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Climate
change, GM and biodiversity and are some of today’s issues facing
tomorrow’s generation.
Informal interviews with a mixture of eminent scientists, organisational
representatives and members of the general public provide the fuel
for this non-stop journey through the collective imagination towards
a not so distant future. |
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By
2050 UK record temperatures of 101.3 degrees will be the
norm. Meanwhile the Amazon Rainforest could suddenly die
from lack of rain, along with 1 million land species and
millions of people worldwide. With oil prices at record
highs and energy demands ever increasing, how will we
adapt to these changes and what can tomorrow's technology
offer? |
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Global
Warming will intensify competition for resources and make
food production difficult, but will technology help provide
for those in need or will they be left to starve? Will
GM foods provide safe and tested products, how will it
be marketed, produced and prepared? Robots will be used
around the home but will they learn to cook? |
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In
the future robots could run the planet or maybe just help
out with tasks. People will merge with machines. Travel
to far distant galaxies will take no time at all and a
boy’s favourite toy will be a chip in the head.
Buildings will power themselves by light and your loo
will check the family's health. Children’s books
will take them to bed and read them their favourite stories. |
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Popular
fears include the continued global terrorist threat, robots
taking over and the eventual decimation of the natural
world. Hopes include bombs going out of fashion, people
switching to clean renewable energy and the rainforest
not dying after all. This concluding episode reveals that
the future means many things to different people, but
that it’s also important to live in the present. |
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