
The future of humanity —
Ray Kurzweil says health and medicine is an information technology and is therefore subject to the "law of accelerating returns" which implies a doubling of capability each year.

The future of humanity —
Kurzweil believes solar energy could satisfy 100% our power needs.

The future of humanity —
Kurzweil sees the early 2020s as a "golden era" of 3D printing.

The future of humanity —
Google is creating a system that will read every document on the web and every book for meaning. Kurzweil says this will provide a rich search and question answering experience based on the true meaning of natural language.

The future of humanity —
Humans will be able to augment real reality so it appears someone is present, even if that person is hundreds of miles away, Kurzweil says.


