The 21st century has seen technological advances beyond our wildest imaginations. Fields, such as robotics, nano technology, and genetic engineering, that weren't even ideas in the 20th century are now common household phrases. These fields of innovation are counted as some of the most important because they all help to preserve the health and life of humankind.
Robots and the field of robotics has been in existence, in one capacity or another, for the past century. Today they are helping to fulfill our most basic of instincts: self preservation. In order to preserve the lives of humans, man created robots. We program them to perform life threatening tasks such as clearing mine fields and, something a little closer to home, going into burning buildings.
Since humankind developed robots to help protect lives from outside threat, scientists saw the need to create a field who's mission was to protect humans from their own genetics. Hence the field of genetic engineering was born. Although a fairly new field it is the hope that eventually scientist will be able to pick out only the desirable traits from genes, allowing couples to create the perfect child.
Until that time, there is another field of science which seeks to fix the physical mistakes that already exist. That is the field of nano technology. Unseen to the human eye, these self-replicating, microscopic robots called nanos are already affecting our lives. In the medical field they are still in the experimental stage. However, in the industrial quadrant they are used to manufacture microchips and the vision is that one day they will even be able to manufacture food.
Whether its ending world hunger or preserving human lives, mankind is continually making advances towards a better and brighter future. Imagine a world where children are always born healthy, and deformities are a thing of the past. A utopia where no one ever goes hungry and human lives are no longer risked in life-threatening, sometimes everyday, situations.
Robots and the field of robotics has been in existence, in one capacity or another, for the past century. Today they are helping to fulfill our most basic of instincts: self preservation. In order to preserve the lives of humans, man created robots. We program them to perform life threatening tasks such as clearing mine fields and, something a little closer to home, going into burning buildings.
Since humankind developed robots to help protect lives from outside threat, scientists saw the need to create a field who's mission was to protect humans from their own genetics. Hence the field of genetic engineering was born. Although a fairly new field it is the hope that eventually scientist will be able to pick out only the desirable traits from genes, allowing couples to create the perfect child.
Until that time, there is another field of science which seeks to fix the physical mistakes that already exist. That is the field of nano technology. Unseen to the human eye, these self-replicating, microscopic robots called nanos are already affecting our lives. In the medical field they are still in the experimental stage. However, in the industrial quadrant they are used to manufacture microchips and the vision is that one day they will even be able to manufacture food.
Whether its ending world hunger or preserving human lives, mankind is continually making advances towards a better and brighter future. Imagine a world where children are always born healthy, and deformities are a thing of the past. A utopia where no one ever goes hungry and human lives are no longer risked in life-threatening, sometimes everyday, situations.
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