The renowned physicist and futurist Michio Kaku spoke recently of how the world will be in about 20 years.
Photo: ED RITGERMichio Kaku in Palo Alto CA
No need to use a crystal ball, Michio Kaku has predicted the arrival of technology that have changed the lifestyle of people. In 1996, in his book ?Visions?, the American physicist spoke of the emergence of extremely thin computers that will come to replace paper, a prescient vision of what today are tablets.
The emergence of smart appliances that match the senses and labels that carry information was something else that Kaku predicted 16 years ago and that technology companies have made this true in the current market.
The key for Kaku, when predicting the future, has been in contact he?s had with the scientists and researchers who dedicate every minute and hour to the development of new technologies. This is coupled with a resume and impeccable academic achievements devoted to physics, especially the study of string theory.
This visionary, which loads the wisdom of a physicists is 65 years old of Japanese descent, recently sat down to discuss how the technology world will be in 20 years, predictions that are condensed in his book ?The Physics of the future?.
In 20 years ?
Chips for pennies: The great Kaku prediction is that the chips will be worth pennies, which will expand the possibilities of having all artifacts intelligent, from the walls to the toilets.
Internet, in the blink of an eye: With just by blinking, people can connect to the Internet through contact lenses. With this technology it is possible to know the biography or personal details of an unknown person.
The computers disappear: Kaku says that the only place where computers will be is in museums. All information will be in the cloud or reachable through a contact lens.
No more drivers: The car of the future will be conducted by itself and will only need a GPS system. With this, it will not matter if people fall asleep or get distracted.
Anticancer Bathrooms: Toilets of the future will allow chips to detect cancer 10 years before the tumor develops, which could prevent hundreds of deaths.
Doctors at home: On the walls of the houses it will be possible to access a virtual doctor who can answer all questions from patients. Because chips are very cheap, Kaku predicts that these services will be at some point in the future for free.
Cellphones will replace money: People do not have to use cash, but will use mobile phones to pay bills. In fact, this is happening in some countries where they are used as credit cards. The phones also can be deployed as sheets of paper for people to read and write more comfortably.
Bodies renewed: All organs of the body can be cloned and replaced, with the exception of the brain, which remains complex even in the next century. However, we may be able to inject stem cells into the brain so that people can learn additional skills, such as riding a bike.
Risks:
?Every technology has its risks,? says the theoretical physicist. One of the most obvious is associated with privacy, confidential or financial information that may be available to criminals, as it happens today with the Internet, where people must browse with certain precautions.
However, Kaku explains that to avoid these risks it is necessary to prepare people and create more resistant software that can respond to these attacks. However, he insists that the key is not in resisting technology, but that people step up to make the most of science and development in their countries.
Indeed, a risk that is obvious to Kaku is that governments do not want to adapt to changes required by new technologies. The physicist gave the example of North Korea and Saudi Arabia, which have resisted technology for years.
In the case of Saudi Arabia, that are rich in oil, their youngest human resources are not being able to respond to the demands of the technological world nor are they generating jobs, putting them at risk when the oil runs out.
According to Kaku, the key is that children are always open to change and learn new things. But governments also need to become promoters of companies that develop new technologies, because nations that are dedicated only to agriculture and exploitation of natural resources are intended to have a declining economy.
Expert
Michio Kaku is considered an authority in the field of theoretical physics. With Japanese parents, he was born on January 24, 1947 in San Jose, California, United States. His ingenuity surfaced at the age 17, when he built an atom smasher in the garage of his parents with the intention of creating antimatter as a science project for school.
The result was a machine that produced a magnetic field 20,000 times stronger than the Earth?s magnetic field and, of course, drew attention in the scientific world. With this display of talent, the physicist Edward Teller noticed him, and got him a four-year scholarship to study at Harvard.
Kaku graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor of science in 1968 and was ranked first in his physics class. In 1972 he obtained his doctorate in physics from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California.
This physicist is famous for his appearance in numerous television programs for the BBC, Discovery Channel and SyFy Channel and radio Fantastic Science programs and Explorations in Science with Dr. Michio Kaku.
Similarly, he is the author of numerous books about the world of physics: ?Nuclear energy? (1986), ?Visions? (1998),? Hyperspace ?(2001),? The Einstein universe ?(2005) and? parallel universes? (2008).
Source: http://www.techhum.com/in-20-years-there-will-not-be-any-computers-web-access-by-blinking/
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