index

Accountability, 55, 213

Adapter mindset, 98–99

Adaptive World, 276–277

Adobe, 205

Adult stem cells, 224–225, 236

Advanced Information Layering, 142

Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), 136

Africa, 7, 98

climate change in, 270

economics in, 60, 75–78

life expectancy in, 40

Smart Machine Economy in, 72

Africa Resource Exchange, 77–78

AI. See Artificial intelligence

AI-distributed intelligence, 121

Airplanes, x

Alcator C-Mod, 324

Algos, 130

Alibaba, 43, 97

Alternate Reality Games (ARGs), 255

Alternative energy management, 93, 94

Alternative-reality relationships (ARRs), 142

Alvaedu, 243–244

Always On, Always Aware, Internet, 17–28, 121, 133–139

Always-Aware Car, 17

Always-Learning culture, 106

Amazon, 43, 46, 97, 107, 123

Ambient Capture Energy Technologies, 305

Analytics, 38, 132, 200

Genomic Analytics, 33

predictive, 139, 152

risk analysis, 169

Andraka, Jack, 231

Androids, 122, 178

Anti-aging, 221, 222–223

Apple, 43, 45, 54, 99, 114–116, 123

Arab Spring, 26, 211

Arctic, 9, 79, 80, 266, 320

ARGs. See Alternate Reality Games

ARPANET. See Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

ARRs. See Alternative-reality relationships

Artificial cell, 112

Artificial intelligence (AI), 8, 17, 25, 115, 131, 145, 150, 183–184

Autonomous Economy and, 35

Connectivity Dividend and, 20

for energy, 298, 306

as Flash Zone, 80

Immersive Entertainment and, 151

Internet and, 126, 136

in Neuro Future, 331, 337, 344–345

robots and, 167

self-aware software and, 153

Artificial Life, 135, 136, 184, 346–347

Artificial Life Network, 137

Artificial People, 180

Ascendent Intelligence, 184–185

ASEAN. See Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Asia, 40, 60, 67, 72, 84, 91, 309–310

