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When we talk about the future most people think of popular movies and films and they ways they depict what it will be like. For some Star Trek represents a utopian view than we can achieve while other may see something like Mad Max as possible outcome. Yet a number of people will see the possibility somewhere in the middle the two extremes and hope we can simply survive getting there. I contend that we will indeed see a future and one in which is more in the middle of the utopian view of Start Trek and not as bad as the dystopian view of Mad Max. This future will be different in the way that human interact with themselves and technology as well as how they see the universe around them. This paper will look at technologies that are currently in the development and testing phases and tie them to how the future will be once they are …show more content…

I will also present the promise of these developments as well as the potential threat that these bring into reality as well. The format will be first introduce the technology through a brief description of uses it is purported to handle. Then I will follow the ideas of how said device will benefit humankind followed by the potential threats that this technology will introduce to humankind in general and to the user of said device specifically. Breaking the potential technologies into separate categories based on interface and body part effected. The first of these technologies will be the advancements that are the foundations for brain reprogramming. While this sounds more like a mad scientist’s story, in fact, possible to reprogram a person’s brain on a limited scale currently. We see scientists from the University of Western Australia working on this to help people with certain neurological and psychiatric disorders develop a brain chemistry that helps relieve problems within its circuitry. While this study is ongoing it has shown very promising

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