Super Soldiers...

http://supersoldiersummit.com
These are some fascinating & disturbing subjects & topics.
http://paranormalradionetwork.org/2013/02/23/voice-of-the-people-alara-experiencer--lorien-fenton-talking-about-their-ufo--milab-life-experiences--upcoming-supersoldier-mid-control--harassment-conference-ii-in-may-in-henderson-nv.aspx

Mechanically Enhanced Beings (MEB)
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/u-s-super-soldiers-of-the-future-will-be-genetically-modified-transhumans-capable-of-superhuman-feats

http://ufoparanormalradio.homestead.com/Main_Page_version_2.html,
http://occupycorporatism.com/darpa-continues-human-experiments-to-create-military-super-soldiers

http://www.fatemag.com/events-2

MEB & Genetically Enhanced Beings (GEB)
http://www.infowars.com/u-s-super-soldiers-of-the-future-will-be-genetically-modified-transhumans-capable-of-superhuman-feats

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersoldier, http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-09/06/supersoldiers,
http://futurewarstories.blogspot.ca/2012/09/fws-topics-super-soldiers.html

The Data Cloud

http://inthepersonalcloud.com/2013/03/14/where-is-this-cloud/

Virtual Reality

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/other-gadgets/virtual-reality.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/computers_math/virtual_reality

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414070,00.asp

http://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality-military/index.html

http://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality-games/for-ps3.html
What would full immersion VR be like in a few more decades?
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/03/sim-city-and-matrix-etc.html
After hundreds or thousands of years, the technology would seem quite real to each experience.

Several religions & belief systems imply that humans are on a constructed world inside a cosmic projection of space & time.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=VR

AR can certainly assist various people in many ways.
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/03/augmented-reality.html

Augmented Reality (AR)

Augmented_Reality might eventually be almost everywhere. 

http://www.howstuffworks.com/augmented-reality.htm ,
http://mashable.com/category/augmented-reality

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/augmented-reality ,
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/02/how-augmented-reality-content-might-actually-work/273348
A supercomputer is a form of AR & of course, it can be used to run various VR simulations.
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/03/virtual-reality.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AR

Sim City and The MATRIX, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity_(1989_video_game) 

Look at the buildings in the background, its the same SF skyline from the 1st SimCity.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2349173760/tt0234215,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_Reloaded,
http://www.friscovista.com/news/bay/san-francisco-skyline-from-port-view-park-oakland

Mega City like Sim City, is a composite of many cities.
http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/Mega_City, http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/01,
http://www.matrixfans.net/movies/the-ultimate-matrix-collection

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity_(2013_video_game),
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2013/mar/11/simcity-launch-problems,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/11/net-us-electronicarts-simcity-idUSBRE92719M20130311
3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjWX7hWGypo

http://store.origin.com/store/ea/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.198095500?utm_medium=paid-search, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhNdi7c1JX4

http://www.retrojunk.com/article/show/214/dark-city-vs-the-matrix,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moW17YHl6B8, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NcBUelP1bI,
http://www.electrolund.com/2004/10/matrix-city-a-photographic-comparison-of-the-matrix-and-dark-city

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051106/REVIEWS08/511060302/1023,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqIFFf8hxR0

http://kotaku.com/5983734/if-sin-city-was-set-in-sim-city

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqjFBQvYtqE

The sci-fi PS9 commercial provides quite a fascinating glimpse into a fully immersed environment of augmented reality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2gzRQ5f3No
For now, people will just have to settle for this PS version.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/ps4-ad-youtubes-most-viewed-in-february-6405100

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harsh_Realm, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gowPOYHm9Ok,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182587, Its all just in your head, so don't ask too many questions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhaAHiN580s&list=PL03DA1A71714D6DB5
But of course, more & more people are asking some big questions about the nature of reality.

Eventually, any game or program could be integrated with VR.
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/03/virtual-reality.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+MATRIX

TNOR

Swarm Robotics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_robotics, http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/Sentinel,
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2009/08/tiny-i-swarm-robots.html

An individual robot or a swarm of them, run on a series of programs. Sometimes there is a program that isn't connected to a physical robot. This seems to be the case with Agent_Smith, as an individual A.I. unit or in swarm mode. http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/Smith?file=Agent_Smith2.jpg,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_(simulation),
http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/Smith?file=Agent_Smith_Clone.jpg,
http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/The_Matrix_Reloaded?file=The_Matrix_Reloaded_Burly_Brawl.jpg

http://www.matrixeyewear.com/blog/my-favorite-agent-smith-quotes-from-the-matrix-trilogy

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/03/augmented-reality.html

BNW, THX 1138 and Future Shock, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek5vse2_Aq0

The BNWO is a classic, it remains as one of the best blogs observing synchronicity & symbolism.
http://thebravenewworldorder.blogspot.ca

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Labyrinth:_THX_1138_4EB,
http://www.lucasfilm.com/films/other/thx1138.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138, http://www.thx1138movie.com,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO99j_Ty4Hc, http://thx-1138.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ghzomm15yE,
http://www.fastcompany.com/1695307/future-shock-40-what-tofflers-got-right-and-wrong,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/shelisrael/2012/06/21/future-shock-why-alvin-toffler-was-wrong,
http://www.e-reading-lib.org/book.php?book=71380


