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Dark Imagination

sushil played:

Development of biomimetic processes will help to promote a sustainable civilization
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i-on played:

Creating chemical reactions at nano-Kelvin temperatures will enable precisely controlled chemical reactions!
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Investigation

organicmani played:

How will chemists contribute to systems that mimic biological systems?
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Positive Imagination

i-on played:

In the last summer olympics we saw biomimetic 'rough shark denticles' swim suits; what should we expect to see in the next olympics?
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Adaptation

organicmani played:

this would lead to a growth in trans-disciplinarity with Chemistry integrating tightly with other disciplines like biology, nuclear science
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Paul Jackson played:

Re-engagement of the science with earth's common material cycles rather than attempting to circumvent or ignore those cycles. Waste = Food.
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openthefuture played:

Further development of polymers that filter water vapor from brackish/salty source, cheap desalination.
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openthefuture played:

Chemists will be fundamental to any deployment of geoengineering, and to the required monitoring and management.
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bobharg played:

By 2015, develop an inexpensive one liter bottle that will purify water for drinking and be "renewed" by exposure to the sun.
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Momentum

amyameretta played:

Peizoelectric polymers as Polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) are being investigated for use as artifical muscles in more natural prosthetics.
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heisenburg played:

Creating new organic fertilizers that allow improved crop rotation and local food sustainability.
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i-on played:

Better plastic recycling to prevent increase growth of The Great Plastic Garbage Patch. Large mass of trash. Located northern Pacific Ocean.
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arayms played:

Programmable-Material-Death (PMD)We will to designed materias that could self degrade to genrate environmentally friendly products
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Positive Imagination

arayms played:

Encapsulated mitochondria will be sude to genrate ATP to dive bio-nano mechanical actuators and drives
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Dark Imagination

Kim Johnson played:

50t RareEarth Ore(yielding 1 tonne Thorium), ~0.4 Mt Uraninum ore, or ~10 Mt Coal+waste rock. For more info see EnergyfromThorium.com
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drdoom played:

Nano-architectural approaches allow chemists to greatly expand battery energy storage capacities.
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kathivian played:

Molecular gastronomy + small-scale food fabbers eliminate the need for conventional cooking and refrigeration appliances in the home