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From Here to Immorta |
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| Until recently, only a tiny fraction of Americans reached their 100th birthdays. Yet, with technologies available today or already in the pipeline, this number has already begun to increase dramatically. For example, in 1990, there were 37,306 Americans who were at least 100 years old. By the year 2010, there will be 131,000. And, by 2050, projections by the U.S. Census Bureau anticipate there being 834,000 centenarians. |
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The Coming Global Wa |
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| As we��셶e discussed, America must confront such issues as the fifth wave and the rise of global powers like China, with its mammoth population of cheap workers, its vast hoards of cash, and its urgent agenda for acquiring the resources to make it an economic superpower. |
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Quantum Computing Ad |
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| Many of the problems of nanotech, biotech, and anti-terrorism are so complex that today萸� computers ?based on an architecture defined nearly 60 years ago ?can萸� address them. However, hope is on the horizon as researchers get closer and closer to building commercially viable quantum computers. |
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The Great American H |
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| While there is much debate over what to do about healthcare in the United States, few disagree that the system has to change. Since 1990, the annual cost of medical care has skyrocketed from $665 billion to almost $2 trillion. |
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The Media Transforma |
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| To understand where we��셱e going, it helps to understand where we��셶e been. If you bought a new car 10 years ago, it came standard with a cassette deck, but a CD player was a somewhat expensive option. If you buy a new car today, it comes standard with a high-end CD player, but a cassette tape deck is an expensive and almost useless option. The cassette tape, which revolutionized the way we listen to and share music with others, is dead. |
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