2050 - and immortality is within our grasp

Britain's leading thinker on the future offers an extraordinary vision of life in the next 45 yearsAeroplanes will be too afraid to crash, yoghurts will wish you good morning before being eaten and human consciousness will be stored on supercomputers, promising immortality for all - though it will help to be rich. These fantastic claims are not made by a science fiction writer or a crystal ball-gazing lunatic. They are the deadly earnest predictions of Ian Pearson, head of the futurology unit at BT. Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 22, 2005 Category: Science Authors: David Smith, technology correspondent Tags: Science Technology UK news Computing Artificial intelligence (AI) Virtual worlds Neuroscience Biology Source Type: news