Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance Episode 2 Part 12 ppsx

Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance (pre-publication on-line version)
407
Information Mapping, 128
information selection, 246
information society, 278
information systems, adaptive, 349
information theory, 343
information, assimilation, 155
ingestibles, 94
innovation, 154, 374
innovation, environment for, 25
innovation, speed of, 44
innovative momentum, 2
insight, 4
Institute for Global Futures, 25
Integrative Graduate Education and Research
Training (IGERT), 361
intelligence, social, 271
interdisciplinary communication, 127
interface, competition, 151
interface, human-machine, 103
interfaces, neurovascular interfaces, 216
interfaces, speech, 240
intermodal equivalence, 194
internet, 32
Internet, 34, 36, 45, 87, 337, 367, 375
Islam, 280, 284
issues, key, ix, 1
J
journals, scientific, 283
K

Kismet, 136
L
language, common for science, 322
language, disciplinary technical, 364
language, statistical modeling, 380
language, theory of, 246
lawsuits, 211
learning, 321
learning how to learn, 87
learning pill, 94
learning theory, 233
learning, instant, 150
learning, life-long, 3
learning, technologies for, 322
life extension, 162, 167
Linguistic Data Consortium, 284
linguistics, computational, 379, 384
local area networks, 105
M
machine reproduction, 255
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 106
malnutrition, 162
Manhattan Project, 31
Marburger, John, 27, 28
materials, 334
materials, new, 2
mathematical models, 262
mathematics, x, 158, 354
mathematics, competitions, 153
matter, understanding of, 1

medical treatment, individualized, 169
Medieval Period, 3
memes, memetics, 90, 99, 278, 280
memory enhancement, 103
memory prosthesis, 126
memory, human, 149
memory, span of, 156
memory, working, 126
mental model, shared, 375
metabolism, human, 2
microbes, 260, 263
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), 143
middlemen, 43
migraine headaches, 231
mind, computational theory of, 252
mind, defined, 159
mind, engineering of, 248, 251, 258
mind, nature of, 252
mind, potential of, 4
mind, understanding, 350
miniaturization, 333
MIT Media Laboratory, 136
molecular machines, 95
molecular prosthetics, 159
molecules, complex, 2
Moore's Law, 100, 143, 202, 227, 326
moral codes, 138
N
nanobiotechnology, 159, 162, 169, 226, 234
nanobots, 332

nanodevices, medical, 234
NanoManipulator, 148
nano-neuro transceivers, 229
nanoparticles, 260
nanoscale biosensors, 232
nanoscale, importance of, 37
nanoscale, material unity at, ix, 2
nanoscience, tools for, 330
Appendix C. Index of Topics
408
nanotechnology, societal implications of, 244,
325
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, 26, 91, 236, 274, 369
National Cancer Institute, 239
National Center for Biotechnology
Information, 173
National Center for Engineering Design, 88
National Endowment for the Arts, 281
National Endowment for the Humanities, 281
National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 28, 78, 252
National Institutes of Health, 25, 32, 74, 281
National Nanofabrication Users Network, 331
National Nanotechnology Initiative, 375
National Partnership for Advanced
Computational Infrastructure, 88
National Science Foundation, 25, 32, 82, 129,
281, 319, 361
natural language processing, 245

near infrared detection (NIR), 199
needs, human, 86
nerve growth factor, 104
neuroanatomy, 248
neuromorphic engineering, ix, 365
neurons, 2, 227
neuroprosthetic devices, 364
neuroscience, 363
New Deal, 41
n-gram, 381
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, 25
NOMAD, 124
non-governmental organizations, xii
nonlinear dynamics, 228
normalcy concept, 207
O
object, evocative, 138
object, transitional, 134
Objective Force Warrior, 102
object-oriented programming, 144
Office of Science and Technology Policy, 26,
27
Olympics, 151
opportunities, 44
organization, social, 269
organs, artificial, 165
Outside-Inside Framework, 90
P
paralysis, 224

