In my new book, Jump the Curve, the final chapter is called “Do the Impossible.” The general idea behind the chapter is that due to the exponential advance in a number of future technologies what seems “impossible” today might, in fact, become commonplace tomorrow.
For example, today, the idea of performing surgery on yourself sounds ludricious. In the future, however, it might not. Consider this article showing that researchers at the University of Nebraska have constructed the necessary robotic tools to allow NASA astronauts–with no medical training–to successfully perform an appendectomy on themselves.
Now, I don’t imagine that you and I will be performing such a procedure on ourselves anytime soon, but it does open up interesting possibilities for telesurgery and allowing, say, doctors in a big city to perform a long-distance telesurgery on a patient in a rural setting.
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Jack Uldrich is a writer, futurist, public speaker and host of jumpthecurve.net. He is the author of seven books, including Jump the Curve and The Next Big Thing is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Your Business. He is also a frequent speaker on future technology and future trends, nanotechnology, innovation, change management and executive leadership to a variety of businesses, industries and non-profit organizations and trade associations.
