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Introduction to Technology Horizons 2050 and Beyond: Emerging Technologies Shaping the Next 50 Years of Human and Machine Evolution
I am pleased to announce the preorder of
Technology Horizons 2050 and Beyond
https://a.co/d/9xMxVcK
What will the world look like in 2050 when emerging technologies in biology, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and space exploration converge into one interconnected fabric of human and machine evolution?
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This book is part of my Technology Excellence and Leadership Series on Amazon
In Technology Horizons 2050 and Beyond, I draw on five decades of work in technology, cognitive science, and global innovation to predict the coming five decades.
Yet this vision began far earlier, rooted in a childhood where I cultivated extraordinary imagination through cognitive enhancement methods, learned to think beyond the box, and developed the ability to view reality from both the microscopic and telescopic scales.
This dual perspective allows me to link scientific precision with metaphysical insight, creating forecasts that connect present-day breakthroughs with their long-term implications.
Going beyond technical analysis, the book is a synthesis of rigorous research, scenario planning, and intuitive pattern recognition, an approach that anticipates shifts others may overlook. I map the future of technology not only through the lens of engineering and economics, but also through the cultural, ethical, and philosophical questions it raises.
You will explore thirty interconnected domains shaping the future: regenerative medicine and biotechnology, bioprinting and nanotechnology, advanced genetic engineering, the Internet of Bodies and planetary connectivity, intelligent automation and the future of work, artificial general intelligence, neuromorphic computing, quantum computing and AI integration, smart cities of the future, tokenized economies, immersive realities, space colonization and planetary defense.
Each chapter follows a three-stage foresight model—2030 Outlook, 2040 Transition, and 2050 Vision—providing a roadmap from today’s innovations to the transformative systems that will redefine life, work, and human potential over the next half-century.
This book goes beyond speculative science fiction. It is grounded in current research, industry developments, and practical foresight, making it a credible and indispensable resource for thought leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, technologists, policymakers, and philosophers who seek to understand the future of human-machine evolution.
Whether you are building the next breakthrough company, shaping policy for emerging technologies, investing in frontier science, or exploring the deeper meaning of human evolution in an age of machines, this book offers both a strategic guide and a creative provocation.
The future will not wait for us to be ready. It will unfold in the minds of those who dare to see it before it arrives, who can stand at the intersection of science and imagination, and who have the courage to turn the improbable into the inevitable. This book is an invitation to be among them.
I will continue to upload the sample chapters of Technology Horizons 2050 and Beyond to the
Digitalmehmet Content Ecosystem
For advanced copy and beta readers, it will be available on Digitalmehmet Discount Bookstore/a>
Some chapters will be available to the subscribers of https://substackmastery.com/
Technology Horizons 2050 and Beyond
https://a.co/d/9xMxVcK
What will the world look like in 2050 when emerging technologies in biology, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and space exploration converge into one interconnected fabric of human and machine evolution?
image:
This book is part of my Technology Excellence and Leadership Series on Amazon
In Technology Horizons 2050 and Beyond, I draw on five decades of work in technology, cognitive science, and global innovation to predict the coming five decades.
Yet this vision began far earlier, rooted in a childhood where I cultivated extraordinary imagination through cognitive enhancement methods, learned to think beyond the box, and developed the ability to view reality from both the microscopic and telescopic scales.
This dual perspective allows me to link scientific precision with metaphysical insight, creating forecasts that connect present-day breakthroughs with their long-term implications.
Going beyond technical analysis, the book is a synthesis of rigorous research, scenario planning, and intuitive pattern recognition, an approach that anticipates shifts others may overlook. I map the future of technology not only through the lens of engineering and economics, but also through the cultural, ethical, and philosophical questions it raises.
You will explore thirty interconnected domains shaping the future: regenerative medicine and biotechnology, bioprinting and nanotechnology, advanced genetic engineering, the Internet of Bodies and planetary connectivity, intelligent automation and the future of work, artificial general intelligence, neuromorphic computing, quantum computing and AI integration, smart cities of the future, tokenized economies, immersive realities, space colonization and planetary defense.
Each chapter follows a three-stage foresight model—2030 Outlook, 2040 Transition, and 2050 Vision—providing a roadmap from today’s innovations to the transformative systems that will redefine life, work, and human potential over the next half-century.
This book goes beyond speculative science fiction. It is grounded in current research, industry developments, and practical foresight, making it a credible and indispensable resource for thought leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, technologists, policymakers, and philosophers who seek to understand the future of human-machine evolution.
Whether you are building the next breakthrough company, shaping policy for emerging technologies, investing in frontier science, or exploring the deeper meaning of human evolution in an age of machines, this book offers both a strategic guide and a creative provocation.
The future will not wait for us to be ready. It will unfold in the minds of those who dare to see it before it arrives, who can stand at the intersection of science and imagination, and who have the courage to turn the improbable into the inevitable. This book is an invitation to be among them.
I will continue to upload the sample chapters of Technology Horizons 2050 and Beyond to the
Digitalmehmet Content Ecosystem
For advanced copy and beta readers, it will be available on Digitalmehmet Discount Bookstore/a>
Some chapters will be available to the subscribers of https://substackmastery.com/
Introduction to the The Dawn of Bioprinting and Engineered Healing
Dear Subscribers,
I shared a new chapter from the book Technology Horizons 2050 and beyond, featured at https://books2read.com/2050, ISBN: 9798231583355.
The official page for this book is here
A Glimpse Into Bioprinting and Living Tissue Engineering
The idea of constructing the human body one layer at a time was once the stuff of science fiction. Today, it stands at the threshold of medical practice.
