Big Nano Future

Atlanta Business Chronicle: In 2029, people and computers will be “intimately connected” in profound ways, thanks to breakthrough advances in artificial intelligence, nanotechnology and a soon-to-be-acquired knowledge of the human brain.
That’s according to futurist Ray Kurzweil, who spoke Feb. 7 at the Technology Association of Georgia’s annual summit in Smyrna. Kurzweil, author of “The Age of Spiritual Machines” and inventor of the speech-to-text synthesizer, predicts scientists by 2029 will have created “nanobots” capable of repairing the human body from within and immersing the five senses in full virtual reality environments. Nanobots also will be able to make us smarter too, he predicts: improving memory, sensory and cognitive abilities.
Just around the corner — in 2009 — people will have fast Internet connections at all times in all places thanks to advances in small, mobile electronics embedded in clothing and in the environment. “Computers will disappear,” he said, as visiting a Web site will become a mobile, virtual reality experience and “displays will be written directly on our retinas” from eyeglasses and contact lenses.
Futurist foresees big gains in nanotechnology [Atlanta Business Chronicle]