{"id":38456,"date":"2023-02-01T12:56:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T13:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/?p=38456"},"modified":"2023-02-01T14:40:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T14:40:11","slug":"the-future-technology-of-the-year-2100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/2023\/02\/01\/the-future-technology-of-the-year-2100\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future Technology of the Year 2100"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the year 1900, the world was in the midst of a machine revolution. As electrical power became more ubiquitous, tasks once done by hand were now completed quickly and efficiently by machine. Sewing machines<\/a> replaced needle and thread. Tractors replaced hoes. Typewriters<\/a> replaced pens. Automobiles replaced horse-drawn carriages.<\/p>\n

A hundred years later, in the year 2000, machines were again pushing the boundaries of what was possible. Humans could now work in space, thanks to the International Space Station<\/a>. We were finding out the composition of life thanks to the DNA sequencer. <\/a> Computers and the world wide web changed the way we learn, read, communicate, or start political revolutions<\/a>. <\/p>\n

So what will be the game-changing machines in the year 2100? How will they make our lives better, cleaner, safer, more efficient, and more exciting? <\/p>\n

We asked over three dozen experts, scientists, engineers, futurists, and organizations in five different disciplines, including climate change, military, infrastructure, transportation, and space exploration, about how the future technology of 2100 will change humanity. The answers we got back were thought-provoking, hopeful and, at times, apocalyptic. <\/p>\n

Climate: Adapt Until We Change<\/h2>\n
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In 2023, our planet is in trouble. Two centuries of fossil fuels have led to multiple environmental concerns that we are only now beginning to understand. By 2100, the world\u2019s sea level is predicted to rise anywhere between one foot to 12 feet<\/a>, putting billions of people at risk. Despite these dire warnings and well-founded fears, humans have always had a knack for adaptation. <\/p>\n

First is solving the biggest problem\u2014pollution. If fossil fuels are no longer around, then what will be powering our world in 2100? Hydro, electric, and wind are all obvious choices, but solar and fusion tech may prove the most promising. <\/p>\n

The classic joke about fusion energy<\/a> is that widespread adoption is always just \u201c20 years away\u201d<\/a> but private and government-funded projects<\/a> are in mad pursuit of this carbon-free energy source that would effectively create the \u201cperfect battery.\u201d <\/p>\n

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But capturing the Sun\u2019s rays is only the first step, we still need to figure out a way to store it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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But if fusion remains out of reach, we\u2019ve always got the Sun<\/a>. Although solar is already an important cog in any modern energy grid, in the year 2100, solar could play a much more central role. John Mankins<\/a>, former chief technologist for NASA Human Exploration & Development of Space, explained that it will be \u201csolar power satellites with long-range wireless power, delivering vast amounts of affordable solar energy to global markets\u201d that will be cleanly powering our planet decades from now. <\/p>\n

But capturing the Sun\u2019s rays is only the first step, we still need to figure out a way to store it<\/a>. By 2100, says disaster resilience expert and managing director at Deloitte Josh Sawislak, we very well could have solved this problem by making everything a solar power collector, from the paint on our house<\/a> to the asphalt on the road. People will then store this energy in a small, portable solar power device about the size of a modern-day smartphone. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll have a small device that I could run my car on,\u201d says Sawislak. <\/p>\n

The Sun\u2019s energy will be so useful to the future humans, that carbon power will disappear\u2014almost. \u201cCarbon-based power by 2100 will be like gas-lighting today,\u201d says Sawislak. \u201cYou are going to see it… just in places that are trying to be historic.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While the large-scale manipulation of the atmosphere and environment remains controversial<\/a>, many scientists think that it\u2019s worth exploring if we want any hope of keeping Earth human-friendly. Although the idea of massive machines extracting pollution and pumping life-saving mixtures sounds great, that vision comes saddled with a lot of caveats. <\/p>\n

The big concern is catastrophic consequences<\/a> by manipulating our atmosphere. In 2007, Harvard researchers concluded that geoengineering was just too risky right now<\/a>\u2014but what about in the 22nd century? What would such future technology look like?<\/p>\n

Maybe they\u2019ll be fleets of large drones blanketing the upper atmosphere<\/a> and emitting tons of extremely fine dust-like material into the sky above us? Or maybe it will be machines \u201cthat can efficiently remove greenhouse gases not only from point-sources, but also from the atmosphere on a large enough scale to halt and reverse global climate change,\u201d says Lisa Alvarez-Cohen<\/a>, professor of environmental engineering at Berkeley. <\/p>\n

But we don\u2019t have to wait for a new century for this kind of tech. In fact, it\u2019s already in the works.<\/a><\/p>\n

War: The Rise of the Robo-Soldier<\/h2>\n
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As long as Homo sapiens has walked the Earth, war has been an unavoidable part of life, and there\u2019s no doubt that wars will still be around decades from now. But in the next century, war may look a lot different than it does today. By 2100, human fatalities could decrease because of the increased reliance on artificial intelligence<\/a>, automation, and more exact weaponry.<\/p>\n

Merging machines, artificial intelligence, and humans on the battlefield in the 22nd century is hard for our 2023 minds to understand. These human\/machine mind melds may seem like science-fiction, but DARPA<\/a> told Popular Mechanics<\/em> that war could soon use \u201can unprecedented degree of human-machine symbiosis… with interfaces between these powerful systems and their human operators as seamless as possible.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWeapons will be smaller, faster, more versatile, and less lethal,\u201d Gil Metzger, the director of applied research at Lockheed Martin, told Popular Mechanics<\/em>. \u201cThey will be able to complete the mission with higher probability of success, but with substantially less collateral damage and fewer casualties.\u201d<\/p>\n

But not everyone believes that military AI and automation is a good thing. Mankins<\/a> thinks it\u2019s dangerous imagining a 22nd century where machines are \u201csanctioned by (world) governments with authority and ability to compel individual human compliance with force.\u201d Like a future dominated by Gort <\/a>or Skynet<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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