Futuristic Technology

Name Rehan Jamal

Class BBA

Section B

Submitted By Rehan Jamal

Submitted To Sir M Jahangir

No Of words 3644

Department FMS

Date 26/12/2018

Faculty Of Management Sciences

12/26/2018
National University Of Modern Languages
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Acknowledgement:

I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my teacher

“Sir Muhammad Jahangir” who gave me the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project
on the topic “Futuristic Technology” which also helped me in doing a lot of Research and i
came to know about so many new things I am really thankful to them. Secondly i would also
like to thank my parents and friends who helped me a lot in finalizing this project within the
limited time frame.

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Dedication:
I would also like To Dedicate to my project to my parents and friends who
helped me a lot in finalizing this project within the limited time frame.

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Summary:
Summary of this project is that in future there will be robots who will work for
us all the things will be done by robots every work would be easy for us.

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Table of Contents
1 Introduction:..................................................................................................................................1
2 The Anthropology of Innovation...................................................................................................1
2.1 Jet Pack International H202...................................................................................................1
2.2 Aerofex Aero-X.....................................................................................................................1
2.3 Super Maglev Train...............................................................................................................2
2.4 3D printed houses..................................................................................................................2
3 Robots:..........................................................................................................................................2
3.1 Pollution fighting buildings...................................................................................................2
4 12 futuristic technologies that could become reality......................................................................2
4.1 Automated trucking and drones:............................................................................................3
4.2 Quantum computing:.............................................................................................................3
4.3 A real iron man suit:..............................................................................................................3
4.4 5G..........................................................................................................................................3
4.5 Thought recognition...............................................................................................................3
4.6 Flying car...............................................................................................................................3
4.7 Voice identification...............................................................................................................3
4.8 Viable cryptocurrency solutions............................................................................................4
4.9 Real-time translation devices.................................................................................................4
4.10 Commuter tunnels..................................................................................................................4
4.11 Augmented reality glasses.....................................................................................................4
5 10 mindblowingly futuristic technologies that will appear by the 2030s.......................................4
5.1 Artificially Intelligent Personal Assistants.............................................................................5
5.2 Computers Are Everywhere — But Unseen..........................................................................5
5.3 Virtual Animals with Digital Minds......................................................................................6
5.4 The First Sanctioned Megascale Geoengineering Project......................................................6
5.5 An Interplanetary Internet......................................................................................................6
5.6 The First True Anti-Aging Intervention.................................................................................7
5.7 Autonomous Robots with a License to Kill...........................................................................7
5.8 Our Very Own Lab-Grown Organs (and Meat).....................................................................7
5.9 Personal Fabricators in Every Home......................................................................................8
5.10 The Oceans Will Quench the World’s Thirst.........................................................................8

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 “Futuristic Technology”

1 Introduction:
To think about technology is to think about the future. It is, unavoidably, to speculate and to
predict, to imagine how our lives might be affected by new tools, new methods, and enew
powers. Most arguments about technology are therefore really arguments about the future.
They give voice to different sorts of expectations about progress and change, and to different
sorts of intuitions about the character of human life. The particular technology being debated
is often secondary to these larger much-disputed themes, and the public debate is shaped by
different ways of imagining the future at least as much as by the specific technical potential
of a new device or technique.
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2 The Anthropology of Innovation

