| 2008 has been an exciting year for innovation in | | | | With all the new robotic unmanned vehicle research |
| technology, not a week has gone by without a | | | | we will soon have self Driving cars, trucks, planes and |
| major breakthrough or scientific discovery. But what | | | | trains. Indeed, they are almost ready to roll out now, |
| do some of these new discoveries, innovations or | | | | only one hang up, acceptance. Will the general public |
| inventions mean for our future? How will life change | | | | accept them? Perhaps, but it might be another |
| for the human race or our civilizations and societies | | | | 5-years. |
| due to these breakthroughs? | | | | Nano-technology in new materials could usher in the |
| Holographic Cell Phone projection is here, and in four | | | | age of hydrogen fueled vehicles. Nano-tech in |
| to five years we will see the first units available and | | | | medicine will be available for dental uses, knee |
| within 8-years we will see these available for the | | | | surgeries, organ strengthening and cancer fighting. |
| general public. And the first 3D living room | | | | Nano-machines for nearly ever medical purpose will |
| technologies are now available too. | | | | be in the works as well. |