文档介绍：EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR IMPACT
December 2006
o Solar
Cells p58
Danny Hillis,
. Pioneer p28
Ageless
Monkeys p34
Will This
Laptop Save
the World?
A $puter could educate
millions of children, enrich poor
nations, and remake philanthropy.
BY JAMES SUROWIECKI Page 48
What’s Wrong
with MySpace
How the working site
betrays the promise of Web .
BY WADE ROUSH Page 72
Repairing
Broken Genes
After years of false starts,
gene therapy is ﬁ nally working.
BY HORACE FREELAND JUDSON Page 40
A Scientist
at War, 1943
At 19, I worked in the heart of
Britain’s mand.
BY FREEMAN DYSON Page 62
The world consumes two barrels
of oil for every barrel discovered.
So is this something you should be worried about?
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The fact is, the world has been finding less
been using for twenty years now.
oil than it’s been soaring, but the oil
Not only has demand
we’ve been finding ing from places that
are tough to reach. At the same time, more of
this newly discovered oil is of the type that
requires a greater investment to refine. And
because demand for this preciousby over resource 40% by
will grow, according to some,
2025, fueling the world’s growing economic
prosperity will take a lot more energy from
every possible source.
The energy industry needs to get more from
existing fields whileomakers continuing must to continue search for to
new reserves. Aut
improve fuel efficiency and perfect hybrid
vehicles. Technological improvements are
needed so that wind, solar and hydrogen can
be more viable parts of the energy equation.
Governments need to create energy policies
that promote economically and environmentally
sound development. Consumers