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As we begin a new year, theNational Posttakes a five-part look at the future technologies that are coming sooner than we think. They’re still not flying cars (unfortunately) but these innovations can and likely will transform how we eat, what we wear, how we heal, and even how we indulge in vice.

For over two decades, David Nutt has studied how to stop people from becoming alcoholics, and how to help addicts cope with the side effects. But a few years ago, the British scientist decided he was approaching the problem from the wrong angle.

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“Alcohol is just too poisonous and has too many effects to be able to block them,” Dr. Nutt said. “So, then I thought, why don’t we just turn the whole question on its head?”

Dr. Nutt has developed an alcohol substitute that he said mimics the relaxation and sociability that comes with drinking, but comes without many of drinking’s nasty side effects, such as aggression and addiction. Take a pill, and the effects disappear.