The greatest challenges of this century...

The US National Academy of Engineering had a convention this week here in Boston…they listed the following as the greatest challenges (and possibly business opportunities) of this century. I thought it was interesting, especially the first one considering my comments last week...

CHALLENGES FACING HUMANITY
1. Make solar energy affordable
2. Provide energy from fusion
3. Develop carbon sequestration
4. Manage the nitrogen cycle
5. Provide access to clean water
6. Reverse engineer the brain
7. Prevent nuclear terror
8. Secure cyberspace
9. Enhance virtual reality
10. Improve urban infrastructure
11. Advance health informatics
12. Engineer better medicines
13. Advance personalised learning
14. Explore natural frontiers

More details can be found here on the engineering challenges website.