Theoretical physicist, futurist and author of Physics of the Future
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“So I'd say within five years we're going to start to reach quantum computers that are competitive with standard digital computers on select problems”Technology
“We're talking about ten, 15 years in the future when quantum computers are so powerful they can break any code.”Technology
“You simply blink and you will be online…College students studying for final exams would be first to buy such contact lenses…”Technology
“In this century, there is a very good chance that we will pick up a signal from another planet.”Space
“By around 2025, the ITER fusion reactor in southern France will likely be turned on.”Energy
“But by 2030, we think we'll have the first settlements on Mars, and by late 21st century, we could have a permanent Mars base on the Red Planet.”Space
“first to the moon, using the moon as a base, and then on to Mars perhaps around the 2030s.”Space
“Four years after that in 2023, we’re back to the moon with astronauts.”Space
“In 10 to 20 years, we will have a human body shop at which we will simply order organs on demand”Health
“In about 10 years or so, we will see the collapse of Moore's Law”Technology
“The falling cost of solar, hydrogen, renewable, wind power, geothermal power and the rising cost of fossil fuels will cross within 10 years”EnergyClimate
“Well, as you mentioned, we’re going to have the internet in our contact lens, perhaps within 10 to 15 years.”Technology
“Calculating the energy output of the planet, we can estimate that we will attain Type I status within 100 years.”Energy