Future Trends

Magazine articles on future trends in science.

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IEEE Spectrum February 2007 James Oberg	Putting up the Ritz What happens when a real estate tycoon who's made a pile of money starts thinking really big? In the case of Robert Bigelow, he starts working out a way to build hotels in outer space. And he just might be smart enough, rich enough, and driven enough to pull it off.
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Samuel K. Moore	Cold Fission If a nuclear version of a solar cell sounds like one of the old atomic battery concepts from the 1950s, it is, but with a potentially all-new twist.
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Roy Rubenstein	Radios Get Smart But can they be trusted to roam the spectrum and not interfere with existing users? Some analysts say it's only a matter of time before cognitive radios get into the commercial arena, because the economics are compelling.
Fast Company February 1, 2007 Adam L. Penenberg	Can't Touch This Working all but alone from his hardware-strewn office, Jeff Han is about to change the face of computing. Not even the big boys are likely to catch him.
PC Magazine November 15, 2006	Who's In Charge of Technology? Majority of experts say we won't be able to control our technologies in the future.
Fast Company November 2006 Clive Thompson	A Head For Detail Gordon Bell feeds every piece of his life into a surrogate brain called MyLifeBits, and soon the rest of us will be able to do the same. But does perfect memory make you smarter, or just drive you nuts?
IEEE Spectrum November 2006 John Voelcker	Electric Cars For Enlightened Stars Tesla Roadster... Chevrolet Sequel... Tango 600...
IEEE Spectrum November 2006 Willie D. Jones	Blood Test New biometric sensors at ATMs and airports use infrared light to create a digital map of the blood vessels inside a person's hand.
IEEE Spectrum November 2006 Alexander Hellemans	Spin Doctoring Many research groups around the world are looking for ways to replace copper connections on VLSI chips. A really exotic concept relies on atomic spin, a quantum-mechanical property related to magnetism, and on waves generated when that spin is disturbed.
AskMen.com Ross Bonander	Top 10: Overlooked Doomsday Scenarios With the help of a little interpretative science the universe offers the imagination a host of lesser-known, but equally disastrous doomsday scenarios.
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