Asimov, Isaac, 178–179

Asset trading, 169

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 11–12

Astrophysics, 60

Atmospheric scrubbers, 287

Augmented Cognition, 167, 169–170

Augmented Reality, 150, 243

Auto-drive cars, 17

Autonomous Economy, 35, 111–112

Avatars, 29, 109, 145, 150, 249

Baidu-Google, 23, 37

Bangkok Bank Network, 33–34

Battle for the Future of Individual Rights, 81–82

Behavioral economics, 63

Benevolent Intelligence, 185–186

Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, 327

Big Data, 29, 31, 34, 38, 48, 333

Click-Streamers and, 101

climate change and, 267–268

for Climate Engineering, 291

Connectivity Dividend and, 20, 21

economics and, 59, 60–61

for energy, 298, 306

Genetic Personality and, 170

Genomic Analytics and, 33

in Innovation Economy, 117

Innovation Ecosystems and, 96

jobs in, 197, 198, 200

Kaggle and, 108

Knowledge Engineering and, 150

for medicine, 220–221, 227

Reality Engineering and, 124

for Smart Grid, 297

Smart Machines and, 22, 186

Tech Game-Changers and, 122

3D printing and, 165

Big Data Prediction Machine, 143

Big Idea, 10, 206

Big Merge, 186, 338–339

Big Risk Factor, 52

Big Science, 250

Bio-food, 165

BioHackers, 335–336

Biomimetic computer chips, 168

Bio-organs, 181

Biosensors, 230

Biotechnology, 121, 134, 170–172, 204, 222

Bitcoin, 31, 34, 37, 93, 107, 153

Blab, 61, 108

Black boxes, 61, 109

Blended Reality, 110, 128, 134, 139, 144, 155

Bottlenose, 61

BP, 52

Brain ReFreshers, 110

Brain Science, 258–259

Brains in a Box, 131, 136

Brain-Streaming, 34–35

Brazil, 98

Bright Energy Future, 307–308

Brin, Sergy, 69

Building Blocks, 134–135, 201

Business, 23, 28–48, 54–55, 201

Connected Planet Trend and, 18

Digital Business Processes, 200

Digital Transmedia for, 102

education and, 240

exponential change in, 99–100

games for, 38

High-Velocity Business, 148–149

Innovation Ecosystems and, 93

Internet and, 39

New Rules of, 106

power shifts in, 43–44

of predictions, xiii

prosperity from, 23

trends in, 38–40, 47–48

Canada, 97, 283

Capital

for innovation, 65, 67, 68

Social Capital, 50

Capital Attractors, 64

Capitalism, 62, 68, 69, 120

Carbon MegaTax, 305

Carbon sequestration, carbon capture, and storage (CRD), 288

Carbon Trading Exchange (CTX), 290, 299, 316–317

Carbon-credit trading, 93

Ceres, 204–205

CGI. See Computer generated imagery

Change, 1–2, 4, 211–212

Emergent Change, 355–356

exponential, 99–100, 121

See also Climate change

Changing Workforce Study, 210

Chaos World, climate change and, 277–278

Chaotic Energy Future, 308–309

Chile, 87

China, 70, 71, 72–73, 97, 162–163, 239, 309–310

Climate Engineering in, 283, 289

as Flash Zone, 80

Innovation Capital and, 68

Innovation Economy and, 67–68

megacities in, 90, 92

methane mining in, 320

renewable energy in, 310–311

Smart Machine Economy in, 72

Cities, 5, 89–92, 100–101, 291

Class Dojo, 257

Clean energy, 300–301

Clean Tech, 294

Click-Streamers, 31, 101–103

Climate change, 5, 49, 261–278, 283

Connected Planet Trend and, 16, 19

Connected Society and, 26

as Flash Zone, 80, 82

forecasts for, 7, 266, 274

Climate Engineering, 279–295

entrepreneurs for, 292, 294–295

health care and, 94

innovation for, 279–280

3D printing for, 283

Climate management, 159, 272–273, 294

Clinton, Bill, 158

Cloud computing, 25, 48, 101, 133, 139, 186, 197

for energy, 298, 299, 306

Innovation Economics and, 67

Knowledge-Value Products and, 110

for medicine, 220, 227

Tech Game-Changers and, 122

3D printing in, 36

Coevolution, 131

Cognition

enhancement of, 347–348

as Game-Changing Trend, 131

Cognitive Computing, 29, 136, 187–188

Cognitive intelligence, 197

Cognitive Liberty, 119

Coinbase, 153

Coke, 55

Collaboration, 169, 201, 241, 344

Collaborative Smart Machines, 30

Collaborative Web, 137

Communications, as Game-Changing Trend, 131

Community, as Game-Changing Trend, 131

Competition, 44, 68, 79, 201, 313–314

Competitive advantage, 8–9, 19, 23, 29, 38

Complexity, 4, 129, 169

Computer animation. See Computer generated imagery

Computer chips, 121, 147, 168

Computer generated imagery (CGI), 154–155

Computers, x, 7, 12, 16, 167, 191–192

Predictive Awareness of, 166

software for, 153

See also Supercomputers

Conflict, 11, 19, 79–81

Connected Health Care System, 21

Connected Innovation Ecosystems, 19

Connected Planet Trend, 16–17, 19, 24–27, 78, 83, 84, 86

Connected Society, 26

Connecting Minds to Devices, 100

Connectivity, 4, 16–27, 59, 131, 147

hyperconnectivity, 16, 22, 121

Connectivity Dividend, 20–22

Consciousness, 131, 344–345

Consumer genomics, xii

Consumer Physics, 143

Consumer self-care, xii

Content, as Game-Changing Trend, 132

Continuous Innovation, 67