RFID:
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/technology-article.asp,
http://desertshapes.blogspot.ca/2013/02/ray-kurzweil-and-transhumanism.html

Crappy Tech and High-End Gadgets

Crappy tech or budget tech might have its place, but many people want something that's convenient & reliable.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/03/06/what-were-thinking-6-most-senseless-gadgets/?intcmp=related
Indeed, a lot of 2nd hand high-end tech will go much further than 1st rate budget tech.
http://businesscasestudies.co.uk/samsung/launching-high-end-technology-products/introduction.html#axzz2MsIIHKmD

http://www.justluxe.com/lifestyle/electronics/articles-4.php
If money is no object of limitation, there are many toys abound.
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/the-best-of-the-best-big-ticket-items-2012-apartment-therapy-tech-gift-guide-180850

However, sapphires & diamonds don't improve the capabilities of high tech products.
http://www.justluxe.com/lifestyle/electronics/feature-1846812.php
Bling just apparently improves the look, but not the performance of high tech gadgets.
http://www.justluxe.com/lifestyle/electronics/feature-1793668.php
So just because some bling phones look nicer, they don't necessarily work any better than any standard high-end tech. http://www.affluentmagazine.com/online_advertiser/affluent_spotlights_advertiser_profile/128/14
You could get 2 or 3 nice custom laptops for the price of this phone.
http://www.affluentmagazine.com/online_advertiser/affluent_collections_advertiser_profile/68

http://the-engineer.hubpages.com/hub/Consumer-Electronics-Companies-in-the-World

http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2012/full-list

http://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraheller/2012/12/21/best-buys-problems-arent-its-own-electronics-have-fallen-from-favor
There is plenty of rivalry & some companies fall behind in quality or demand for products.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57547921-92/the-era-of-japanese-consumer-electronics-giants-is-dead
People usually want the best tech possible for the money. Its just a matter of the price range that various things fall into.
http://www.reportlinker.com/ci02060/Consumer-Electronics.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=tech

The Cyborg and Digital Genetics

http://spark.qualcomm.com/salon/ray-kurzweil-man-machine-merger,
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121218-will-we-ever-have-cyborg-brains,
http://www.digitalgenetics.net/2012/08/30/cyborg-flesh,
http://www.wired.co.uk/tags/Cyborgs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Warwick, http://www.kevinwarwick.com,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5aQDToaFMU,
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/knowledge/themes/virtualfutures/kevinwarwick,
http://www.scienceomega.com/article/454/the-real-life-cyborg-getting-to-know-professor-kevin-warwick,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/17/race-to-create-insect-cyborgs,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16305299

http://www.programmed-aging.org/theories/digital_genetics.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics, http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Genetics.aspx, http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov, http://www.genetics.org, http://learn.genetics.utah.edu
Its all about keeping things in the controlling families of the world.
http://www.archives.com/genealogy/president-george-hw-bush.html,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_family#Connections_to_other_prominent_families,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ldZS9PL9KE

http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?view=1&surname=bush,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYBSEHoLmBQ, http://bushfamilygenealogy.com/wp
Of course, very wealthy interconnected families draw curiosity & suspicion from the common-people.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworldwar,
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/bushbloodline.shtml, http://rense.com/general17/bushhitler.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clone_(genetics)#Transgenic_organisms

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca#Home_media, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_6th_Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(film),
http://cloudatlas.warnerbros.com, http://www.biopoliticaltimes.org/article.php?id=6507,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(novel)#An_Orison_of_Sonmi,
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1090155-an-orison-of-sonmi-451-may-contain-spoilers,
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49575815/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/could-human-clones-cloud-atlas-be-our-future/#.UQjsHL_AdrM

http://editorialeyes.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/cloud-atlas-readalong-part-5-an-orison-of-sonmi-451-first-half,
http://www.digitalgenetics.net/2012/11/15/is-sexless-reproduction-a-possible-future



http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/03/robotics-and-humanoids.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cyborg

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Six+Million+Dollar+Man

Robotics and Humanoids

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/in-depth/interviews/cyborg-pioneer-prof-kevin-warwick/1010452.article, 
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-09/04/cyborgs

The original BSG story starts with Reptillian_Cylons that eventually created Robotic_Cylons in a humanoid form.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica#2003_reimagining, http://www.syfy.com/battlestar,
http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page, http://www.battlestargalactica.com

http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/blood-chrome-premiere-date-february-10-syfy

http://www.treknews.net/2012/12/16/brent-spiner-data-ge-commercial

http://io9.com/5969053/famous-robots-come-out-of-the-woodwork-in-new-ge-ad-including-our-favorite-android

http://entertainment.time.com/2012/06/06/prometheus-star-michael-fassbender-on-his-robotic-role-ridley-scott-and-why-he-believes-in-aliens

http://photos.ca.msn.com/slideshow/photo/rise-of-the-machines/2t7everb#1

http://www.prometheus2-movie.com

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/12/ff-robots-will-take-our-jobs/all

http://solari.com/blog/jon-rappoport-and-catherine-austin-fitts-on-singularity-creating-a-mind-february-28

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/03/the-cyborg-and-digital-genetics.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cyborg

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Six+Million+Dollar+Man