The Internet is synonymous with openness and freedom. But, even today, those are two concepts that aren't welcome in China. That's why its ongoing vision of progress includes a censored Internet. Will the Chinese plan succeed? And, if so, what are the implications? We'll provide the critical insights you need to know.

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Just as the Trends editors warned back in the mid-‘90s, many investors were badly burned when the Internet failed to live up to the early hype about how it would transform business and society. As in every technology revolution, expectations outran reality, and the resulting bubble collapsed. But the reality is finally catching up to the expectations, and the quietly emerging Web 2.0 is about to create enormous opportunities and threats for your business, your career, and your investments. We'll show you how.

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GPS technology has been around for 15 years. But, it's just now beginning to yield the kind of location-based applications that will deliver on its full potential. We'll explain why it took so long, what you can expect to see in the coming years, and what it's likely to mean for business and consumers.

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By 2015, wirelessly networked sensors in everything we own will form a new Web. But it will only be of value if the "petabyte torrent" of data it generates can be collected, analyzed, and interpreted. The opportunities will be enormous for those positioned to exploit them. We'll examine the implications and offer some key forecasts you can use to prepare for the dramatic changes you'll experience in the future.

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In the coming decade, dozens of blockbuster biotech treatments will come off patent. That will not only create a huge savings for patients and insurers, but it will create enormous opportunities for generic drug manufacturers worldwide. We'll explain the implications and identify some of the ways you can benefit.

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At the same time that some scientists see artificial intelligence surpassing human intelligence, others are working on pharmaceuticals that hold the potential for greatly enhancing our own mental capabilities. This trend will truly give you something to think about.

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If Trends subscribers know only one thing, it's that the global rate of change is accelerating. Perhaps the most pervasive and unrelenting change we're facing is the advance in computing power and communications capabilities driven by Moore's Law and network effects. The point at which the rate of progress effectively becomes infinitely fast is referred to as "the Singularity." In the past 15 years or so, a small but growing group within the technological elite has emerged with an all-encompassing vision of this Singularity and the world that lies beyond. This vision, which is variously termed "Singularitarian" or "transhumanist," is being most articulately popularized by inventor Raymond Kurzweil. We'll review the key elements of this vision, where it's likely to lead, and what you need to know to profit from it.

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