The World of Tomorrow, Today?

Here's a good one from the BBC if like me you need to be lured our of your cynical shell every now and then. How is technology and the vast complexities of what many of us, myself included, consider to be almost science fiction changing our lives? Are we on the cusp of a Second Renaissance?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01rwgt6/Horizon_Tomorrows_World_A_Horizon_Special/

(Please note: Viewers from outside the United Kingdom may not be able to view this video, apologies)