Twenty One 21st Century Engineering Challenges (11-21)

By: | April 1st, 2013

15)  Use technology and biology to make humans smarter and healthier – Two trends will help people live better and healthier lives: first is preventative behavior – if people eat right and exercise they can generally expect to live a good life. Second is integrating new technologies into the diagnostic and treatment regimens of doctors.

Injured or worn-out body parts, organs and tissues will soon be replaced by tissues generated in the laboratory or by a 3-D Printing Machine. Huge earth shattering projects are now being undertaken from the sequencing the genome to mapping brain neurons to identify the origin of human illnesses in the minutest structures. According to scientists it will be possible to unlock memory and/or augment it with biotechnology.

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David Russell Schilling

David enjoys writing about high technology and its potential to make life better for all who inhabit planet earth.

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