The status of key contemporary science and technology research areas that could potentially have an Internet-level impact and a guide to how we think about growth and change.

1. The Future of Technology Melanie Swan Research Associate MS Futures Group Palo Alto, CA +1-650-681-9482 [email_address] http://www.melanieswan.com Technology And Society Committee November 11, 2008 Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/lablogga/slideshows

4. Extensibility of Moore’s Law Source: Ray Kurzweil, http://www.KurzweilAI.net/pps/ACC2005/ Penryn 45 nm, 410-800m transistors Core 2 65 nm, 291m transistors Transistors per microprocessor

6. Future of computing Current model extensibility Linear, von Neumann Parallel Cloud, grid, distributed Biological models Novel models Traditional model Quantum Optical computing Cell broadband engine Liquid computer New materials 3D chip stacking Molecular electronics Solar transistors DNA computing Biosensors Cellular colonies Bacterial intelligence New paradigm discovery

8. What might be the next Internet? Artificial intelligence Molecular nanotechnology Anti-aging therapies Virtual environments New computing models Robotics Brain-computer interfaces Personalized medicine Affordable space launch 3D printing, fabbing Synthetic biology Alternative energy Mobile applications

17. What might be the next Internet? Artificial intelligence Molecular nanotechnology Anti-aging therapies Virtual environments New computing models Robotics Brain-computer interfaces Personalized medicine Affordable space launch 3D printing, fabbing Synthetic biology Alternative energy Mobile applications

19. Thank you Melanie Swan Research Associate MS Futures Group Palo Alto, CA +1-650-681-9482 [email_address] http://www.melanieswan.com Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/lablogga/slideshows