Convergence, 4, 121, 131, 133, 135–139, 151, 161, 236

Core curriculum, 251

Corporate Eco-Forum, 205

CourseFlow, 243–244

CRD. See Carbon sequestration, carbon capture, and storage

Creatures (games), 347

Crime, 19, 81, 82

Crowdsourcing, 29, 46, 108–109, 127, 139–140, 152

Crypto currency, 31

CTX. See Carbon Trading Exchange

Culture, 18, 102

Always-Learning, 106

Cybernetic Culture, 186

Start-Up Culture, 31, 94

Customer Engagement Experience, 46

Customized Wrap-Around Experiences, 142

Cybernetic Culture, 186

Cybernetic Enhancement, 189

Cyberspace, 80

Czech Republic, 97

D2B. See Direct-to-Brain

Da Vinci Explorer, 304

Dark Networks, 80

Data Rich, 144, 154

Data science, xii, 60, 107–108

See also Big Data

Data Tsunami, 137

Day Start-Ups, 94

Decentralization, of technology, 94

Decision making, by Smart Machines, 132

Deep Digital Sensing, 153

Deep Future, 304–306

Deep Intelligence, 348

Deep learning, 201

Deep Real-Time Authenticated Collaboration, 169

Deep-Space Commerce, 80

Democratization, of technology, 94, 195

DEPs. See Digitally Engineered Personalities

Designed Evolution, 172–173, 332–333

Desire, prediction of, 127–129

Developing nations, energy for, 310

Different Intelligence, 341

DigiCash, 31

Digital Agent, 128

Digital assistants, 139

Digital Business Processes, 200

Digital capitalism, 120

Digital Currency Exchanges, 153

Digital DNA, 341–342

Digital Experience Program, 123

Digital health care, 221

Digital Maker Networks, 33–34

Digital marketing, 38

Digital money, 31–32, 80, 85–86, 153

See also Bitcoin

Digital personalities, 29, 145

Digital Platforms, 102

Digital Societies, 144, 155

Digital Transmedia, 102, 144–145

Digital Tribes, 28

Digitally Engineered Personalities (DEPs), 110, 148, 167

DigiTrade, 32

Direct to the Brain Broadcasting (DTB), 151

Direct-to-Brain (D2B), 34–35

Discovering New Opportunity, 100

Disney, 55

Disposable technology, 121–122

Distributed Global Intelligence, 153

Distributed Knowledge Network, 214–215

Distributed Networked Cognition, 188

DNA, x, 9, 33, 100, 220, 337, 341–342

Doxil, 159–160

Drones, 29, 80, 182–183

DTB. See Direct to the Brain Broadcasting

Duke Energy, 205

Dumb Technology, 126–127

DuoLingo, 256

Dynamic Prediction, 126

Dysfunctional Leadership, 41

Dysfunctional Organizations, 41

Earth Shields, 291

Echo Therapeutics, 230

Eco-Market Exchange, 283

Economic Global Intimacy, 73

Economics

in Africa, 60, 75–78

behavioral, 63

in China, 71

Evolutionary Economics, 66

Future Ready and, 65

Global Connected Economy, 251

Global Economy, 60, 61

Global Innovation Economy, 64, 198, 243

Green Economy, 306

Keynesian economics, 66

Knowledge Economy, 251

Nano Economy, 158, 159

neuro-economics, 63

New Future of, 58–82

Predictive Economics, 59, 60

sustainability of, 70, 75

technology and, 59–67

in United States, 71

See also Business; Innovation Economy

Education, 239–260

Connected Planet Trend and, 18, 19

entrepreneurs in, 250

Game-Changers of the Future in, 243, 250

Game-Changing Trends in, 250

games in, 253–257

as Grand Challenge, 123

Innovation Ecosystems and, 93

innovation in, 251, 253

jobs and, 197

leadership in, 250–251

mindset in, 251

Rearview Thinking and, 242–243

teachers in, 257

Elance, 97

Elder care, 5

Electric cars, 328–330

Electronic Patient Records, 221

E-mail, 137

Embedding Knowledge, 100

Embryonic stem cells, 224–225

Emergent Change, 355–356

Emerging Technological Innovations, 213

Emotional intelligence, 132

Emotional sentience, of robots, 177

Empower Me, 57–58

Empowered Customer, 49, 53–54

Energy, 296–330

Bright Energy Future for, 307–308

Chaotic Energy Future for, 308–309

competition for, 313–314

Connected Planet Trend and, 16

current state of, 300

in Deep Future, 304–306

for developing nations, 310

discovery of, 9

economics and, 59

electric cars and, 328–330

future mix of, 311–313

geopolitics and, 79

global energy grid for, 306–307

Green Economy and, 306

from hurricanes, 327

independence, 309

innovation in, 304–306

megacities and, 92

nanotechnology for, 305, 325–327

Smart Grid for, 296–297

Smart Machines for, 314–315

from tornados, 327

trends in, 298–299

Uneven Energy Future for, 308

wireless transfer of, 317–318

See also specific types

Energy Beacons, 318–319

Energy Dilemma, 301

Energy Security, 298

Engines of Creation, 125

England, 88, 97

Enhanced Humans, 227, 234, 333–334, 336–337, 344

Enhancement

of cognition, 347–348

Cybernetic Enhancement, 189

of health, 221

Health Enhancement Market, 94

Enhancement Society, 339–340

Entrepreneurs, 7, 25, 84, 206, 207–208

for Climate Engineering, 292, 294–295

Connected Planet Trend and, 17, 18, 19

digital money and, 86

in education, 250

