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Cross-planetary dinner
Image Description: Sketch of a mother on Earth sitting at a table with meal of Mom's lasagna, quantum-assembled, and joining her is a 3-D hologram of her daughter from a space station located 300 miles away. Smaller sketches show secure quantum communications with quantum photonic process (and areas labeled pump wave, photon in, generation, manipulation, storage, control wave, detection, quantum frequency conversion, processing, and voltage in); mom's lasagna assembled atom-by-atom (text says lasers levitate atoms to create mom's lasagna shared remotely across hundreds of miles through a quantum or atomic oven); a wire leading to a compact energy source, and an atomic pantry of elements (with two shelves of jars labelled H, C, O, Fe, and other elements).
Credit: Zina Deretsky, NSF
Smart clothes
Image Description: Smart fabric with embedded sensors made of new materials is next to a drawing of a boy wearing a bandana that is progressively covering his face. Another sketch shows the same bandana unfolding like an umbrella. A man leaps across a large crevasse using special shoes that extend his reach. A mountain range with a helicopter above it is the setting for a figure on the ground, illustrating that special clothes can call for help in emergencies. A close-up of the shoe adjusting to terrain shows details of sensors and actuators.
Credit: Zina Deretsky, NSF
Robo-ant
Image Description: A close-up sketch of a robotic ant shows futuristic fuel cells, sensors and locomotion. The same robotic ants are seen navigating a forest fire in a swarm and guiding people to safety. The swarm communicates with a control tower, which guides its movement. People are shown walking out of a forest, led by the robotic ants. Another panel shows the head of the ant filled with high-powered computer chips.
Credit: Zina Deretsky, NSF
Microbes
Image Description: An illustration shows how cells signal to one another. A woman swallows a pill that contains microbes designed to improve her health. A close-up of the pill's interior reveals mini "factories" that manufacture medicine. Those same factories can be placed inside the gut to release medicine and can be programmed to turn "on" and "off." A microfluidic device simulates an "organ on a chip" to test future therapies.
Credit: Zina Deretsky, NSF
Living building
Image Description: Sun and rain fall on a futuristic tree-like building with large leaves growing out of it. Close-up of each leaf shows they are origami-inspired and can collect energy. The tree-building's roots extend into a large body of water, in which is a submarine shaped like a fish. Plants and animals swim in a large cylinder filled with water to represent "kidneys" for the building.
Credit: Zina Deretsky, NSF
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