Nanotech could make humans immortal by 2040
http://www.cio.com/article/503827/Nanotech_Could_Make_Humans_Immortal_By_2040_Futurist_Says?page=2&taxonomyId=3123
QuoteWithin 15 years, we will reverse this loss of remaining life expectancy. We will be adding more time than is going by."
Quote"You could have some self-replicating nanobot that could create copies of itself... and ultimately, within 90 replications, it could devour the body it's in or all humans if it becomes a non-biological plague," said Kurzweil. "Technology is not a utopia. It's a double-edged sword and always has been since we first had fire."
Grey Goo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Goo) is one of my favourite end-of-the-world scenarios. :D
Quote from: iago on December 19, 2009, 02:18:35 PM
Grey Goo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Goo) is one of my favourite end-of-the-world scenarios. :D
We had a long discussion about this over a couple of classes in my Technology: Apocalypse or Eden class. Was a good time. :)
Quote from: truste1 on December 19, 2009, 02:11:23 PM
Nanotech could make humans immortal by 2040
http://www.cio.com/article/503827/Nanotech_Could_Make_Humans_Immortal_By_2040_Futurist_Says?page=2&taxonomyId=3123
QuoteWithin 15 years, we will reverse this loss of remaining life expectancy. We will be adding more time than is going by."
Quote"You could have some self-replicating nanobot that could create copies of itself... and ultimately, within 90 replications, it could devour the body it's in or all humans if it becomes a non-biological plague," said Kurzweil. "Technology is not a utopia. It's a double-edged sword and always has been since we first had fire."
Awesome. Except for the part about Replicators. If you watched Stargate SG-1 you'll know how bad that could be.
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/researcher_translation.png)
Nanotech clearly hasn't been proven to be impossible!