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Applicant - Vivek Kapadia
5 September 2012
IE, Spain - MBA Application 2012 Essay Topic 3
How do you envision the city of the future?
Cities of the Future
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Heavily populated
Technologically advanced
Immaculately planned
Water Consumption
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Efforts to control water consumption
Small quantity of water converted to a single hydro-oxygenated capsule
One capsule equivalent to 30 ml of water in terms of quantity… yet equivalent to 300 ml (glass of water) in terms of quenching thirst…
Sources of Power
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Renewable Energy
Nuclear Energy
Hydrogen Energy
Lifestyle Trends
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Food in the form of micro meals and tablets / powder which would contain the taste of a particular flavor or food item
Clothing enhanced to absorb perspiration and remain unsoiled for weeks
Traffic to consist of flying and amphibious vehicles
Media / entertainment to take place through the virtual world anywhere with the inclusion of touch and smell sensations
Education
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No class room interaction
Millions of pages worth of content deciphered into
specific codes for each subject
Wireless interaction /
teaching; availability of remote access
Inclusion of touch and feel
sensation, including creation of 3-D images for
a real world experience
Health & Biological Developments
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Cloning and mutations to replicate human forms and patterns
Highly evolved and advanced forms of surgery / procedures
Artificially modified genes to combat diseases and strengthen the body
Frequent medical breakthroughs
Communication & Interaction
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People will mainly connect
through the virtual world
Communication will be smart and
quick
Touch and feel sensation will be artificially initiated
Mobile devices will trigger communication / responses merely by the flash of a ‘thought’ or a ‘brainwave’
Technology
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Redefine how mankind will
function
Smart technology
Technology that decodes
thoughts and in response initiates
action without click, control,
touch, speech…
Infrastructure
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Self sustained state of the art infrastructure – all systems would
be programmed to function automatically and would not
require any form of physical labour
Humanoids
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The mind triggers a thought
Thought converted
to a command
Humanoid decodes the
command and initiates
action
Advent of Humanoids (Robots) for various tasks and functions
Defence & Security
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Biometric tracking and body scan systems
Humanoids to replace humans in areas of defence, law and order (police, army, etc)
Combats to take place in the virtual world - satellite wars / attacking software and
computer systems
Beyond 2050…
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Dynamic…yet Complex
Advanced…yet Surreal
Structured...yet Congested
Future cities will be…..
Disclaimer
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