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This small booklet is about how I think humanity will evolve

major project we were given the topic of senses, but I decided to look at how the senses developed and how they evolved. The senses where sculptured by new environments, human survival and change in the atmosphere. But I think the only way we are going to adapt now is in a new environment like space. So I decided to look at the next sense and how it will develop in the near future hopefully.

Though out this booklet you will see how I perceive the future and this booklet

is mostly my opinion, which has been developed by recent

I will also look at near future technologies and how space travel and exploration will play a pivotal role in mankind survival and development in the next sense.

The main senses I will be looking at will be sight, sound and hearing. I believe that with new technologies

intelligence will lead to a more sight sound based user system.

from this since zero gravity plays havoc for your muscles this could help speed up the missions.

With the rise in voice command interfaces and eye tracking graphical user interfaces I think that we are 4 years away from a completely hands free computer or tablet that only relies on sight and sound. So it just tracks the eye and see how the users wants to use it. The next from hear is Brain interface.

I believe the next sense will either be an extension of the sight or sound. But it all depends on the environment we go to.

For instance if we increase space travel beyond the radiation belt (Van Allen Radiation belt) our DNA would be heavily affected and there have been reports since Apollo 11 that even with their suites they could be in danger if they stayed to long in the radiation belt. The radiation belt is part of earths magnetic systems it use to be made out of 3 layers but the outer layer was destroyed by a powerful interplanetary shock wave from the Sun.

In space we would heavily rely on our sense of sight since we are most likely to be

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cocooned in a space suit and since space is a vacuum it would be impossible to scream. Further more our other four sense would be restricted by the space

communication would be possible I believe sight would be the

and evolve. Possibly being able to see pass visible light and more towards infrared red and ultra violet. This would become the next evolutionary stage for humanity to evolve to. From here our circulatory system and the Respiratory system would have to advance to survive and adapt to take in forms of energies.

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Like all great civilisations humanity need to learn, adapt and implement the way of thinking in society, however like all society the oppressed and poor who have revolted have brought about change to the world, one revolution at a time. Like The Russian revolution, which paved the way for communism that in turn leads to the space race.

Exploration of the lunar surface by spacecraft began in 1959 with the Soviet Union’s Luna program. Luna 1 missed the Moon, but Luna 2 made a hard landing (impact) into its surface, and

an extra terrestrial body. The same year, the Luna 3 mission radioed photographs to Earth of the Moon’s hitherto unseen far side, marking the beginning of a decade-long series of unmanned lunar explorations. Now that we know that the moon holds water, which is key to life but also Helium-3.

Helium-3 is a non-radioactive isotope of helium that can be used in nuclear fusion. Rare on earth but plentiful on the moon, it is seen by some experts as an ideal fuel because it is powerful,non polluting

and generates almost no radioactive by-product.

Helium-3 is a light, non radioactive isotope of helium with two protons and one neutron. It is rare on the Earth, and it is sought for use in nuclear fusion research. The abundance of helium-3 is thought to be greater on the Moon (embedded in the upper layer of regolith by the solar wind over billions of years), though still low in quantity (28 ppm of lunar regolith is helium-4 and from one ppb to 50 ppb is helium-3), and the solar system’s gas giants (left over from the original solar nebula).

The USSR wanted to set up two bases for mining; One on the moon the other on mars. Their dreams were short lived but now with privatized space companies like Virgin Galactic and space agency X it may be possible by 2020. Elon Musk who is a South African born American entrepreneur who runs Space Agency X has a strong interest in emerging technologies and green fuels has been seen upgrading the concept of making Mars more liveable with his Red Dragon Project. His unique blend of businesses and interests make his plan to mars most likely. His interest in Silicon Valley and new UI concepts for his car company Tesla has increasing seen development in

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new environment

With changes to earth’s environment all the time we have become acquainted with earth’s seasons and tides, but with pollution on the rise and solar storms on the increase it would be interesting to see how we deal with it and how we adapt.

We only evolve to changes in our environment but since we have become so comfortable with our environment we haven’t needed to adapt or evolve since the last ice age but with space exploration on the rise and it becoming more of a reality it seems

environment that will challenge our sense and our strength is somewhere out there.

Like all new worlds we will experience new technologies, which will become an extensions of our senses and our mind. The modern day computer was envisioned to be an extension of the human brain capable of computing speeding

speeding up problem solving.

This has become a reality with the Internet being the archive of humanity but there isn’t any technological extension for any of

help you with everyday tasks, no exoskeleton helping the crippled to walk. There is however hearing aids and basic aid for sight.

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space travel

With the V2 rocket taking man to the moon and

the world war setting the stage for Wernher von

Braun to test his theory of rocket science. Being the father of modern science

Wernher von Braun helped develop the Saturn V

rocket, which took Apollo 11 to the moon. The next

stage of rockets is to make a reusable rocket and a drone rocket. Both have been achieved to some

degree. The Grasshopper rocket by Space X Is a

reusable rocket and NASA developed a drone, which ended up being used by

America’s military for spying on china. The drone is called Boeing X-37B.

The next step from here is to reach light speed and have a stable fuel source

not Nitrogen tetroxide or Liquid Hydrogen. Advancements in Ion

thrusters and the use of nuclear matter to power

space travel like plutonium, which has been used before for the Cassini

and Galileo mission. The theory of relativity shows

that gravity was caused by the bending of space and time. So in short, it’s not a gravitational force that is

to the ground but it’s space that is actually pushing you

down. To break the light barrier could have huge

implications and problems.

