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A vision for the future

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Name: Paul Allen

From: Nebraska

Bio: Student & Philosopher

Area of Expertise: Pioneer/Originator

Topic: Technology

Headline: Physical & Mental Augmentation

Nutshell: We will have better search capabilities as well as holographic visual capabilities.

Vision:

We will soon develop the capability to augment both our physical and mental capabilities through genetic engineering. Biological computing will become possible, and unlike the science fiction that we saw in the 1990s, the computers that interface with the huiman body will be purely biological.

Date Submitted: November 10, 2004

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