purchase? All products will have electronic chips built in, and you will be able to read your data quickly.

This type of lens will consume very little power, so you won’t have to worry about running out of battery. We would have unlimited access to information anywhere and anytime! Wouldn’t it be too much?

The development of nanotechnology will allow, in about 20 years, programmable matter to emerge, which can take any form. It will be composed of microscopic computer chips or “clay atoms”, which can be reprogrammed, molded. It will be possible to model plastic and even metal objects, as if they were plasticine: you can reduce the size of your cell phone to fit in your pocket or transform a children’s toy that has become boring for your child into something totally new. Home appliances and furniture will be made of this material, so the interior of your apartment can be changed in a few minutes.

Doctors and patients will use a computer program called Robodoc, which will receive information from the network and provide valuable guidance!

Also, instead of wasting time going to a doctor, getting tests and waiting for results, you can analyze your health with lenses or a smart watch.

The state of health of your organism will be controlled by sensors integrated in the clothes and even in the toilet, which will register changes in real time, alerting to the occurrence of possible diseases still in their initial stages. For example, with the first symptoms of cancer, long before the appearance of the tumor, the doctor will inject nanoparticles that will stop the mutation of genes and prevent the development of the disease.

Computer screens will be more flexible and paper-thin. They can be unglued and rolled up like parchment. Not only will cell phones be “smart”, but also wallpapers, and you’ll be able to literally chat with them.

For example, if you feel something in your chest at 4 am and you don’t know why, a system integrated with online diagnostic mechanisms (the same ones just mentioned) can, based on data already stored about other aspects of your health, indicate if you are having a heart attack. The same system will indicate how to act and, if necessary, will automatically call the emergency service.

Smart vehicles are already a reality. Some of them already park themselves, with a simple voice command. The age of driverless cars is just beginning and is expected to gain momentum in the coming decades.

Another area of ​​the automobile market that should develop in the coming years is the technologies linked to flying cars, which move thanks to the use of superconductors. it is believed that, by the end of the 21st century, asphalt roads will have been replaced by superconducting roads. This technology is already a reality in super-fast trains in countries such as Germany, China and Japan. The maximum speed of a train with these characteristics was recorded in 2015, in the Japanese city of Yamanashi, and was an incredible 603 km/h.

Scientists consulted by Michio Kaku believe that in 2017 (in less than 10 years, therefore), the Internet will have been replaced by a ‘brainet’, a network somehow linked to our brains. According to the researchers, computers will learn to read impressions and memories and will be able to transmit them through the Internet. Instead of emojis, you’ll be able to send your friends your real emotions, and the load of memories can help, for example, people with diseases like Alzheimer’s to recover their memory.

We will also be able to record aromas, flavors and tactile sensations, and transmit them to corresponding parts of the brain, creating in the person’s mind an illusion indistinguishable from reality. It will be called ‘controlled illusion’. The impacts of these novelties on the film industry, for example, are expected to be enormous…

Neurobiologists are already able to understand what a person is dreaming about through their brain activity, but for now this is very confusing. However, technology is developing and in the future it will be possible to record dreams.

Already today, in the United States, China, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates, they are making houses with 3D printers. Soon, we’ll be able to print anything we need: from ice cream to jewelry, from toys to a new home you’ve designed yourself!

What’s more, people will be able to visualize their fantasies with the help of technology. The image that pops into your mind can be printed on a 3D printer. It will be a new art form.

Recently, Chinese scientists created new ears from biodegradable plastic for children who were born with a defect in the ear canal. A group of cells from this zone was ‘seeded’ on a plastic casing and, when it grew, the material dissolved, leaving, in its place, an organ made with human tissue (which can be implanted in a person, without risk of rejection ).

Based on this same technology, it will be possible to regenerate skin, cartilage, blood vessels, trachea and, later on, more complex organs such as the liver, kidneys and even the brain. Anthony Atala, a Peruvian scientist who works at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, in the United States, is one of the pioneers in research in this field.

Stem cell technology will continue to develop, and with its help, we will learn to treat spinal cord injuries, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s and even cancer. In the future, people will regenerate lost limbs.

By 2100, researchers predict that people will live to be over 150 years old.

Already today, in Silicon Valley, a region that concentrates technology companies in the United States, there is a company that can create digital copies of anyone, analyzing social networks and other personal data. This company can even create a robot that will speak similarly to the way you speak, using similar expressions and reasoning patterns. This is a technology that is expected to develop significantly in the coming decades.

In 2009, the Human Connectome project was launched, whose objective was to create a map of the human brain. Thanks to him, we will soon be able to digitize the human mind and in the future create a digital copy of people. Thus, digitized, your brain will have a backup that will exist for thousands of years, allowing, for example, your great-grandchildren to know how you thought and what you felt.

What’s more, your copy can go into space with the help of a laser system. The projection will allow your data to reach the Moon in a second; on Mars in 20 seconds and in the constellation Alpha Centauri in four years.

What is the smartest robot there is? The wisest in the world is the Japanese Asimo, who can run, climb stairs, talk and dance, but has the intelligence of a cockroach.

But artificial intelligence has advanced rapidly. In a few years, robots will reach the level of mouse intelligence. Then that of cats and dogs, and at the beginning of the next century, will be able to reach the intelligence of the ape!

And then, you must already be imagining scenes like the Terminator movies, in which machines become super smart and decide to take power. Well, scientists believe that when that happens, a robot will have to be programmed to self-destruct if it decides to kill a human.

Okay, maybe the robots themselves will learn to deprogram this self-destructive function. But we hope that by then, men and machines will live peacefully and robots can be used for complex and risky tasks like exploring space.

Will it be? Let’s wait…

Surprising, isn’t it? Will all this really come to fruition? Well, the fact is, 30 years ago, for example, we had no idea that technology would reach the level it has today. We hope that the future will be even more brilliant. Share your opinion on the future of humanity in the comments! 🇧🇷