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With the current trends of Google glasses and technological advance we will see more eye tracking interfaces. This will lead us to become more responsive with our vision and better voice command systems. But what if our eyes adapt to see more that just visible light. What if technology helped gene splice the genes, which allow certain animals to see beyond visible light. If the genes allowed us to the ultra violet light and infrared red then it could help us see in space better; To see in the dark.

With Google glasses and other companies not far behind their

concept I see a future for CIS (Computer Aided Sight.) With infant red eye tracking and blink for clicking the graphical user interface will be

direction. It could lead to a more responsive brain Graphical interface.

For sound I believe a more responsive eardrum, which can pick up more frequencies. This can lead to better music, deeper base and more low frequency music. The human ear

a prosthetic organic eardrum, which solely runs off the body and needs no other power source. This would last a life time.

With research into plants to understand how they use starch and the way the store sugar we have learnt that we can convert their plant food to hydrogen with out killing the or staving the plant. We can use this method to give power to organic add-ons to help our senses. With more research into stem cells we should be able to remove any faulty organs and regrown them by using our own DNA.With more biological engineering we could use genetically altered viruses to remove other virus or AIDS. They could help rewrite entire sections of DNA code to stop the Huntington’s disease.

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With all the new interfaces, consoles and GUI (Graphical User Interface) there needs to be a certain way to design. This will lead a new revolution on the way we use mobile devices and how we receive information. Like how apple changed the smartphone UI (User Interface) landscape I believe eye tracking interfaces and brain interfaces will do the same. But like every big thing there will be those who did slightly better and can deliver the information better or allow certain elements to be customized.

The way UI (User Interface) work is that the whole interface is

dictated by the UX (User Experience.) This is done to allow the tasks

can become pretty ugly so we use basic design trends to mask the UI and design it better. We learn how we can uses multi touch but in the future we will rely on eye tracking and blinking pattern. This will lead to a voice over and command system, which will speed up productivity and allow

next generation of user interface and the way we will interact with them will be different. The UI will mostly rely on our side as a mouse and the lens of the eye as a screen. This will be increase eye problems

and could lead to blindness in its early stage but with time

basic problems like brightness, colour and contrast. It has been done: A team of US and Finnish bioengineers has embedded an antenna, radio receiver, control circuitry, and LED into a wearable contact lens. The team, led by Babak Parviz, has successfully displayed a single, remotely controlled pixel onto a contact lens worn by a rabbit. Power from an external battery is transmitted via RF to an antenna that runs around the edge of the contact lens, so that the wearer’s vision isn’t obstructed. An integrated circuit harvests the energy, and then powers an LED (which emits a nice blue light, incidentally, and is focused by way of the entire contact lens being a Fresnel lens).

The point is, our grasp of semiconductors and optics is now so advanced that we can shrink all of the necessary components for a computer display into a contact lens. Bionic vision really is just around the corner now.

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The future is something that will always fascinate humanity. From the beginning of time to today the future has grasped our imagination and has developed our understanding of repeating patterns in

time. Like fashion trends and which colour will be big, but the future of tech is different. It’s predicted by a multitude of things ranging

developing technologies like holographic systems. I believe the next big thing it tech will be brain interface which will lead to a brain GUI (Graphical user interface.) But this will also shape the way we think the brain works and will heavily affect the nervous system.

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With the rise in drones and home made drones I believe that there will be a huge rise in unmanned missions but this will lead to unmanned mining and drilling. Simple tasks like paying for a train ticket will be done via an automated system. This will lead to hackers replacing con artist and using basic public infrastructure to hack and do as they please. Cyber warfare has

changed in the last

countries like China and the USA using zero days to send advance worms to dig for information.

The rise in sea levels will

and communities. This could help develop a

which could make

completely independent and eco friendly.

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The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects

Agency, funds some of the world’s most far out, forward thinking research into new military technology. Something like Q Branch in the James Bond movies, DARPA is constantly working on what it describes as “radical innovations.” But where James Bond has the character Q to build his exploding pens, DARPA often funds private companies and external organizations to develop its high-tech hardware.It is currently funding research into, among other things, a robot

a plane that could stay

at a time.While some of the technologies it is supporting might seem more suitable

that DARPA is willing to fund them is a sign they are at least possible if not always plausible. Don’t forget, DARPA’s Arpanet program is widely credited as being the precursor to today’s internet.So here are some of DARPA’s most incredible research

programs, which could change the future of warfare, and might one day have applications that extend far beyond the military. Hoping to marry the best features of a helicopter and an airplane, the Disc-Rotor program aims to develop a new type of aircraft capable of a seamlessly transitioning from hovering like a

a plane.The design is propelled by rotor blades that extend from a central disc, letting it take off and land like a helicopter. But those blades can also retract into the disc, minimizing drag and

like a plane, powered by engines beneath each wing.VultureDARPA’s Vulture program is developing the technology to enable an “airborne payload” to remain in the sky for

at a time, performing intelligence, surveillance and communication missions. In practice, that means developing

unmanned aircraft that act like satellites.Boeing is again working on the project, researching its “SolarEagle,” a solar-powered, unmanned craft with a 120-meter wing span. It is designed to operate at altitudes above 18,000 meters. Boeing hopes

2014. ChemBotsTech company iRobot worked with DARPA on its “ChemBots” program. The aim was to build

that could deform their bodies to move through openings smaller than themselves like under doors.

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