Bioprinting is no longer confined to the dream of replacing what is broken. It has become the design of living systems that work in harmony with the body, each part shaped not only to fit anatomically but to function biologically. In this sense, bioprinting is not just repair but reimagining what it means to heal.
From an early age, I found myself fascinated by how nature repairs itself. A wound that closes over time or a bone that slowly regrows shows us the profound intelligence embedded in living matter.
Bioprinting mimics and seeks to accelerate those lessons, borrowing from both engineering and biology to replicate the patterns nature perfected over millions of years.
The imagination of scientists, artists, and engineers now converges in laboratories where life itself is being printed with remarkable precision.
Breakthroughs and Milestones
The pace of discovery in bioprinting has been extraordinary, even if most applications remain in advanced experimental stages.
In the United States, surgeons achieved a world-first by transplanting a 3D bioprinted living ear, created from the patient’s own cartilage cells. This was more than a technical triumph; it was proof that tissues grown in the lab could integrate with the human body, restoring both form and function.
Elsewhere, within the Feinberg Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University, researchers have achieved a significant milestone using the FRESH (Freeform Reversible Embedding of Suspended Hydrogels) 3D bioprinting technique.
They successfully engineered pancreatic‑like tissue constructs composed entirely of biologic materials, specifically collagen, featuring perfusable, blood vessel–like channels down to capillary size (about 100 microns in diameter) that respond to glucose by releasing insulin, outpacing current organoid models
These constructs not only survive but also respond with insulin release in ways that move us closer to functional organ replacements for conditions such as Type 1 diabetes.
In Australia, scientists at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute created hundreds of “mini-kidneys” for drug screening and disease modeling. These tiny organoids are not yet ready to be transplanted, but their complexity demonstrates that larger-scale organs are within reach.
Some of the most surprising progress has come from work inside the body. In China, researchers used micro-bioprinting tools delivered through an endoscope to repair stomach wounds in animal models.
Tissue printed in vivo not only survived but also integrated with surrounding cells, hinting at a future where surgical repair might mean printing directly where damage has occurred.
Each of these examples represents more than a technical feat; they mark stepping stones toward a future where organs are not scarce commodities but renewable resources.
image:
I will continue to upload the sample chapters of Technology Horizons 2050 and Beyond to the
Digitalmehmet Content Ecosystem
For advanced copy and beta readers, it will be available on Digitalmehmet Discount Bookstore/a>
Some chapters will be available to the subscribers of https://substackmastery.com/
I shared a new chapter from the book Technology Horizons 2050 and beyond, featured at https://books2read.com/2050, ISBN: 9798231583355.
The official page for this book is here
A Glimpse Into Bioprinting and Living Tissue Engineering
The idea of constructing the human body one layer at a time was once the stuff of science fiction. Today, it stands at the threshold of medical practice.
Bioprinting is no longer confined to the dream of replacing what is broken. It has become the design of living systems that work in harmony with the body, each part shaped not only to fit anatomically but to function biologically. In this sense, bioprinting is not just repair but reimagining what it means to heal.
From an early age, I found myself fascinated by how nature repairs itself. A wound that closes over time or a bone that slowly regrows shows us the profound intelligence embedded in living matter.
Bioprinting mimics and seeks to accelerate those lessons, borrowing from both engineering and biology to replicate the patterns nature perfected over millions of years.
The imagination of scientists, artists, and engineers now converges in laboratories where life itself is being printed with remarkable precision.
Breakthroughs and Milestones
The pace of discovery in bioprinting has been extraordinary, even if most applications remain in advanced experimental stages.
In the United States, surgeons achieved a world-first by transplanting a 3D bioprinted living ear, created from the patient’s own cartilage cells. This was more than a technical triumph; it was proof that tissues grown in the lab could integrate with the human body, restoring both form and function.
Elsewhere, within the Feinberg Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University, researchers have achieved a significant milestone using the FRESH (Freeform Reversible Embedding of Suspended Hydrogels) 3D bioprinting technique.
They successfully engineered pancreatic‑like tissue constructs composed entirely of biologic materials, specifically collagen, featuring perfusable, blood vessel–like channels down to capillary size (about 100 microns in diameter) that respond to glucose by releasing insulin, outpacing current organoid models
These constructs not only survive but also respond with insulin release in ways that move us closer to functional organ replacements for conditions such as Type 1 diabetes.
In Australia, scientists at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute created hundreds of “mini-kidneys” for drug screening and disease modeling. These tiny organoids are not yet ready to be transplanted, but their complexity demonstrates that larger-scale organs are within reach.
Some of the most surprising progress has come from work inside the body. In China, researchers used micro-bioprinting tools delivered through an endoscope to repair stomach wounds in animal models.
Tissue printed in vivo not only survived but also integrated with surrounding cells, hinting at a future where surgical repair might mean printing directly where damage has occurred.
Each of these examples represents more than a technical feat; they mark stepping stones toward a future where organs are not scarce commodities but renewable resources.
image:
I will continue to upload the sample chapters of Technology Horizons 2050 and Beyond to the
Digitalmehmet Content Ecosystem
For advanced copy and beta readers, it will be available on Digitalmehmet Discount Bookstore/a>
Some chapters will be available to the subscribers of https://substackmastery.com/
Updates from Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Dr Mehmet Yildiz is a postdoctoral researcher in cognitive science and technologist who has worked as a Distinguished Enterprise Architect certified by the Open Group on multi-billion dollar enterpris
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