Check out Ray Kurzweil. The author of "The singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology". He is a futurist, predicted the current reach of the internet when it was first conceived. He has an interesting opinion on the future of robotics and robotics and medicine. He was just on an HBO talk show last week/week before, maybe.
Very Fun, The Sci-Foo : The nature.com Science Foo Camp is happening soon Aug12-14 at the Googleplex in California:
Home : Science Foo Camp This is a group effort, Sci Foo, Nature, Google, O'Reilly Emerging Technologies
Check out my personal hero: Janine Benyus. She is the main thrust behind BioMimicry:
Janine Benyus shares nature's designs | Video on TED.com
Check out what Children are working on after being inspired by what these scientists are saying:
Biomimicry Institute - Biomimicry Challenge Winners
The future looks uncertain until you get involved in it! What you find out when you look into this should blow your mind... if not, look harder.