Consumer attitudes toward ‘futuristic’ scientific advancements

As smartphones and tablets find their way into the hands of more and more consumers, it’s apparent that people are embracing technology as part of their everyday lifestyles. And a recent Pew Research Center report U.S. Views of Technology and the Future – Science  in the next 50 years finds that nearly 60% of Americans are optimistic that coming technological scientific changes will make life easier in the future.

More than 80% expect that within the next 50 years people needing…