for innovation, 65

in Innovation Economy, 117

as Innovation Game-Changers, 113–130

Kickstarter for, 97

Knowledge Engineering and, 150

in medicine, 229–233

in renewable energy, 317

Tech Game-Changers and, 120

as 3D Makers, 164

women as, 94

Environmental scanning, 152

Esmark, Morten Thrane, 327

Ethics, 173, 350

in medicine, 238

Europe, 9, 59, 72–73, 85

climate change in, 270

Climate Engineering in, 289

energy in, 301, 309–310

Human Rights to Work Law in, 215

Innovation Economy and, 67, 69

Smart Machine Economy in, 72

Everywhere Wearables, 127

Evolutionary Economics, 66

Evolutionary Moment, 352

Evolutionary Networking, 137

Expertise, 11

Exponential change, 99–100, 121

Facebook, 37, 99, 123, 143

Fast Future, 2

FedEx, 205

Fifth Internet Wave, 137

Finance, 93, 102

Finland, 97

First Internet Wave, 136

FitBit, 143

Flash Zones, 79–81

Folding Water, 292–293

Food, 9, 19, 26, 79

bio-food, 165

Ford, 204

Forecasts

for climate change, 7, 266, 274

Future Smart, 5

Global Changing Workforce Forecast, 211–212

mindsets about, 13–14

for nanotechnology, 158

truth, 9–11

unfulfilled, x

for your life, 10

Fourth Internet Wave, 137

Foxcomm, 72

France, 71, 88, 211–212

Free enterprise, 30, 65, 68

Freelancers, 32–33, 198

Fuel cells, 319–3210

Fusion reactors, 312, 323–325

Future Challenged, 12

Future Data Tsunami, 48

Future Internet, 135–139

Future Ready, 1–15, 172, 202

for climate change, 265, 275

economics and, 65

education and, 241

for jobs, 196

megacities and, 89

Future Smart, xiv–xv, 1–27, 43, 132

convergence and, 4

core curriculum, 251

education, 241–242

energy, 299

entrepreneurs, 25, 207–208

forecasts, 5

Higher Purpose and, 208

Jakarta, Indonesia and, 11–12

for jobs, 196–217

leadership, 46–48

learning, 247–248

mindset for, 12–15

power and, 4

predictive medicine and, 219

social impact and, 9, 49–58

strategies for, 10, 11

talent and, 206–207

truth forecast and, 9–11

Future Smart Enterprise, 45, 52, 55–57, 105

Future Smart Gap, 249

Future-Smart Domains, 40–41

Future-Smart Leaders, 47–48, 78, 204–205, 214

Game-Changers of the Future, 14, 15, 51, 210, 351–356

in Climate Engineering, 290–291

in education, 243, 250

in learning, 240

See also Innovation Game-Changers

Game-Changing Future, for jobs, 196–217

Game-Changing new idea, 11

Game-Changing Trends, 3, 31, 47–48, 100, 131–132, 333–334

in climate change, 264

digital money as, 86

in economics, 74–75

in education, 250

emotionally sentient robots as, 177

for jobs, 198

predictive medicine and, 219

Reality Engineering as, 123–125

Games, 38, 253–257

ARGs, 255

Gates, Bill, 69, 289

GE, 46, 54, 108, 157, 204

General Mills, 204, 270

Generation X, 54, 57–58, 213, 336

Generation Y, 336

Genetic Personality, 170

Genetics, 134, 168, 170–172, 197

Genomic Analytics, 33

Genomics, 220

Geo-engineering. See Climate Engineering

Geo-intelligence, 133, 139, 147

Geopolitics, 78–79, 268–269

George, Russ, 292

Geo-tagging, 121, 152–153

Germany, 73, 88, 97, 309

G-Force (film), 179

Giordano, James, 349

Global Changing Workforce Forecast, 211–212

Global Connected Economy, 251

Global Connected Home Market, 94

Global Connected Planet, 251

Global Economy, 60, 61

Global energy grid, 306–307

Global Innovation Economy, 64, 198, 243

Global Innovation Ecosystem, 29, 30, 31

Global Longevity Culture, 173

Global Nano Market, 157

Global power, 4, 9

Global Trade, 94

Global Values Shift, 26–27

Globalization, 83–92

economics and, 59

education and, 241

Tech Game-Changers and, 120

3D Makers and, 89

Goal Book, 256

Gold, Steve, 188

Google, 23, 37, 45, 112, 143

education and, 239

Future Smart award for, 43

as Innovation Game Changer, 123

Knowledge Products by, 99

Knowledge-Value at, 46

Google Glass, 32, 143, 169–170

Google Trends, 61

Goostman, Eugene, 183

Governments, 19, 26, 63

climate change and, 49

Global Innovation Ecosystem and, 30

slavery and, 49

GPS sensors, 112

Grand, Steven, 347

Grand Challenges, 9, 49–50, 122–123, 348

with education, 246

with energy, 299, 324

with Smart Machines, 186

social purpose and, 52

with technology, 132

Greece, 87

Green Economy, 306

Grinders, 334

GROMET, 289

Health, xi–xii, 93, 102, 221

Health care, 18, 19, 21, 94, 123, 171, 221

See also Medicine; Pharmaceuticals

Health Enhancement Market, 94

Helium, moon mining for, 320–321

Hideo Kodama, 163

High Fidelity, 155

Higher Purpose, 50–51, 208, 213

High-Velocity Business, 148–149

High-velocity change, 103–104

Hive Mind, 305, 347

HPE. See Human Performance Market

Hsieh, Tony, 50

Human Performance Market (HPE), 35

Human Rights to Work Law, in Europe, 215

Human–Smart Machine Jobs Gap, 72

Hurricanes, 327

Hybrid cars, 13–14

Hybrid Minds, 192

