I read a wired article about how using thorium instead of uranium will give you a much safer reactor, and would cause much less damage in the case of a meltdown. Also, thorium nuclear power can't be used to fuel WMD's. In the article, it was saying that its inability to be used as WMD's is why it wasn't developed back in the 50's. Our country wanted to make nukes. Anyone know anything about this, or am I just crazy?

The transistor will be replaced by 3d self organizing molecular circuits. Watch this ted talk by Ray Kurzweil from 2005, where he explains the whole paradime shift issue. http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us.html "Inventor, entrepreneur and visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why, by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness." - Thats right, nanobots will be operating you consciousness.