Monday, February 18, 2008

14 challenges for next 50 years

Experts believe solving these problems will make life better for mankind:

1. Make solar energy affordable.
2. Provide energy from nuclear fusion.
3. Develop methods to capture carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels and tackle global warming.
4. Manage the rate at which human activity removes nitrogen from the air, worsening global warming.
5. Provide access to clean water.
6. Restore and improve urban infrastructure while preserving the environment.
7. Advance health informatics so that doctors can track carefully patients' biological information.
8. Engineer better medicines.
9. Reverse engineer the brain and determine how it works.
10. Prevent nuclear terror by finding ways to protect energy sources.
11. Secure cyberspace from identity thefts and viruses.
12. Enhance virtual reality so that it can be used for training experts and treating patients.
13. Advance personalised learning by using Internet courses or virtual reality.
14. Engineer the tools for scientific discovery.


Which do you think is the most important?

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