Hybrid realities, 139

Hyper-competition, 201

Hyperconnectivity, 16, 22, 121

IBM, 46, 85, 99, 188, 205, 231–233

Immersive Entertainment, 29, 150–152

India, 69, 70, 72, 85, 97, 289, 320

Indiegogo, 162

Individual empowerment, 195

Individual rights, 81–82

Indonesia, 11–12, 70–71, 84, 85, 87, 98

Information Layering, 153–154

Information Mining, 142

Information technology, 204

Information-Layering Intelligence, 142

Information-That-Finds-You, 142

Infotech, 134

Inhalable Medical Devices, 148

Innovate or die, 104–105

Innovation, 11, 45, 88–89, 195, 206, 354–355

at Apple, 45

for Climate Engineering, 279–280

competitive advantage of, 38

economics and, 59

in education, 251, 253

in energy, 304–306

entrepreneurs for, 65

by Game-Changers of the Future, 352–353

as Game-Changing Trend, 31

at GE, 46

geopolitics and, 79

Global Innovation Economy, 64, 198, 243

at Google, 45

at IBM, 46

mindset for, 61, 98–99, 251

Power Tools for, 94–95

for renewable energy, 302–303

Innovation Capital, 65, 67, 68

Innovation Economy, 25, 66–71, 116–118

early stage of, 118

New Future of, 65

in 2025, 28

venture capital in, 68

Innovation Ecosystems, 22, 28–31, 68, 122, 178

Autonomous Economy and, 111–112

business and, 93

Click-Streamers and, 101–103

Connected Innovation Ecosystems, 19

Connectivity Dividend and, 20–21

data science and, 107–108

as Flash Zone, 80

Future Ready for, 202

Future Smart Enterprise and, 105

globalization and, 83

high-velocity change and, 103–104

Intuitive Technology and, 130

jobs in, 197, 198, 202–203

key drivers of, 95

for Knowledge Products, 37

Knowledge-Engineering and, 108–109

Knowledge-Value in, 93–112, 201

Knowledge-Value Products and, 109–111, 202

Reality Engineering and, 125

Innovation Game-Changers, 113–130

complexity and, 129

Grand Challenges with, 122–123

Innovation Economy and, 116–118

Intuitive Technology and, 130

Tech Game-Changers and, 118–120

Innovation Nations, 97–98

Innovative Ideas, 24

InstaMarkets, 30

Institute for Global Futures, 7, 10, 245

Intellectual Ventures, 97

Intelligent Automated Highway System, 305

Intelligent Web, 141, 142–143

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 273

International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), 323

Internet

AI and, 126, 136

Always On, Always Aware, 17–28, 121, 133–139

Blended Reality on, 134, 153–154

business and, 39

Connected Planet Trend and, 16

convergence on, 135–139

globalization and, 84

hyperconnectivity on, 16

Innovation Ecosystems and, 96

mining on, 142

personalization of, 141

Smart Machines and, 136

of Smart Things, 146–147

unfulfilled forecast for, x

Wearable Mesh and, 145–146

See also Click-Streamers

Internet of Things (IoT), 25, 93, 122, 126, 139, 147–152, 180, 337

Autonomous Economy and, 35

for energy, 305

OPV and, 321

InTouch Health, 230

Intuitive Networks, 136

Intuitive Technology, 119, 130

Intuitive Web, 142

IoT. See Internet of Things

IPCC. See Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPhone, 45, 72

Ireland, 97

IRobot, 230

Islam, 79, 80

Israel, 97

Italy, 71

ITER. See International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor

ITunes, 45, 47

J. P. Morgan, 54–55

Jakarta, Indonesia, 11–12

Japan, 80, 216, 320, 322–323

Job Bots, 130

Jobs, 196–217

Future Ready for, 196

Game-Changing Trends for, 198

in Innovation Ecosystem, 197, 198, 202–203

in medicine, 229

Predictive Awareness and, 200, 210

Smart Machines and, 198–199, 215–217

Tech Shapers and, 203–204

Jobs, Steve, 47, 69, 114, 115

Johnson & Johnson, 205

Kaggle, 108–109

Kennedy, John, 303

Keynesian economics, 66

Khan, Salman, 244

Khan Academy, 244

Kickstarter, 97

Knowledge Careers, 243

Knowledge Economy, 251

Knowledge Products, 37, 99

Knowledge Science, 243

Knowledge Work, 112

Knowledge-Aware Products, 151

Knowledge-Engineering, 96, 108–109, 130, 150, 151, 200

Knowledge-Smart talent, 199

Knowledge-Value, 38, 39, 46, 47

in Innovation Ecosystems, 93–112, 201

jobs in, 198, 201

Predictive, 31

Knowledge-Value Engineering, 106–107

Knowledge-Value Platforms, 107

Knowledge-Value Products, 109–111, 202

Knowledge-Value Services, 197

Knowledge-Value Specialists, 29, 35, 36

Latin America, 9, 85, 91

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), 324

Leadership, 46–48, 128, 213, 250–251

Future-Smart Leaders, 47–48, 78, 204–205, 214

Learning, 132, 240, 247–248

deep, 201

lifelong, 210

See also Education

LearnZillion, 244

Life Apps, 119

Life expectancy, 39–40, 70, 134, 173, 221, 222–223

Longevity Medicine and, 220, 234–238

Lifelong learning, 210

Linden Dollars, 155

Living Ecosystem, 137

LLNL. See Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Longevity Medicine, 220, 234–238

