Oregon Institute Of Technology
Fuel-cell technologies are being used to generate power for telecom and industrial customers. Roll-out of the new technology has been dogged by technical problems and secrecy. Cleaner technologies are being developed to cut pollution from coal-burning power plants. The new cars will be energy efficient, environmentally friendly and technologically advanced. Although the technology originated in the UK, it has been developed in the US. In 2005, futurist Ray Kurzweil predicted that the future of technology would mainly consist of an overlapping "GNR Revolution" of genetics, nanotechnology and robotics, with robotics being the most important of the three. This future revolution has been explored in films, novels, and video games, which have predicted the creation of many inventions, as well as foreseeing future events. Humans have already made some of the first steps toward achieving the GNR revolution. Therefore, recognition of the limitations of technology, and more broadly...