The Physics of the Future - Dr. Michio Kaku
Museum of Science Museum of Science
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 Published On Apr 16, 2011

Author and physicist Dr. Michio Kaku spoke at the Museum of Science on March 23, 2011. A professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York and co-founder of string field theory, Kaku is also the author of various science books including: "Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century", "Hyperspace", "Parallel Worlds", "Physics of the Impossible", and The "God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything".

0:00 Introduction
0:01 The Physics of the Future
5:26 Physics of the Impossible • Impossible physics?
6:08 Predicting the next 100 years
6:58 Verne's predictions for "Paris in the 20th Century"
12:30 How would we view a visitor from 2100?
13:42 We will have the power of the gods - but will we also have the wisdom of Solomon?
14:17 Moore's Law
16:02 Every decade, a new revolution
16:39 The Internet: The Magic Mirror-the internet will be everywhere, including glasses
21:54 Augmented Reality - When unlimited virtual information is imposed on reality
24:22 Cell phones with flexible intelligent screens
25:44 Your Living Room of the Future
29:18 Transparent screens and 3D- TV (Without Glasses)
31:43 Cars of the Future
32:04 Driverless Cars, Using GPS, radar, and chips
33:23 Mind-Control of Surrogates and Avatars: controlling machines with the mind
33:57 Telepathy and Telekinesis
35:16 Brain-Computer interface
35:43 Even paralyzed people can control computers
39:34 A lesson from the movie Forbidden Planet
41:38 Smart Pills - chips and TV camera inside a pill you swallow
47:06 Miniature MRI Machines (they will be the size of cell phones) and Star Trek "Tricorders"
48:11 The Human Body Shop growing new organs from your own cells as they wear
48:28 Growing Ears and Bone (and heart valves, blood vessels, skin, cartilage can be grown today)
48:43 Growing Human Bladders
49:27 Smart Mouse Gene - intelligence and memory of mice can be enhanced genetically
49:43 Mighty Mouse Gene Headache for the Olympics and professional sports if we can enhance the body physically

Dr. Michio Kaku, an American theoretical physicist, science communicator, popular futurist, and holds the position of professor of theoretical physics at both the City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center. He has authored numerous books on physics and related subjects and is a regular guest on radio, television, and film.

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