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* '''Nutrition'''
* '''Nutrition'''
** [http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003067.html Fighting Global Warming with Lab-Grown Meat]
** [http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003067.html Fighting Global Warming with Lab-Grown Meat]
* '''Physics'''
** '''2006-01-05''' [http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18925331.200 Hyperdrive?]
** '''Quantum Physics'''
*** '''2006-02-23''' [http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8766 Is our universe about to be mangled?] (quantum reality? cosmology?)
*** '''2006-02-22''' [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18925405.700 Quantum computer works best switched off]
* '''Poverty Reduction''' (for lack of a better term)
** [http://www.kiva.org/index.php Kiva]: micro-loan finder/seeker site
** cell phones in the Third World: [http://www.developments.org.uk/data/issue31/loose-talk.htm Loose Talk Saves Lives]
* '''Reality Simulation'''
* '''Reality Simulation'''
** [http://www.opencroquet.org/ (Open)Croquet]: collaborative [[P2P]] virtual reality
** [http://www.opencroquet.org/ (Open)Croquet]: collaborative [[P2P]] virtual reality
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* '''Self-Replication'''
* '''Self-Replication'''
** [http://reprap.org/ RepRap]: Replicating Rapid-prototyper, a practical self-copying 3D printer (in development)
** [http://reprap.org/ RepRap]: Replicating Rapid-prototyper, a practical self-copying 3D printer (in development)
* '''The Singularity'''
* The '''Singularity'''
** Reference
** Reference
*** {{wikipedia|Technological singularity}}
*** {{wikipedia|Technological singularity}}
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*** [http://www.singularity.org/ Singularity.org]: links to several related sites
*** [http://www.singularity.org/ Singularity.org]: links to several related sites
*** Vernor Vinge's [http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~phoenix/vinge/vinge-sing.html 1993 lecture] explaining the concept, and a [http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/vinge/misc/WER2.html 2003 update]
*** Vernor Vinge's [http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~phoenix/vinge/vinge-sing.html 1993 lecture] explaining the concept, and a [http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/vinge/misc/WER2.html 2003 update]
* '''Physics'''
** '''2006-01-05''' [http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18925331.200 Hyperdrive?]
** '''Quantum Physics'''
*** '''2006-02-23''' [http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8766 Is our universe about to be mangled?] (quantum reality? cosmology?)
*** '''2006-02-22''' [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18925405.700 Quantum computer works best switched off]
* '''Poverty Reduction''' (for lack of a better term)
** [http://www.kiva.org/index.php Kiva]: micro-loan finder/seeker site
** cell phones in the Third World: [http://www.developments.org.uk/data/issue31/loose-talk.htm Loose Talk Saves Lives]
* '''Space Exploration'''
* '''Space Exploration'''
** [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-01/esa-eaa011106.php ESA and ANU make space propulsion breakthrough]: much more efficient ion engine
** [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-01/esa-eaa011106.php ESA and ANU make space propulsion breakthrough]: much more efficient ion engine
* '''Time Travel'''
** '''2007-01-21''' [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/21/ING5LNJSBF1.DTL Science hopes to change events that have already occurred]: retrocausality using quantum physics

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