From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilarious investigation into future
technologies - from how to fling a ship into deep space on the cheap to
3-D organ printing.
What will the world of tomorrow be like? How does progress happen? And
why do we not have a lunar colony already? What is the holdup?
In this smart and funny book, celebrated cartoonist Zach Weinersmith and
noted researcher Dr. Kelly Weinersmith give us a snapshot of what's
coming next - from robot swarms to nuclear fusion powered-toasters. By
weaving their own research and interviews with the scientists who are
making these advances happen, the Weinersmiths investigate why these
technologies are needed, how they would work, and what is standing in
their way.
New technologies are almost never the work of isolated geniuses with a
neat idea. A given future technology may need any number of intermediate
technologies to develop first, and many of these critical advances may
appear to be irrelevant when they are first discovered. The journey to
progress is full of strange detours and blind alleys that tell us so
much about the human mind and the march of civilization. To this end,
Soonish investigates 10 different emerging fields, from programmable
matter to augmented reality, from space elevators to robotic
construction, to show us the amazing world we will have, you know,
soonish.
