Future Topics

General

Revelations of the Future
Extensive links on future topics by JR Spacer.

Aliens and alien contact

The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Sagan on SETI.

The SETI Institute
A center of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

The Drake Equation
Information on the Drake Equation for estimating the number of alien civilizations.

NASA's astrobiology research
What the real scientists are up to.

Artificial intelligence

Imagination Engines, Inc.
A business advocate of "strong AI".

www.kurzweilai.net
The Website of one of the most prominent advocates of AI.

Will Spiritual Robots Replace Humanity By 2100?
Remarks by many of the foremost thinkers on the subject.

Why the Future Doesn't Need Us
Bill Joy on the dangers of artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and genetics.

Biotechnology

(see also Cloning)

BT Technology Timeline—an optimistic timeline from British Telecommunications

Cloning

The Human Cloning Foundation
A pro-cloning organization.

Bring Back the Tiger
Article about the effort to clone the Tasmanian tiger.

Missyplicity.com
A dog-cloning project.

Disasters: asteroid and comet impacts

Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazard
NASA on the threat.

Double Whammy
Scientific American explains what would happen if an object landed in the ocean.

Disasters: disease outbreak

Bioterrorism Special Report
New Scientist on bioterrorism.

Evolution

World Transhumanist Association
An organization advocating the use of technology to transform human nature.

Flying cars

Moller International's Skycar
The latest scheme.

Genetics

(see also Cloning)

RYT Hospital
An imaginary hospital of the future.

Military

Future of war
Excellent collection of military links.

Future Combat Systems
DARPA work on the future of ground warfare.

Nanotechnology

Waiting for Breakthroughs
Scientific American examines nanotechnology.

The Foresight Institute
An organization at the center of nanotechnology.

Robotic

BT Technology Timeline
A really optimistic timeline from British Telecommunications.

Humanoid Robot
Honda's robot site.

Robots Beget More Robots?
A computer designing primitive robots.

Space: solar system exploration

www.badastronomy.com
An astronomer critiques astronomy in movies and television.

Exploring Mars and Beyond
NASA site on Mars and how to get there.

Space tourism
An introduction to space tourism from How Stuff Works.

Starport.com
Current developments and future plans.

NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Project
Advanced and exotic systems.

Space: interstellar travel

What's Possible Now
A basic discussion of propulsion methods.

Relativity and FTL Travel
A physicist's extensive discussion, with reference to Star Trek.

The Micro-warp Drive
On constructing a warp bubble.

Time travel

Time travel
A transcript of a NOVA episode on PBS.