Includes bibliographical references and index.

The universe, soonish

Cheap access to space : the final frontier is too damn expensive

Asteroid mining : rummaging through the solar system's junkyard

Stuff, soonish

Fusion power : it powers the sun, and that's nice, but can run my toaster?

Programmable matter : what if all of your stuff could be any of your stuff?

Robotic construction : build me a rumpus room, metal servant!

Augmented reality : an alternative to fixing reality

Synthetic biology : kind of like Frankenstein, except the monster spends the whole book dutifully making medicine and industrial inputs

You, soonish

Precision medicine : everything that's wrong with you in particular--a statistical approach

Bioprinting : why stop at seven margaritas when you can just print a new liver?

Brain-computer interfaces : because after four billion year of evolution you still can't remember where you put your keys