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The Interdisciplinary Centre for Technological Analysis and Forecasting (ICTAF): Israeli center for technology foresight and assessment Foresight Institute: Nanotechnology Roslin Institute Online: Info on Cloning and Nuclear transfer Conceiving a Clone: Cloning Teleportation: Quantum Teleportation. Captain Kirk and his crew do it all the time with the greatest of ease: they discorporate at one point and reappear at another. But this form of travel long has seemed remote to the realm of possibility. Now, however, it turns out that in the strange world of quantum physics, teleportation is not only theoretically possible, it can actually happen. Virtual Helsinki 2000: People will be able to move through this city (Helsinki) using their personal computers only. Helsinki Telephone Company (HPY) and the other members of the consortium will create a three dimensional model (VRML) of Helsinki on the information networks. People will be able to move through this virtual city using their personal computers. The city's cultural, commercial and public services will be within the reach of everyone via the information networks. The aim of the project, christened Helsinki Arena 2000, is to create a local multimedia network to which every home can connect. The project will combine the fully digitalized telephone network, HPY broadband networks and the Internet, as well as existing and new services into an integrated package easily accessible to ordinary people and based on the local urban landscape. Human Genome Project Information B.G. Short News 21st Century The Year 2000 Problem - The Millennium Bug (Y2K) GadgetGuru The Casimir Effect: The Casimir effect is a small attractive force which acts between two close parallel UNCHARGED conducting plates. |
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