parasitic infections, 163
PDAs, 87
pedagogy, 361
performance, superhuman, 224
personable machines, 138
personality attribution, 136
personality, downloading, 150
pharmaceutical industry, 181
photonics, 105
physiological self-regulation, 231
political leadership, failing, 40
political mobilization, 40, 41
political movement, 35, 39
politics, language of, 35
politics, voter distance from, 40
poverty, 257, 352
PowerPoint, 125
press, the, xii
privacy, 186, 269
private Sector, xi
problems, messy, 127
productivity, 1, 3, 256, 385
professional societies, xii
progress, barriers to, 2
progress, limits to, 256
prosperity, 26, 66, 253, 281
proteins, 346
proteins, folding, 384
proteomics, 174
psychoanalysis, 134

psychological techniques, 85
psychophysiology, 233
public support for new technology, 322
Q
quadriplegics, 224
quality of life, 242
R
rapid eye movement (REM), 102
rationality, bounded, 156
Raytheon, 102
realtime sensing, 235
reductionism, 337
relational artifacts, 133, 137
religion, 280
Renaissance, 1
research foundations, xii
research methods, 1
research priorities, xii
research, multidisciplinary, 331
retinal implants, 191
Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance (pre-publication on-line version)
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risk factors, 160
robotics, evolutionary, 144
robots, micro, 92
robots, nano, 160
Romania, 34
Rome, ancient, 3
S
salient, reverse, 325

Sandia National Laboratory, 90
scale, effects of, 107
scaling of human actions, 225
scanning probe microscopy, 226
school, unification of science in, 321
science, at a watershed, 2
science, history of, 3
science, integration of, 263
science, teaching of, 372
science, unification of, ix, xi
scientific prediction, 340
scientists, obligation to communicate, 33
s-curve (sigmoid curve of technology
adoption), 38
security, 3
security, national, xi, 26, 35
self esteem, 208
self-organizing (systems), 100, 144, 246
semantic web, 131
semantics, 246, 283
sense, new, 95
senses, human, 86
sensory enhancement, x, 149
sensory gating, 203
sensory modalities, 190
sensory replacement, 190
sensory substitution, 190
sociable technology, 133, 138
social interaction, 331
social organization, forms of, 172

social problems, 281, 338
social progress, 328
social science(s), 90, 140, 141, 328
Social Security, 256
social sensing, 145
social structure, 267
social systems, 352
societal benefits, 322
socio-tech, 140
software complexity, 143
software engineering, 143, 250
software systems, large, 87
software, instructional, 87
specialization, x, 157, 364
speech recognition, 380
spinal cord injury, 208
spin-offs, 328
Sputnik, 330
stem cells, 166
stress, 265
subsurface, 261
surgery, 165
sustainable development, 1
synergy, x, 366
synesthesia, 195
T
Tactile Vision Substitution System, 196
tactual maps, 123
team design, 270
technological progress, 89

technology, acceptance of, 30
technology, humanized (ing), x, 86, 138
technology, personal, 93
teleoperator systems, 225
telepresence, 148, 369
television shows, 97
terahertz chip, 29
Terascale Computing System, 88
terrorism, 140, 283, 326, 352, 383
themes, major, x
thinking repertoires, 157
thought-chunks, 131
time delay, 225
tissue engineering, 165, 188, 384
tissue information, 186
tools, difficult to handle, 4
tools, transformative, ix, x
trading zones, 322, 325, 374
training, military, 268
transformation strategies, 262, 283
transformative strategies, 318, 319, 370
transforming tools, 2
transistor, limits to, 105
transportation vehicles, 2
transportation, alternative modes of, 240
U
United Nations, 23
User-Interface Olympics, 153
utility fog, 91
V

variety, law of requisite, 341
Appendix C. Index of Topics
410
vectors, viral and nonviral, 176
venture capitalism, 43, 44, 45
video games, 152
virtual environments, 161, 225
Virtual Human Project, 347
virtual pets, 133
virtual reality, 87, 332
virus, social, 281
viruses, computer, 272
vision, functions of, 192
visionary ideas, ix, 332
visual impairment, 160
visual language, 124
visualization, scientific, 129
visual-verbal language, 128
W
warfare, nature of, 287
weapons, intelligent, 256
wearable computers, 241
welfare, human, xi
wheelchair, 210
willpower enforcers, 93
work efficiency, 1
workshop, NBIC, x, 11, 28
World Cultures Journal, 284
World Health Organization, 163
World Values Survey, 284

World Wide Web, 33, 104
WorldBoard, 93
X
XML, 128