New Super Technologies
Natural Disaster Risks
Aerocars
NASA Small Aircraft Transportation System
http://sats.larc.nasa.gov/main.html
Artificial and Augmented Intelligence
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab Artificial Intelligent Unit
http://www-aig.jpl.nasa.gov/
Navy Center for Applied Research In Artificial Intelligence
http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/
The Extropy Institute
http://www.extropy.org
Transhumanism
http://transhumanism.org/
Digital Manufacturing
Electronic Ink
http://www.eink.com/technology/index.htm
Fabbers
http://www.ennex.com/fabbers/
Genetic programming
http://www.genetic-programming.com and http://www.geneticprogramming.com
Environmental Sensing and Surveillance
Space Imaging
http://www.spaceimaging.com
Futures Organizations
Coates and Jarratt
http://www.coatesandjarratt.com/
Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
http://www.cifs.dk/
Institute for Alternative Futures
http://www.altfutures.com
World Future Society
http://www.wfs.org
World Transhumanist Association
http://www.transhumanism.com/
Molecular Medicine
Nanobacteria
http://nanobaclabs.com/
Nanomedicine
http://www.nanomedicine.com/
Nanotechnology
Rather than listing individual sites, here are media websites that themselves provide a broad cross-section of links to nanotechnology sites
NanoInvestorNews
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com
Nanomagazine.com
http://www.nanomagazine.com
Nanotech Investor newsletter
http://www.nanotechinvesting.com/
NanoTechnology Magazine
http://www.nanozine.com
Nanotech News.com
http://www.nanotechnews.com
Nanotechnology Now
http://nanotech-now.com
Nanotech Planet
http://www.nanotechplanet.com
Small Times
http://www.smalltimes.com/
Robotics
Here is a small sampling of intriguing robotics from a very large field
Fractal branching ultra-dexterous robots
http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/project. archive/robot.papers/1999/NASA.report.99/
Humanoid and animal robots
http://www.aibo.com and http://www.honda.co.jp/ASIMO
Medical robotics
http://www.computermotion.com
"Smart Dust" micro air vehicles
http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/ ~pister/SmartDust/
Utility Fog
http://www.aeiveos.com/~bradbury/ Authors/Computing/Hall-JS/UFAUPS.html
Ancient Disasters
Ancient Civilization Disasters
http://www.grahamhancock.com/intro.php
Climate Disasters
Methane Hydrates
http://marine.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/ gas-hydrates/title.html
Mystery Cloud of 536 A.D
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf033/sf033p19.htm
Earth's Magnetic Field
Magnetic field flips
http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/qa_earth.html
Extinction Risks
Nick Bostrom, Existential Risks Analyzing Human Extinction Scenarios and Related Hazards
http://www.nickbostrom.com/ existential/risks.html
Will Spiritual Robots Replace Humanity by 2100?
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/symbol/ Hofstadter-event.html
Near Earth Objects
First Evidence that Comets Filled the Oceans
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/ 05/010521072649.htm
Frequently Asked Questions About the Impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter
http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~astro/sl9/ cometfaq2.html#Q3.1
Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research Project
http://www.ll.mit.edu/linear
Technological Risks
"TechnoUtopianism" technology critique found at
http://www.turnpoint.org
Climate Change Adaptation
Adapting Urban Areas to Atmospheric Change
http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/airg/ vertical_gardens.htm
Breaking the Global Warming Gridlock
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/ 07/sarewitz.htm
Extreme Events and Natural Disasters in an Era of Increasing Environmental Change
http://www.utoronto.ca/env/em-15-09.pdf
Handbook on Methods for Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies
http://www.vu.nl/IVM/research/ climatechange/fb_Handbook.htm
The Law of Requisite Variety
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/ LAW_VARIE.html
Disaster Preparedness
'Project Impact' FEMA website
http://www.fema.gov/impact/
Ethical Guidelines
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility website
http://www.cpsr.org/
Foresight Guidelines on Molecular Nanotechnology
http://www.foresight.org/guidelines/ current.html
NIH, Guidelines For Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules
http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/rac/ guidelines/guidelines.html
Physicians for Social Responsibility
http://www.psr.org/
Intelligent Product Guidelines
Eco-Effective Products
http://www.epea.com
Integrated Water and Farming Systems
http://www.hamburger-umweltinst.org/ biomass/mnlwide/bnrhmpge.html
Space Colonization
The Mars Society website
http://www.marssociety.org
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