I was mulling over the technological progress which has been made over my lifetime so far and contemplating where it will take us in the future when it hit me that most of the “sci-fi” type developments predicted will only start to appear around the time that our generation are turning out the lights (taking into account that we live a bit longer than our parents). Will we see a person walk on Mars or have a brain transplant in our lifetime? Unlikely, but will our children? Probably. The next 60 odd years will no doubt see some amazing advances though so I wouldn’t get too depressed about it just yet – that’s assuming climate change doesn’t get us first! © GE Medical Systems…