Loudermilk, Tim, 244

Machine intelligence, 20

Machine to Machine (MTM), 147, 191

Machines Over Humans Issue, 217

Maintainer mindset, for innovators, 98–99

Maker Revolution, 163

Makers World, 29

Malaysia, 70–71, 84, 85, 98

Managed Risk World, climate change and, 277

Marketing, 33, 38, 100, 152

Massive open online courses (MOOCs), 123

MasterCard, 108

Match.com, 107

MDG. See Millennium Development Goals

Media

Digital Transmedia for, 102

mobile, 16

See also Social media

Medicine, 218–238

Big Data for, 220–221, 227

cloud computing for, 220, 227

convergence in, 236

entrepreneurs in, 229–233

ethics in, 238

Game-Changing Future of, 220

jobs in, 229

Longevity Medicine, 220, 234–238

predictive, 219–220

regenerative, 7, 110, 117, 198, 220, 221, 223

revolutions in, 220–221

tele-robotics in, 230

Megacities, 89–92

Megaverse, 139

MelaFind, 230

Memory enhancement, 223

Merck, 108

Mesh Networks, 146

Methane mining, 320

Mexico, 84, 87

Microeconomies of the Future, 63–65

Microgrids, 36

Millennials, 54, 57–58, 119, 206, 213, 336

Millennium Development Goals (MDG), 53

Mind control, 343

Mindset, 12–15

for business, 54–55

in education, 251

for innovation, 61, 98–99, 251

Minds-within-Minds (MWM), 167

Mine Future Desire, 97

Mining

by Bitcoin, 107

Information Mining, 142

on Internet, 142

for methane, 320

neuro-data mining, 152

space mining, 7

MK Ultra, 32

Mobasa, Jomo, 23

Mobil$, 31

Mobile electronic commerce, 5, 7, 20, 30, 101

Mobile Energy Management Intelligence, 298–299

Mobile Internet, 24–25

Mobile media, 16

Mobile Web Marketplace, 31

MOOCs. See Massive open online courses

Moon mining, for helium, 320–321

Moore’s Law, 120–121, 131, 147, 324

Moral machines, 349

Morphable Intelligence, 137

Morphable Personalized Media, 142

Morphable Tools, 119

M-Pesa, 31, 86

MTM. See Machine to Machine

Multinational corporations, 82

Musk, Elon, 43, 47, 69

MWM. See Minds-within-Minds

MyBucks, 31

Myopia, 41

Nano Economy, 158, 159

Nano-biology, 158, 160–161

Nano-chips, 121

Nano-Economy, 63

Nano-factories, 158

Nano-implants, 223

Nano-neuro devices, 142

Nanotech Revolution, 158

Nanotechnology, 63–64, 94, 134, 156–162

Augmented Cognition and, 169–170

biotech and, 171

for Climate Engineering, 291

climate management with, 159

for energy, 305, 325–327

in Innovation Economy, 116

jobs and, 198

Tech Shapers in, 204

Nano-tubes, 231

NASA, 108–109, 288–289

National Ignition Facility (NIF), 324

National Science Foundation (NSF), 158

National Snow and Ice Data Center, 262

Natural Humans, 227, 344

Natural Reality, 150–151

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), 322

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR), 143

Nest Labs, 143

Netflix, 43

Networks, 19, 59, 81, 125, 130, 204, 298

Evolutionary Networking, 137

Intuitive Networks, 136

Mesh Networks, 146

See also specific networks

Neuro Future, 331–350

AI in, 331, 337, 344–345

Artificial Life in, 346–347

Big Data in, 333

Big Merge in, 338–339

BioHackers in, 335–336

cognitive enhancement in, 347–348

collaboration in, 344

consciousness in, 344–345

Designed Evolution and, 332–333

DNA in, 341–342

Enhanced Humans in, 333–334, 336–337, 344

Enhancement Society in, 339–340

Game-Changing Trends for, 333–334

Grand Challenge with, 348

Knowledge Engineering and, 150

moral machines in, 349

Natural Humans in, 344

Neuro Worlds in, 342–343

privacy in, 343

Smart Machines in, 332–333, 337

Transhumanism in, 334–335

Neuro Readiness, 188

Neuro Worlds, 342–343

Neuro-Ads, 33

Neuro-data mining, 152

Neuro-economics, 63

Neuro-Learning Aptitude, 258

Neuromarketing, 152

Neuroplasticity, 258

Neurosky, 143

Neurosynaptic computer chips, 168

Neuro-Sync Now, 126

Neurotechnology, 134, 188–189, 204, 331–350

Neuro-war, 343

New AI, 35

New Careers, 198

New Competitive Advantage, 8–9

New Era of Enlightenment, 69

New Future, 4

Building Blocks of, 134–135

of business, 28–48

defining characteristics of, 39

of economics, 58–82

energy in, 302

of Global Economy, 60

of Innovation Economy, 65

of IoT, 180

for jobs, 196–217

of medicine, 236

Reality Engineering in, 123–125

of robots, 176–195

of Smart Machines, 176–195

New Global Renaissance, 359–360

New Middle Class, 94, 100–101, 201, 270

New Minds, 150, 178

New Nano, 158

New Productive Future, 21

New Rules, 46, 106

New Synthetic Life Form, 135

New Work Ethic, 198, 201, 213–214

News, Digital Transmedia for, 102

Next World War, climate change as, 265

NIF. See National Ignition Facility

NIR. See Near-infrared spectroscopy

Norns (game), 347

North America, 9, 59, 67, 84, 87, 97, 283

See also United States

NRL. See Naval Research Laboratory

NSF. See National Science Foundation

Nuclear war, 60

Occulus Rift, 143

Oceans, 82

ODesk, 97

OPEC. See Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Organic photovoltaic solar cells (OPV), 321