To imagine the future in terms of innovation means, most fundamentally, to imagine change
in terms of new ideas, and to think of life as an array of individual experiments and choices.
It is to ask how we might best encourage innovation, how we might allow the best
innovations to flourish (and the worst to be rejected), and how new ideas allowed to For
better or worse, the future will be shaped by the innovations and advances of the present: by
what we develop, what we build, what we learn, what we discover, what we try and test and
deem worthwhile. Progress, in this sense, is made possible by improvements in our
knowledge and understanding, our abilities, our circumstances, our institutions, our
technology, and our control over nature and chance. There is of course always a danger that
we may misuse our newfound powers, or even that they might corrupt us; but there are also
reasons to believe that we will learn to use them responsibly, and that they will enhance our
lives and improve our world. Armed with a sense of the potential pitfalls, we stand a good
chance of using our new technologies well.
Technology never stands still: it’s always changing, adapting and progressing, and oftentimes
things that seemed improbable (or even impossible) one year can quickly start becoming
possible only a few short years afterwards.
Wearable computers seemed like a fanciful idea only recently, but now they’re pretty much the
next big thing to go mainstream. The emergence of the Oculus Rift could probaby catapult virtual
and augmented reality into literal reality.
2.1 Jet Pack International H202
Jet Pack International are making great strides in jetpack technology H202 and H202-Z
jetpacks. As the name suggests, both the H202 and H202-Z be usedare hydrogen peroxide-
fueled jetpacks that will allow uers to fly at up to 77 miles per hour at a maximum height
of 250 feet.
So far thought, the higher-capacity H202-Z is only capable of a maximum flight length of 33
seconds and a maximum traveldistance of 3,300 feet.
2.2 Aerofex Aero-X
If you’re a Star Wars fan, the Aerofex Aero-X, a real-life equivalent of the Star Wars speeder
bike, is definitely something you’ll want to keep your eyes on. The Aero-X is the result of
more than 15 years of research and development.

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 Powered by a water-cooled 240 horsepower engine and two large rotors, the Aero-Xcan
hover at an altitude of 12 feet and at speeds of up to 45 miles per hour power. It can also
carry up to 310 pounds. Think of the potential.
Also, as a result of this extended research and development period, Aerofex claims to
have overcome the dangerous coupling effect that can arise due to using two rotors, ensuring
that the Aero-X will be safe and easy to control.
The Aero-X is currently available for preorder for a refundable $5000 deposit. The final unit
is scheduled to be available in 2017 at the price of $85,000.
2.3 Super Maglev Train
Chinese researchers have recently been looking into the next phase of train transportation,
beyond even Maglev technology. China and Japan already have very fast Maglev trains that
are capable of reaching over 260 miles per hour, but the new next-generation Maglev
technology, dubbed super Maglev, will apparently be even faster.
Super Maglev is built on the same Maglev technology, but it encapsulates the train in a
vacuum tube, further reducing air resistance, allowing for higher, mind-boggling speeds.
Researchers claim that such enclosed-tube Maglev systems could see trains reaching speeds
of up to 1800 miles per hour.
Of course, there are doubts about the feasability of constructing long vacuum tubes and
keeping them pressurised, but if scientists and engineers can figure that out, we may one day
be able to cross large distances quicker and more safer than we’ve ever imagined possible
2.4 3D printed houses
3D printed houses are a glimpse into the future of construction. 3D printing homes will
involve creating parts off-site and constructing the building on another occasion. It was
pioneered by Apis Cor and based on San Francisco recently proved that they can 3D-print
walls out of concrete in a relatively short space of time. The ‘printer’, which is similar in look
to a small-scale crane, sets layers of concrete mixtures. 3D printed homes could be a great
solution for quickly covering the housing needs of people who have been affected by physical
disasters such as tsunamis, hurricanes and earthquakes or for those in poverty
3 Robots:

The tiny robot that could wriggle its way across the perilous terrain of the human body
Simple, versatile and just four millimetres long, a new ‘soft-bodied’ robot developed at the
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart in Germany is capable of navigating
tight and challenging terrain, both on land and in water. The small device is controlled by
magnets and looks like little more than a miniature strip of gum, but it can jump, wriggle and
swim through just about any small space. Its size and adaptability has its creators hopeful that
it can succeed where other small robots have, thus far, mostly failed: performing tasks inside
the human body.
3.1 Pollution fighting buildings
Also known as ‘vertical forests’, they are high-rise forest buildings designed to tackle air
pollution. Pollution fighting buildings will be home to over 1,000 trees and 2,500 shrubs to
absorb pollution in the air and to help filter it to make the air cleaner. Trees are highly
productive in absorbing carbon dioxide, making this a cost-effective construction innovation.
4 12 futuristic technologies that could become reality
In the last year, the business and consumer markets alike have seen the release of advanced
technologies that were once considered the stuff of science fiction. Smart gadgets that control
every facet of your home, self-driving vehicles, facial and biometric identification systems
and more have begun to emerge, giving us a glimpse of the high-tech reality we’re moving
towards.
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 4.1  Automated trucking and drones:
In the transportation industry, a lot of hype surrounds automated trucking and delivery
drones. While those may not become available in 2018, there is future potential there. In
2017, we saw cross-country, semi-automated truck platooning take place and the inception of
new freight apps (Uber, Convoy), which could become disruptors in transactional freight
markets if they gain more ground.
4.2  Quantum computing:
Quantum computing holds great promise in some areas, including cryptography and machine
learning. But, until recently, progress was slow. This year, Google announced its Bristlecone
quantum chip, which has 72 qubits. Google thinks Bristlecone can outperform classical
computing in some areas and that ‘quantum supremacy’ will happen sooner than was thought

