This profusely illustrated talk will extrapolate today’s cutting edge technology to 2030. . This overview will give a glimpse into the exponential unprecedented application of technology in all aspects of healthcare. Brain machine interfaces, neuro prosthesis ,wearables, surgery of the unborn, training of doctors using virtual dissections and the Metaverse, personalised medicine, telegenomics, real time telementoring of surgical procedures using 5G , 3D printing of functional organs, use of robots and drones, using a single personalised genetically customised polypill doing away with multiple drugs, intelligent drug dispensing kiosks remotely supervised with AI algorithms escalating consultations to humans when required, Xeno transplants and technology for assisted dying will be presented. It will be emphasised that in spite of all this technology should only be used as a means to an end . A fool with a tool will still be a fool.
