Super Soldier Program

Maybe we can join the military when we turn 70 and get rejuvenated, like in Old Man's War.

We are investing billions into a super soldier program, which is seeking to achieve transhumanism within a few decades. Gene therapy also holds some great promise to enable average people to gain the ability to perform at or above human maximum.

Augmented Reality

Imagine a world that can be overlayed on the existing reality - the possibilities are nearly endless.

Augmented Reality from Wikipedia

Augmented Reality discussion

Everybody Dies!

Continuing in the vein of global catastrophic risk, here a list of top 10 world ending disasters, apparently written by some guy who didn't want his name associated with it.

Will Robots Replace Humans?

Video from HowStuffWorks with a phd from Georgia Tech, basically stating that we are just emerging from the infancy of robotics to the toddler stage and that huge advances will come in the reasonably near future.

Material that is 200 Times Stronger than Steel!

Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms attached to each other in a honeycomb pattern.

According to Columbia Professor James Hone, “It would take an elephant, balanced on a pencil, to break through a sheet of graphene the thickness of Saran Wrap.” It is approximately 200 times stronger than steel and is the strongest material know to man at this moment.

This is a true sci-fi material that has the potential for all sorts of real world applications, assuming that scientists can find a way to actually manufacture it at sizes greater than the microscopic.

A story about graphene-enhanced plastics can be found here.
, and a Next Big Future post about Graphene is here.