Technology 3

Smart buildings

Computer-controlled buildings

Interplanetary travel

Travel to planets in outer space, either for exploration or for tourism

Keyhole surgery

Medical operation in which a very small hole is made in a person's body to reach the organ or tissue inside

Doomsday scenario

The worst possible prediction of what will happen in the future

Foresee

Think or predict that something will occur in the future

Gridlocked

Unable to move at all due to heavy traffic congestion

Population explosion

Rapid increase in population

GM crops

Crops created by changing the genes of the ingredients

Gene therapy

Changing genes in order to prevent disease or disability

Envisage

See or imagine a possible or probable situation in the future

Designer babies

Babies whose genetic characteristics are artificially created

Cloning

Making a genetically identical copy of an animal or human being

Nuclear family

A family unit consisting of a father, mother, and one or two children

Global village

A single community covering the whole world through interconnected communications and trade

Extraterrestrial beings

Creatures from other planets

Gulf

A significant gap or difference between groups or nations

Drastic measures

Severe actions that have noticeable effects