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 77, 301, 309

P2P. See Peer-to-peer networks; Person-to-Person

PCM. See Predictive climate management

Peer-to-peer networks (P2P), 153

Pepsi, 204

Personal Cloud, 136

Personalization

of advertising, 33, 34

of Internet, 141

of supercomputers, 112

Personalized Adaptive Advertising, 33, 34

Personalized Regenerative Medicine, 171

Personal-Location-Targeting technology, 142

Person-to-Person (P2P), 31, 32

Pervasive computing, 167

Pessimism, 353–354

Petro-resources, 9, 79

OPEC and, 77, 301, 309

Pharmaceuticals, 7, 16, 21–22, 110, 171, 225

Phone Phreaks, 115

Planetary Challenges, 26

PoD. See Print on demand

Population health, xii

Population increase, 19

Post-Genomic Society, 170, 173–174

Posthumans, 227

Poverty, 123

Power

global, 4, 9

New Work Ethic and, 213

Power of Ideas, 14, 67

Power shifts

in business, 43–44

in Future Smart Enterprises, 55–56

megacities and, 91–92

Power Tools, 94–95

Prediction systems, 109

Predictions

accuracy of, 8–9

business of, xiii

of desire, 127–129

DNA, 9

Future Smart and, 3

for health, xi–xii

in social media, 61

Predictive analytics, 139, 152

Predictive Awareness, 42, 142, 154

of computers, 166

jobs and, 200, 210

Predictive climate management (PCM), 288

Predictive Economics, 59, 60

Predictive Enterprise, 38

Predictive Knowledge-Value, 31

Predictive medicine, 219–220

Predictive Relationship Potential Fitness (PRPF), 174

Presence Robot, 230

Print on demand (PoD), 162

Privacy, 110, 119, 127, 343

Private Cloud Network, 17, 347

Process, Future-Smart Domains for, 40

Products, Future-Smart Domains for, 40–41

Prosperity, 7, 23, 39, 83

from free enterprise, 68

megacities and, 91

Tech Game-Changers and, 120

PRPF. See Predictive Relationship Potential Fitness

Purpose-Before-Profit, 50

Qualcomm, 168

Quantum Cognition, 189–191

Quantum technology, 134, 204

Quirky, 97

Radio frequency (RF), 147

Ready to Run Futures, 15

Reality Engineering, 123–127, 128, 130

Real-time social media TV, 153

Real-time supply chain, 100

Rearview Thinking, 242–243

RECs. See Renewable energy credits

Regenerative medicine, 7, 110, 117, 198, 220, 221, 223

Religion, 79, 80

Remote-View, 337

Reneri, Liz, 292–293

Renewable energy, 13, 298, 302–303, 315–316

in China, 310–311

entrepreneurs in, 317

sustainability with, 301

Renewable energy credits (RECs), 23

Renewable Energy Market, 93

Resource scarcity, 270–272

Resource scarcity and, 270–272

Return on innovation (ROI), 33, 63, 66, 198, 199

RF. See Radio frequency

Ribbon Hero, 256

Right Job, 96

Right Tech, 96

Risk analysis, 169

Risks, 4

Big Risk Factor, 52

with climate change, 265–266, 272–273, 275, 277

with Climate Engineering, 288

for education, 259–260

Robots, 7, 134, 176–195, 337

AI and, 167

Autonomous Economy and, 111

for education, 239

for elder care, 5

as Flash Zone, 80

in Innovation Economy, 116

in Japan, 216

with Knowledge-Value, 107

in medicine, 220

Smart Machines as, 72–73

Tech Game-Changers and, 122

Tech Shapers in, 204

tele-robotics, 179–181

Rocco, Mike, 158

Rogue Civilization, 148–149

Rogue Intelligence, 186–187

ROI. See Return on innovation

Romania, 98

Rosedale, Philip, 155

Russia, 70, 74, 80, 98

Salesforce.com, 43

Schumpeter, Joseph, 65

Schumpeter’s Gale, 65

SCiO, 143

Sea Floor Methane, 305

Second Internet Wave, 136

Second Life, 155

Self-assembly, 160

Self-awareness, 132, 153, 178, 194–195, 341

Self-care, 230

Self-Directed Learning, 243

Self-healing, 160

Self-organizing materials, 112

Self-replication, 160

Sensors

biosensors, 230

for energy, 298

GPS, 112

Sentience

of computers, 191–192

of robots, 177

of Smart Machines, 346

Sentient Intelligence, 347

Sentient Machines, 192

Senyak, Gene, 114

ShowMe, 244

Simulation

for business, 38

3D, 127

Singapore, 71, 97

Singularity University, 245

Singularity-Gone-Bad Scenario, 193

Skillshare, 244

Slavery, 49

Smart Assist, 128

Smart Buildings, 148

Smart Cloud Networks, 243

Smart Connected Machines, 24

Smart Connectivity Law, 121

Smart Drugs, 7, 225

Smart Grid, 296–297

Smart Hospital, 21

Smart Levees, 291, 292–293

Smart Machine Economy, 72

Smart Machine Ecosystem of Future Manufacturing, 163

Smart Machine Medical Management, 21–22

Smart Machine Microeconomy, 71, 72–73

Smart Machines, 16, 132

Ascendent Intelligence of, 184–185

Autonomous Economy and, 35, 111–112

Benevolent Intelligence of, 185–186

Big Data and, 22, 186

in business, 23

as business trend, 48

in China, 71

for Climate Engineering, 291

Connected Planet Trend and, 27

Connecting Minds to Devices and, 100

Connectivity Dividend and, 20

with Deep Intelligence, 348

Designed Evolution and, 332–333

Different Intelligence of, 341

for energy, 298, 306, 314–315

as Flash Zone, 81

as Game-Changing Trend, 31

geopolitics and, 79

Global Economy Model and, 61

globalization and, 83

how to intelligently make, 193

innovation and, 38

Innovation Ecosystems and, 28

Internet and, 136

jobs and, 198–199, 215–217

Knowledge-Value Products and, 110

Knowledge-Value Specialists and, 29

as moral machines, 349

in Neuro Future, 332–333, 337

neurotechnology and, 188–189

New Future of, 176–195

Reality Engineering and, 124–125

as robots, 72–73

Rogue Civilization with, 148–149

Rogue Intelligence of, 186–187

self-awareness of, 194–195

sentience of, 346

as Sentient Machines, 192

Singularity-Gone-Bad Scenario for, 193

Tech Game-Changers and, 122

three future scenarios for, 184–187

in 2025, 125

Smart materials, 197

Smart Prediction, 29

Smart Street Meters, 148

Smart Tagged, 142

Smart Technology, 128

Dumb Technology to, 126–127

Intuitive Technology and, 130

Smart Things, 119, 146–147, 150

Smart Virtual Machines, 24, 146

Smartphones, 94, 110

SnapCourses, 252

Social Accountability, 213

Social Capital, 50

Social Enterprise, 55

Social enterprise of future, 49–58

Social impact, 49–58

accountability for, 55

business mindset and, 54–55

