图表：美国未来研究所对未来前沿科技的预测

主要领域

未来科技

数量

Small World

carbon economy（碳经济）；clean water for all（洁净水）；Computer couture；computing power to burn；Desktop manufacturing；fuel cells in cars（燃料电池汽车）；home genotyping kits；micro-power（微观能量）；Micro scale robotics（微型机器人）；nanobots；nanoscale storage（纳米级存储）；Nuclear fusion（核融合）；pervasive smart dust；Printable electronics；Quantum computing（量子计算）；rapid manufacturing；Shape shifting；smart supply chain；solar is real

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Intentional Biology

Brain transplant；carbon economy（碳经济）；Engineered organs；home genotyping kits；human clone to term；nanobots；parallel processing people；Sentient computing；whole-cell biology

9

Extended Self

brain food；Brain transplant；Engineered organs；human clone to term；life extended ten years（生命延长10年）；parallel processing people；Sentient computing；Universal translator

9

Mathematical World

Computer couture；computing power to burn；Driveless cars（无人驾驶）；Earth models；parallel processing people；Sentient computing；simulation= reality；Universal translator；whole-cell biology

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Sensory Transformation

Driveless cars（无人驾驶）；Earth models；home robots（家庭机器人）；pervasive smart dust；Sensory augmenta­tion；smart supply chain

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Lightweight Infrastructure

carbon economy（碳经济）；clean water for all（洁净水）；Computer couture；computing power to burn；Desktop manufacturing；Driveless cars（无人驾驶）；fuel cells in cars（燃料电池汽车）；geoweb；home robots（家庭机器人）；micro-power（微观能量）；Nuclear trumps fossils；pervasive smart dust；Printable electronics；rapid manufacturing；Sensory augmenta­tion；serious alternative energies；smart supply chain；software-definedradio；solar is real；Terabit optical networks；zero-emissions cars dominate

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