4.3 A real iron man suit:

With the superhero phenomenon and today’s technological advancements, it shouldn’t be any
surprise that the U.S. Army is building a suit to withstand ballistic, shock and fire damage.
It’s reported that a prototype will be complete in August of 2018. – Patrick
Barnhill, Specialist ID, Inc.
4.4 5G

5G networks, which will begin to roll out in 2018, will make a significant difference to the
capabilities of mobile devices and wearables. With much greater bandwidth and significantly
lower latency and energy requirements, 5G will drive developments in augmented and virtual
reality, machine learning applications, and the connected city, creating a market for advanced
applications and services. – Justin Blanchard, ServerMania Inc.
4.5 Thought recognition

Maybe we’re not there just yet, but there is definitely research being conducted with very
expensive MRI machines in order to map the relationships between thinking about objects
and the brainwave patterns that thought process creates. It’s an exciting type of technology.
– Nicole Munoz, Start Ranking Now
4.6 Flying car

While self-driving cars are quickly becoming a hot trend, they are not the only piece of
futuristic car technology that could come into play. Rumor has it that Porsche is working on
developing flying taxis. Obviously, there is no chance that we see consumers in flying cars in
2018, but it will be fun to see what prototypes Porsche and other auto manufacturers can
make in the flying car game. – Zohar Steinberg, token payments
4.7 Voice identification

Alexa, Cortana, Assistant and Siri have been all the talk (pun intended) for the last couple of
years. While the consumer experience is still new, the technology is advancing quickly.
Biometric authentication is increasing the way we prefer to secure and access our private
data. In 2018, we will see voice authentication become a more widely used way of securing
our information. – Andrew Howlett, Rain

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4.8 Viable cryptocurrency solutions

Today, only a few major brands accept cryptocurrency as payment. Expedia, for example, allows you
to pay on their site with bitcoin. These crypto payment options will only increase in 2018. We saw
how quickly retail stores adopted Apple Pay when they realized accepting this convenient payment
gave them a competitive advantage. Now it’s just the standard. Such will be the story with
cryptocurrency. – Sara Rose Harcus, Hüify
4.9 Real-time translation devices

I occasionally visit one of our suppliers in China, and I can certainly say that the single most
significant barrier to doing business with this great nation is the language barrier. Sure, translation
tools are a dime a dozen; it takes a moment to whip out an iPhone and type (or speak) a few words
and get a translation. In 2018 we will see real-time translation devices. – Diego Orjuela, Cables &
Sensors
4.10 Commuter tunnels

Say goodbye to traffic. Elon Musk may move forward with The Boring Company’s tunnel
development in 2018. He seems to have dedicated a lot of his time to building the tunnel and
funding the project. This is a game changer for drivers who have to deal with endless traffic
on the roads. He may just launch a test tunnel to see how it is functioning. – Sweta
Patel, Silicon Valley Startup Marketing
4.11 Augmented reality glasses

As we become more fascinated by augmented reality on our mobile phones, we’re going to
see an increase in AR development for glasses. Companies like Magic Leap are likely to
release their technology, improving on current AR glasses like Microsoft’s HoloLens. – Syed
Balkhi, OptinMonster

5 10 mindblowingly futuristic technologies that will appear by the 2030s

Two decades is not a lot in the grand scheme of things, but owing to accelerating change we
can expect to see the emergence of some fairly disruptive technological innovations in the
coming years. Here are 10 mindblowingly futuristic technologies that should appear by the
2030s.
As a futurist, it’s my job to make predictions. But I absolutely hate timelines, and you’ll
rarely find me making claims about when some specific sort of technological wizardry will
make an appearance. Feasibility interests me more than dates on a calendar.
But the fog is starting to clear on what we can expect to see within the next twenty years. All
the technologies I’ve listed below have a better than 50/50 chance of being actualized.
Some of you may complain that I’m being a bit conservative by not including AGI (artificial
general intelligence), molecular assembling nanotechnology, hive minds, IA (intelligence
augmentation), radical life extension, powerful spacecraft propulsion engines, useful quantum

