Fifty years from today the world will have new and improved technology and medicine. Some of theses changes include huge advances in nanotechnology, biogenetics, bioinformatics, and genetics.  An example of some of the predicted improvements of genetics Janssens AC, van Duijn CM USE FIRST NAMES - IN ORDER LIKE WILLIAM TAYLOR  states, “recent developments in genomics research have boosted progress in the discovery of susceptible genes and fueled expectations about opportunities of genetic profiling for personalized medicine.” (Janssens AC, van Duijn CM 1) PERIOD GOES AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE = AFTER THE PARENTHESIS.  NO INITIALS - ONLY LAST NAME=  (Jansen & van Duijn 1)   It is possible then in fifty years that diabetes and coronary heart disease will be eliminated.  It is quite likely that infectious disease will be eradicated from the world.
    Technology such as computers and nanotechnology will have advanced to an amazing level. Nanotechnology will be able to remove pollutants form the air, water and human cells.   According to LANL , “Computers will be the size of a grain of sand and will be able to operate for decades for with a wristwatch battery, small robotic spacecraft will explore the solar system.” (LANL 2) Nanotechnology will advance computers and mechanics in general. Nanotechnology will also revolutionize healthcare.Nanotechnology will also affect the global market although the economy, for the most part, will remain about the same.

     It is quite likely that the economy will be about the same, although partially affected by the new technologies’ affect on the global market. Although technology changes over time, the economy stays about the same with occasional fluctuations. An example of how the global economy subtle changes, is presented by Jarboe, Ken, who stated “Happily the US innovation system as currently evolving is embracing the open innovation process – restoring that ability to ‘tap into the brains of the world.’ Unhappily, travel restrictions and immigration policies are making it more difficult. One step forward, one step back.” (Jarboe, Ken) Some aspects of the economy will not change, however, some key aspects of the economy will. The economy will most likely become more global.
    My other predictions are the strengthening of Latin America as a world economy, the emergence of China as a global power and the decline of the United States. Fifty years from now there will be technological advances in nanotechnology, biogenetics, bioinformatics, and genetics. In the realm of science it may seem like we are in the mouth of madness.

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     Time 15 October 1992. 22 November 2008 

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Brockman, John. "The Next Fifty Years." The Naked Scientists: Science Radio & Science Podcasts. 22

      November 2008 <http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/books/book/the-next-fifty-years/>. 

Wallace, Mike and Bill Adler. The Way We Will Be 50 Years from Today: 60 of the World's Greatest

      Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Nashville, Tennessee: Nelson, 2008.

  no - Mike Wallace is the editor - not the author.

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