Empowered Customer and, 49, 53–54

Future Smart, 9

Future Smart Enterprise and, 55–57

Higher Purpose and, 50–51

MDG and, 53

social purpose and, 51–53

Social intelligence systems, 20

Social media, 24, 26, 37, 45, 99, 123, 139, 143

business and, 38

Click-Streamers and, 101

Connected Planet Trend and, 16

as Game-Changing Trend, 31

New Work Ethic and, 213

predictions in, 61

Tech Game-Changers and, 122

Social purpose, 51–53

Socially responsible business practices, 31

Software, 153

bots, 20

Solar cells, 305, 321

Solar energy, 328

Solar paint, 305

Solar radiation management (SRM), 288

Solar Space Arrays, 290, 321–323

South Africa, 98

South America, 85

South Korea, 97, 320

Space mining, 7

Space Race, 82

Space X, 43, 47

Spain, 71

SRM. See Solar radiation management

Starbucks, 55, 204

Start-Up Culture, 31, 94

Start-Up Economy, 44–46

Stem cells, 223, 224–225, 236

Strategic Surprise, 1–2

Strategic Technologies, 131

Stroke, xi

Super Factories, 178

Super Gigs, 29

Supercomputers, 59, 60, 112, 120–121, 125, 220

Superintelligence, 331

Super-Smart Computing Networks, 148

Supply chains, 19, 95

Surrogates (film), 179–180

Sustainability, 4

business and, 36

of economics, 70, 75

jobs and, 204–206

with renewable energy, 301

in United States, 70

Sustainable Planet Trend, 51, 198

Synthetic biology, xii, 198, 291

Synthetic DNA, 236

Synthetic Intelligence, 24, 167, 191

Synthetic Minds, 345

Synthetic worlds, 139

Talent, 106, 199, 201, 206–207, 213

Talent Marketplace, 94

Tata, 43, 55, 205

Teachers, 257

Tech Game-Changers, 118–120, 122, 133

Tech Shapers, 203–204

Techno-Capitalism, 69

Technology

Click-Streamers and, 102

for Climate Engineering, 285

Connected Planet Trend and, 19

convergence of, 121, 133, 151

decentralization of, 94

democratization of, 94, 195

disposable, 121–122

economics and, 59–67

education and, 241

Future-Smart Domains for, 41

geopolitics and, 79

globalization and, 84

governments and, 63

Grand Challenges of, 132

individual empowerment by, 195

in Innovation Economy, 117–118

self-awareness of, 341

in 2025, 152–153

See also specific types

Telepresence, 139–140

Tele-robotics, 179–181, 230

Television, x

Ten Top Ways to Crash Your Organization, 42

Terrorism, 7, 19, 80, 82

Tesla, 43

Thailand, 70, 87

Thinking Differently, 14

Third Internet Wave, 136

Thorium, 327–328

Three Laws of Robotics, 178–179

3D bio-printing, 220, 223, 226

3D compilers, 158

3D graphics, 155–156

3D Maker-Bots, 29–30

3D Makers, 29–30, 89, 94, 116, 163, 164

3D nano-manufacturing, 29

3D printing, 36, 155–156, 161–163, 165, 198, 283, 318

3D simulation, 127

Time Travelers (sci-fi series), 181

Tornados, 327

Traditionalist mindset, for innovators, 98–99

Trailblazer mindset, for innovators, 98–99

Transhumanism, 334–335

Transmedia content, 139

Transmedia Smart Machines, 33–34

Transmedia Tribes, 30

Transportation, Connected Planet Trend and, 19

Trend Trakker, 61

Trends

in business, 38–40, 47–48

in energy, 298–299

Future Smart and, 3, 5–6

Google Trends, 61

Innovation Ecosystems as, 96

in megacities, 91–92

organizations for, 11

of Social Enterprise, 55

with Tech Game-Changers, 122

See also Game-Changing Trends

Tropical diseases, 9

Truth forecast, 9–11

Turing Test, 183

Turkey, 70–71, 73–74, 84, 87

2020

cloud computing in, 133

Global Connected Home Market in, 94

Internet of Things (IoT) in, 93

Start-Up Culture in, 94

2025

Africa in, 77–78

bio-organs in, 181

Click-Streamers in, 103

connectivity in, 17–19

digital money in, 32

Eco-Market Exchange in, 283

Freelancer Market in, 32–33

Global Trade in, 94

Google in, 112

hyperconnectivity by, 22

Innovation Economy in, 28

Innovation Ecosystems in, 28–31

jobs in, 198, 215

Knowledge Engineering in, 96

medicine in, 223, 225

megacities in, 91

New Middle Class in, 100–101

Personalized Adaptive Advertising in, 34

Smart Machines in, 125

social issues in, 50

technology in, 152–153

3D Makers in, 163

virtual doctors in, 233

wearable devices in, 94

2030

alternative energy management in, 93

Augmented Cognition in, 169

biotech in, 170–172

Climate Engineering in, 287

energy in, 299

exponential change by, 121

fusion reactors in, 312

Health Enhancement Market in, 94

jobs in, 204, 214

Longevity Medicine in, 237–238

medicine in, 226

Neuro Future in, 344

New Middle Class in, 94

Post-Genomic Society in, 173–174

Reality Engineering in, 124

Renewable Energy Market in, 93

world in, 3–4, 7

2100, 357–360

New Global Renaissance in, 359–360

Twestival, 26

Twitter, 26, 37, 45, 99, 143

Uber, 37

Uber-Prosperity, 60

Uber-Tool, 135–139

Udacity, 244

Uneven Energy Future, 308

United States

China and, 70, 72

climate change in, 270

Climate Engineering in, 283, 289

economics in, 71

education and, 239

energy in, 301, 310

as Flash Zone, 81, 82

France and, 88

Innovation Capital and, 68

Innovation Economy and, 68

as Innovation Nation, 97

methane mining in, 320

population growth in, 73, 94

Smart Machine Economy in, 72

sustainability in, 70

Universal Healing Agents, 225

Value creation, 11

Velocity, 4

Venter, Craig, 43, 69, 236

Venture capital, 68

Verified Emission Reductions (VERs), 316

Virgin Galactic, 43

Virtual Data, 144

Virtual doctors, 233

Virtual Humans. See Digitally Engineered Personalities

Virtual reality (VR), 115

Virtual workspaces, 201

Virtual Worlds, 144, 150, 155

Voice Over the Internet (VoIP), 137

VR. See Virtual reality

War for Talent, 198

Water, 19, 26, 79

Watson, 231–233

Wealth transfer, 5

Wearable devices, 94, 119, 120–121

Wearable Mesh, 145–146

Wearable Minds, 169–170

Web Game-Changers, 139

Where Information, 166

Willis, Bruce, 179

Win Sun Decoration Design Engineering Company, 162

Wind energy, 328

Wind turbines, 305

Wireless energy transfer, 317–318

Women, as entrepreneurs, 94

Work. See Jobs

World Bank, 76

World Peace Game, 256

Yahoo, 205

YourTV, 110

Zappos, 50

ZeeWeed Membrane Bioreactor, 157

Zeroth, 168