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computers, mind uploads, or whole human brain emulations — but I just don’t see these
things coming to fruition until much later.
Alright, here’s what we should expect by the year 2033:
5.1 Artificially Intelligent Personal Assistants
I’ve been impatiently waiting for this one for quite some time now. Microsoft got the ball
rolling on this concept with Clippy, the office assistant that proved to be more annoying than
useful. More recently, Apple developed SIRI for its iPhone, an intelligent assistant that can
respond to specific language cues and access the Internet. But this is nothing compared to
what’ll be available two decades from now.

Looking ahead, we can expect our personal assistants to fully respond to natural language,
including colloquialisms and our personal idiosyncrasies. And owing to ubiquitous
computing (which we’ll look at next), our personal assistants will be accessible to us 24/7.
What’s more, these agents will exhibit an uncanny level of general intelligence. We’ll even
be able to have conversations with them. They will know everything about us, including our
behaviors, our tendencies, our preferences, and our typical ways of responding to certain
situations. Accordingly, they’ll be our virtual clones. In essence, they’ll be our proxy selves,
representing us on the Internet and in the real world by taking the form of telepresent
holographic avatars. They’ll write emails for us, book appointments, perform menial thought
tasks, and even anticipate our needs. Of course, we’ll still be responsible for the decisions
they make on our behalf — so we’ll need to be careful about the degree of autonomy we give
our mind clones.
5.2 Computers Are Everywhere — But Unseen
As noted, ubiquitous computing — also known as “pervasive computing” and “everyware”
— is coming. Already today we have computers in our cars, our phones, our toys, and even
our fridges. But they’re still very obvious. We often have to hold them. Or use keyboards to
input information into them.
These devices, however, are getting steadily smaller owing to the miniaturization revolution
that’s in full swing (e.g. the shift towards microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS). In
short order we’ll be living in a Rainbow’s End world, where information processing devices
will be virtually everywhere, but completely invisible — absorbed into our surroundings.
These computers will be in our clothes, our fashion accessories, and even in our contact
lenses. And to use them we’ll use natural language and haptic technologies (i.e. tactile

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feedback). Or better yet, these devices will be endowed with a certain level of “ambient
intelligence” to help them perform autonomously under specific conditions.
5.3 Virtual Animals with Digital Minds
Whole brain emulations of human minds are quite a ways off, and likely won’t appear until
the second half of the 21st Century. But in the stage leading up to this we’ll be able to
emulate the brains of much simpler organisms. Already today there’s the OpenWorm project,
an effort to digitize the brain of a nematode worm.

