Tomorrowland (36 page)

negative effects of,
188
–
89
,
194

research on,
189
–
90

’roid rage and,
189

in sports,
183
,
187
–
90
,
193
–
95

testosterone,
192
–
93
,
198
–
99

Stewart, Jon,
145

Stratos Project,
127
–
30

Strauss, Lewis,
109

Studebaker, winged,
100

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism,
233
–
34

sugarcane farming,
87
–
89

Sulgin, Alexander,
160

Survival Research Labs,
101

Svalbard Global Seed Vault,
249

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
27

synthetic biology,
xv
,
219
,
230
–
38
,
241
–
42

Synthetic Genomics,
230

Szilárd, Leó,
109

Talent, Jim,
237

technology

criminal use of,
235
–
36
,
246

democratization of,
247
–
48

disruptive,
xiv
–
xvi
,
31
,
151

evolution and,
56
–
59

irresistibility of,
xvi
–
xvii

rate of change in,
28
,
57
,
225
–
27

technopatric speciation,
58
–
59

techno-physio evolution,
54
–
57

telomeres,
191

temporal lobe,
43
–
45
,
47
–
48

terraforming,
81
–
95

Terrafugia Transition,
100

Terra Nostra
(Fuentes),
23

TerraPower,
121

terrorism,
229
–
30

bioweapons in,
233
–
38
,
241
–
42

FBI biosecurity conferences and,
236
–
37

information technology in,
235

nuclear energy and,
120

testosterone,
192
–
93
,
198
–
200

theory of mind,
23

This Is Reality
(Martensson),
27

This Timeless Moment
(Huxley),
181
–
82

Thompson, Hunter S.,
168
,
171

thorium reactors,
119
–
20

Three Mile Island,
110
,
118

Thurmond, Strom,
213
–
14

Time on the Cross: An Economic Analysis of American Negro Slavery
(Fogel & Engerman),
52
–
53

Tito, Dennis,
145

Toshiba,
121

Toth, Lou,
85
–
86

tourism, space,
129
–
30

transcendent states,
45
–
47
,
165

trans fats,
198

transposable elements,
136
–
38

traveling wave reactors,
121

Truax, Robert,
101

Truax Engineering,
101

Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin,
145

Tsukamoto, Ann,
216

“The Tunnel Under the World” (Pohl),
27

tunnel vision,
41
–
42

UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution,
115

United Nations,
217

unity, cosmic,
45
–
47
,
165
,
175

US Air Force,
241

US Department of Energy,
119
,
228

van Lommel, Pim,
40
,
42

Venter, Craig,
228
,
230
,
231
,
247

Vergel, Nelson,
196
–
97

Virgin Galactic,
129

vision

artificial implants for,
xiv
,
xvi
,
26
,
61
–
77

cost of artificial,
75
–
76

effects of electricity on,
79
,
80
–
81

functional mobility in,
67

neuroprosthesis for,
67

religions on,
74

retinal implants for,
66
–
67

starry-night effect in,
64
–
65

tunnel, in near-death experiences,
41
–
42

“The Voice” (Butcher),
37

Walter Reed hospital,
15
,
17

Walton, Ernest,
109

water impoundments,
88
–
90

Waterman, Waldo,
100

Watson (artificial intelligence),
223

weapons of mass destruction,
227
,
245
–
46

Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate,
236
–
37

weightlifters,
189
–
90

Weiland, James,
76
–
77

Weissman, Irv,
203
–
7
,
209
,
211
,
215
–
17

Weldon, Dave,
215

Weldon Bill,
215

West Nile virus,
133
,
134

What Technology Wants
(Kelly),
xvi
–
xvii

Whinnery, James,
40
–
42

Wick, Douglas,
213
–
14

Wikileaks,
224
,
242

Wimmer, Eckard,
233

Winkler, Allan,
110

World Health Organization (WHO),
61

Wright Brothers,
72
–
73

XPRIZE,
xi
–
xiii
,
129
,
141
,
151

yellow fever,
133
,
137

Yesalis, Charles,
195

You, Edward,
236
–
37

Yushchenko, Viktor,
238

Zee-Aero,
105

Zucker, Jerry,
213
–
14