Science Documentary:Future Scenarios, Nanotechnology, Carbon Nanotubes, Nanomagnetism As technology progresses into the future, it can bear several very different scenarios. The first part of this video talks about three possible outcomes. The first of these scenarios involves a positive outlook on aging. Our perspective on aging has changed over time. As technology advances, we will inevitably see people living much longer and healthier. The second prediction for the future, involves a much less optimistic scenario. As much as there are scientists who are on the side of our first future scenario, there are many scientists who believe that the future is much more grim due to our technological advances. So much so that they predict the extinction of life as we know it on the planet. The third is referred to as the prevail scenario. The idea of this prediction is that unlike the extremes of the other two predictions, in the prevail scenario, humans will be able to observe changes and adapt or adjust before those changes become unable to be reversed. For some time now, scientists have used cochlear implants for totally deaf patients. A cochlear implant takes a sound and converts it into a digital signal and then sends it to the brain. In 2004, the FDA approved similar technology for ocular implants to treat and cure blindness in the future. Much in the way that we see our music players going from a big bulky boom box to a tiny mp3 player, we will see a similar path for other technology. There is military technology that allows a soldier to use a universal translator to communicate in other languages. At the present time it is large and expensive, but in the future we could see this technology shrink down to a chip for implanting directly into your brain. So you could buy an implant that could make you fluent in the language of your choice. Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter at the atomic level in order to create anything you desire. Nanotechnology will change the future of energy. There is now available, plastic sheets with printed nanocircuits that use solar energy and convert it to electricity. These big plastic sheets will soon be very affordable and you can place these sheets anywhere you like. You can make anything you like that requires electricity to utilize solar power. Nanobots are another promise of nanotechnology. Nanobots are smaller that a human blood cell. It is possible to place millions of these nanobots in your blood stream to monitor for diseased cells well in advance of experiencing any symptoms. Nanobots could also be sent into the body to destroy cancer cells, or fat cells, etc. The merging of nanotechnology and biotechnology. Since we humans have a 0.1 difference in DNA sequence, we all look and behave very different, and are susceptible to different diseases. Corneal dystrophy is a genetic disease that causes blindness. If your mother or father has this type of genetic mutation, you will not become blind unless you had lasik surgery, then you would be blind in two or three years. So by diagnosing very early on to determine the presence of such a genetic mutation, we can prevent these people from receiving lasik surgery. This diagnostic technique can be used to detect an exact pathogenic microorganism so you can prescribe the right antibiotics without encountering any problems with resistance to antibiotics, by making a nano chip , to identify the exact microorganism. Nanotechnology can be used to test the presence of toxic chemicals on your fruits and vegetables. You can make an inexpensive chip with an immobilized enzyme that can detect such toxic chemicals. Aside from diagnostic uses of the merging of nanotechnology with biotechnology; there are also production capabilities. You can make quantum dots, magnets and many other things that you would other wise not be able to make without synthesizing microorganisms. There is the potential to produce items using spider silk, which is the strongest natural fiber in the world. And with such a useful and strong fiber, you can make a better bullet proof vest, types of rope, and other useful materials. Carbon nanotubes are small, very light but highly conductive and have unlimited applications from batteries to touchscreens. But not all carbon nanotubes are the same, there are right nanotubes and wrong nanotubes and we need to know the difference. Silver nanoparticles are released from silverware but whether or not silver nanoparticles are good or bad for you is still up for debate. Nanomagetism is another interesting field of study within nanotechnology, and has applications in computer science, art and electronics. Science Documentary: Creating Brain Systems,Quantum Computing, Quantum mechanics and Consciousness http://youtu.be/4sjfihak6FY Science Documentary: Nanotechnology,Quantum Computers, Cyborg Anthropology a future tech documentary http://youtu.be/sCLnHKl0GT4

• published: 20 Jan 2015
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