Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance (pre-publication on-line version) 407 Information Mapping, 128
information selection, 246
information society, 278
information systems, adaptive, 349
information theory, 343
information, assimilation, 155
ingestibles, 94
innovation, 154, 374
innovation, environment for, 25
innovation, speed of, 44
innovative momentum, 2
insight, 4
Institute for Global Futures, 25
Integrative Graduate Education and Research
Training (IGERT), 361
intelligence, social, 271
interdisciplinary communication, 127
interface, competition, 151
interface, human-machine, 103
interfaces, neurovascular interfaces, 216
interfaces, speech, 240
intermodal equivalence, 194
internet, 32
Internet, 34, 36, 45, 87, 337, 367, 375
Islam, 280, 284
issues, key, ix, 1
J
journals, scientific, 283
K
Kismet, 136
L
language, common for science, 322
language, disciplinary technical, 364
language, statistical modeling, 380
language, theory of, 246
lawsuits, 211
learning, 321
learning how to learn, 87
learning pill, 94
learning theory, 233
learning, instant, 150
learning, life-long, 3
learning, technologies for, 322
life extension, 162, 167
Linguistic Data Consortium, 284
linguistics, computational, 379, 384
local area networks, 105
M
machine reproduction, 255 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 106 malnutrition, 162
Manhattan Project, 31 Marburger, John, 27, 28 materials, 334
materials, new, 2 mathematical models, 262 mathematics, x, 158, 354 mathematics, competitions, 153 matter, understanding of, 1 medical treatment, individualized, 169 Medieval Period, 3
memes, memetics, 90, 99, 278, 280 memory enhancement, 103
memory prosthesis, 126 memory, human, 149 memory, span of, 156 memory, working, 126 mental model, shared, 375 metabolism, human, 2 microbes, 260, 263 microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), 143 middlemen, 43
migraine headaches, 231 mind, computational theory of, 252 mind, defined, 159
mind, engineering of, 248, 251, 258 mind, nature of, 252
mind, potential of, 4 mind, understanding, 350 miniaturization, 333 MIT Media Laboratory, 136 molecular machines, 95 molecular prosthetics, 159 molecules, complex, 2 Moore's Law, 100, 143, 202, 227, 326 moral codes, 138
N
nanobiotechnology, 159, 162, 169, 226, 234 nanobots, 332
nanodevices, medical, 234 NanoManipulator, 148 nano-neuro transceivers, 229 nanoparticles, 260
nanoscale biosensors, 232 nanoscale, importance of, 37 nanoscale, material unity at, ix, 2 nanoscience, tools for, 330
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nanotechnology, societal implications of, 244,
325
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, 26, 91, 236, 274, 369
National Cancer Institute, 239
National Center for Biotechnology
Information, 173
National Center for Engineering Design, 88
National Endowment for the Arts, 281
National Endowment for the Humanities, 281
National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 28, 78, 252
National Institutes of Health, 25, 32, 74, 281
National Nanofabrication Users Network, 331
National Nanotechnology Initiative, 375
National Partnership for Advanced
Computational Infrastructure, 88
National Science Foundation, 25, 32, 82, 129,
281, 319, 361
natural language processing, 245
near infrared detection (NIR), 199
needs, human, 86
nerve growth factor, 104
neuroanatomy, 248
neuromorphic engineering, ix, 365
neurons, 2, 227
neuroprosthetic devices, 364
neuroscience, 363
New Deal, 41
n-gram, 381
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, 25
NOMAD, 124
non-governmental organizations, xii
nonlinear dynamics, 228
normalcy concept, 207
O
object, evocative, 138
object, transitional, 134
Objective Force Warrior, 102
object-oriented programming, 144
Office of Science and Technology Policy, 26,
27
Olympics, 151
opportunities, 44
organization, social, 269
organs, artificial, 165
Outside-Inside Framework, 90
P
paralysis, 224
parasitic infections, 163 PDAs, 87
pedagogy, 361 performance, superhuman, 224 personable machines, 138 personality attribution, 136 personality, downloading, 150 pharmaceutical industry, 181 photonics, 105
