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Table 1 Exemplary technologies mentioned in citizens' visions and interlinked services

From: Human centred science and technology—transdisciplinary foresight and co-creation as tools for active needs-based innovation governance

Specific technologies mentioned in visions

Service they fulfil

Nuclear fusion, roads equipped with energy captors, superconductors, green battery

Accessible, affordable, abundant and green energy

Teleportation, hover platforms, magnetic levitation, light rail capsule, air vehicle, eco-hovercrafts, drones, a bridge connecting Cyprus and Crete

Fast, flexible, affordable, smart, reliable and clean transport

Nano-technology, hibernation, revolutionary drugs, implanted chips, joint and bones regeneration, artificial implants

Healthier, prolonged, equal living supported by technology

Robots

Support working and living environments

Memory recovery, e-learning

Lifelong learning, strength based education

Holograms Telecommuting, knowledge sharing platforms,

Improving interpersonal relationships, equality

Device for reading thoughts

Fair dispute resolution

3d printers, a universal material

Production autonomy, less consumption

Cyber polling, e-voting, electronic referendum

Building trust in democracy, active citizenship