Our Singular Future

July, 2006

"Prediction is very difficult," said physicist Niels Bohr, "especially of the future." But according to futurists, we are on the verge of astonishing developments. Here are four innovations we should see in the next decade.Enhanced Eyes Some time after 2010 active contact lenses will be used to produce computer-generated overlays on what we see in the real world. "Even if your partner's physical appearance is not quite up to your hopes," writes Ian Pearson, futurist...