physiological self-regulation, 231 political leadership, failing, 40 political mobilization, 40, 41 political movement, 35, 39 politics, language of, 35 politics, voter distance from, 40 poverty, 257, 352
PowerPoint, 125 press, the, xii privacy, 186, 269 private Sector, xi problems, messy, 127 productivity, 1, 3, 256, 385 professional societies, xii progress, barriers to, 2 progress, limits to, 256 prosperity, 26, 66, 253, 281 proteins, 346
proteins, folding, 384 proteomics, 174 psychoanalysis, 134 psychological techniques, 85 psychophysiology, 233 public support for new technology, 322
Q
quadriplegics, 224 quality of life, 242
R
rapid eye movement (REM), 102 rationality, bounded, 156
Raytheon, 102 realtime sensing, 235 reductionism, 337 relational artifacts, 133, 137 religion, 280
Renaissance, 1 research foundations, xii research methods, 1 research priorities, xii research, multidisciplinary, 331 retinal implants, 191
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robotics, evolutionary, 144
robots, micro, 92
robots, nano, 160
Romania, 34
Rome, ancient, 3
S
salient, reverse, 325
Sandia National Laboratory, 90
scale, effects of, 107
scaling of human actions, 225
scanning probe microscopy, 226
school, unification of science in, 321
science, at a watershed, 2
science, history of, 3
science, integration of, 263
science, teaching of, 372
science, unification of, ix, xi
scientific prediction, 340
scientists, obligation to communicate, 33
s-curve (sigmoid curve of technology
adoption), 38
security, 3
security, national, xi, 26, 35
self esteem, 208
self-organizing (systems), 100, 144, 246
semantic web, 131
semantics, 246, 283
sense, new, 95
senses, human, 86
sensory enhancement, x, 149
sensory gating, 203
sensory modalities, 190
sensory replacement, 190
sensory substitution, 190
sociable technology, 133, 138
social interaction, 331
social organization, forms of, 172
social problems, 281, 338
social progress, 328
social science(s), 90, 140, 141, 328
Social Security, 256
social sensing, 145
social structure, 267
social systems, 352
societal benefits, 322
socio-tech, 140
software complexity, 143
software engineering, 143, 250
software systems, large, 87
software, instructional, 87 specialization, x, 157, 364 speech recognition, 380 spinal cord injury, 208 spin-offs, 328
Sputnik, 330 stem cells, 166 stress, 265 subsurface, 261 surgery, 165 sustainable development, 1 synergy, x, 366
synesthesia, 195
T
Tactile Vision Substitution System, 196 tactual maps, 123
team design, 270 technological progress, 89 technology, acceptance of, 30 technology, humanized (ing), x, 86, 138 technology, personal, 93
teleoperator systems, 225 telepresence, 148, 369 television shows, 97 terahertz chip, 29 Terascale Computing System, 88 terrorism, 140, 283, 326, 352, 383 themes, major, x
thinking repertoires, 157 thought-chunks, 131 time delay, 225 tissue engineering, 165, 188, 384 tissue information, 186
tools, difficult to handle, 4 tools, transformative, ix, x trading zones, 322, 325, 374 training, military, 268 transformation strategies, 262, 283 transformative strategies, 318, 319, 370 transforming tools, 2
transistor, limits to, 105 transportation vehicles, 2 transportation, alternative modes of, 240
U
United Nations, 23 User-Interface Olympics, 153 utility fog, 91
V
variety, law of requisite, 341
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vectors, viral and nonviral, 176
venture capitalism, 43, 44, 45
video games, 152
virtual environments, 161, 225
Virtual Human Project, 347
virtual pets, 133
virtual reality, 87, 332
virus, social, 281
viruses, computer, 272
vision, functions of, 192
visionary ideas, ix, 332
visual impairment, 160
visual language, 124
visualization, scientific, 129
visual-verbal language, 128
W
warfare, nature of, 287 weapons, intelligent, 256 wearable computers, 241 welfare, human, xi wheelchair, 210 willpower enforcers, 93 work efficiency, 1 workshop, NBIC, x, 11, 28 World Cultures Journal, 284 World Health Organization, 163 World Values Survey, 284 World Wide Web, 33, 104 WorldBoard, 93
X
XML, 128