Within the next two decades, we will most certainly be able to emulate the brains of other
organisms, like ants and bees. And who knows, by this point we might even be able to start
emulating the brains of simple mammals, like mice. But by virtue of doing so, we will have
created virtual animals who essentially “live” inside a computer. And someday, perhaps even
by the 2030s, these digital brains will be uploaded to robotic avatars.
5.4 The First Sanctioned Megascale Geoengineering Project
The effects of climate change are getting increasingly hard to ignore, whether they manifest
as superstorms, historically low levels of sea ice, rampant wildfires, or record temperatures.
Whether we like it or not, we will embark on geoengineering projects in the near future. And
indeed, the conversations have already started.
Take, for example, the 25 scientists who recently declared that the time has come to start
working on actual geoengineering solutions to reverse the effects of rampant carbon
emissions. Their particular solution is cloud whitening — the seeding of marine
stratocumulus clouds with copious amounts of tiny sea water particles. They’re pretty much
ready to get started, but they’ll need international support to do it legally. Others have even
started to do it illegally.
5.5 An Interplanetary Internet
This one’s fairly straightforward, but no less profound. Someone from Earth will reach Mars
by the early 2030s — whether it be private enterprise or a government agency. At least we
freakin’ hope so! But regardless of who gets there first, one of the first things they’ll do is set
up an Internet connectionwith Earth. And why not? The explorers — or settlers, if they’re
part of the Mars One project — will both want and need to access and share information. Oh,
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5.6 The First True Anti-Aging Intervention
There are a crap-ton of products on the market that claim to be “anti-aging,” but each and
every one of them is either cosmetic or a total scam. There is nothing available right now that
can either slow down or reverse the effects of aging, not even resveratrol pills or rapamycin.
But this is set to change by the 2030s. Futurists and gerontologists aren't entirely sure what
form this intervention could take. It could be a genetic tweak, not unlike the one Cynthia
Kenyon performed on roundworms to extend their lifespans by more than half. And indeed,
there are efforts currently underway to map the genetic constitutions of supercentenarians to
isolate the factors that make them so robust. It might involve therapies to restore the length of
our telomeres, or replenish our mitochondria. Or it could draw from any number of
experiments currently being conducted on mice.
5.7 Autonomous Robots with a License to Kill
The rise of autonomous killing machines is a grim and frightening prospect, but it’s virtually
guaranteed to happen. We already have various levels of autonomy in a number of weapons
systems, including cruise and patriot missiles. The Aegis Combat System, which is found
aboard naval ships, has an autonomous mode in which it uses powerful computers and radars
to track and guide weapons to destroy enemy targets. There’s also Samsung Techwin's
remote-operated sentry bot — which is currently deployed in the Korean DMZ. And the
U.S. packbot/REDOWL system could be easily modified to take out snipers on its own.
Despite calls to halt the development of machine-soldiers that identify and kill without
human input, military leaders will not hesitate to use a robot when a human life can be
spared. What’s more, these machines will eventually exceed human capacities across a
number of physical and cognitive domains. They may also be developed as part of a pending
arm’s race.
5.8 Our Very Own Lab-Grown Organs (and Meat)
We are in the midst of the biotechnology revolution, the benefits of which are finally starting
to appear. Personalized medicine will emerge in the coming decades, where physicians will
be able to prescribe medicines tailored specifically to our genetic constitutions. Biologists are
also exceedingly close to being able to generate differentiated tissue from our very own stem
cells. This will eventually allow us to grow our very own organs, including the heart — no
donors needed, and with virtually no chance of rejection. These biotechnologies may work in
tandem with additive manufacturing. Scientists recently 3D-printed a cybernetic ear that
utilizes embedded electronics. We may even be able print human embryonic stem
cells and synthetic tissue. These printers have already been used to produce a fully
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functional artificial cochlea and splint. Oh, and the day is coming — most certainly by the
2030s — when we can grow and/or print artificial meat.
5.9 Personal Fabricators in Every Home
Okay, maybe not every home — but it’s certainly poised to be the kind of thing that may be
as ubiquitous as DVD players and traditional 2D printers are today. And there’s very little
doubt that 3D printers are poised to be as disruptive as the techno-cognoscenti are predicting.
Indeed, the ability to produce our own products in our very own homes will upset traditional
models of manufacturing. At first, we’ll have to pay for these items to download the specs.
But eventually, owing to the open source movement, many of these items will be shared and
available for free.
And in addition to day-to-day items and electronics, these printers could
generate handguns (which is not such a hot idea), vaccines (we won’t have to leave our
homes to get inoculated during a pandemic), self-assembling robots, and androids. And
eventually, these printers won’t need human guidance at all.
5.10 The Oceans Will Quench the World’s Thirst
Industrial-scale desalination is poised to make an appearance by the 2030s. Owing to
advancements in solar power, namely the development of affordable and scalable
photovoltaic cells, we will be able to build massive concentrated solar power plants (CSPs)
that utilize the residual heat to strip ocean water of its salt. Experts predict that the growing
freshwater deficits could be increasingly covered starting in the 2020s, and possibly as late as
the 2030s. The spread of CSP desalination plants will likely reduce non-sustainable water
supply and inspire the development of most of potable water production by the year 2030 and
afterwards. Within the next two decades, we will most certainly be able to emulate the brains
of other organisms, like ants and bees. And who knows, by this point we might even be able
to start emulating the brains of simple mammals, like mice. But by virtue of doing so, we will
have created virtual animals who essentially “live” inside a computer.

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