Pearsonhas __1__ togethertoworkofhundredsofresearchersaroundtheworldtoproducea __2__ millenniumtechnologycalendarthatgivesthelatestdateswhenwecanexpecthundredsofkey __3__ anddiscoveriestotakeplace. Someofthebiggestdevelopmentswillbeinmedicine, includingan __4__ lifeexpectancyanddozensofartificialorgans __5__ intousebetweennowand 2040.
Pearsonalso __6__ abreakthroughincomputerhumanlinks. "Bylinking __7__ toournervoussystem, computerscouldpickup __8__ wefeeland, hopefully, simulate __9__ toosothatwecanstartto __10__ fullsensoryenvironments, ratherliketheholidaysinTotalRecallortheStarTrekholodeck," hesays.
Butthat, Pearsonpoints __11__, isonlythestartofman-machine __12__:"Itwillbethebeginningofthelongprocessofintegrationthatwill __13__ leadtoafullyelectronichumanbeforetheendofthenextcentury."__14__ hisresearch, Pearsonisabletoputdatestomostofthebreakthroughsthatcanbepredicted. However, therearestillno __15__ forwhenfaster-than-lighttravelwillbe __16__, orwhenhumancloningwillbeperfected, orwhentimetravelwillbepossible.
Buthedoes __17__ socialproblemsasaresultoftechnologicaladvances. Aboominneighborhoodsurveillancecameraswill, forexample, __18__ problemsin 2010, whilethearrivalofsynthetic __19__ robotswillmeanpeoplemaynotbeableto __20__ betweentheirhumanfriendsandthedroids. Andhomeapplianceswillalsobecomesosmartthatcontrollingandoperatingthemwillresultinthebreakoutofanewpsychologicaldisorder-kitchenrage.
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