Signs of the Future
news items
Dubai plans 1-km high tower despite credit squeeze (Reuters via Yahoo! Singap...
6 Oct 2008 at 5:13am
State-owned Dubai developer Nakheel said on Sunday it planned to build a 1,000-metre high tower amid tightening global financing conditions, which have delayed its proposed real estate investment trusts.
World Habitat Day: Harmonious cities (Manila Bulletin)
6 Oct 2008 at 5:12am
The world is at the dawn of a new urban era with half of humanity now living in cities and towns. It is predicted that by the year 2050, some six billion people will be living in cities, representing two thirds of humanity.
America?s next-generation of space travel (The Bay Area Citizen)
6 Oct 2008 at 5:12am
America will send a new generation of explorers to the moon aboard NASA?s Orion crew exploration vehicle.
Swedish Spoken Here (New York Times)
6 Oct 2008 at 5:12am
When the next president takes office, Americans should not be surprised when he spells out the ramifications of being a debtor nation.
Electrifying Possibilities For Medical Implants Following Study Of Eel Cells ...
6 Oct 2008 at 5:12am
Engineers long have known that great ideas can be lifted from Mother Nature, but a new paper* by researchers at Yale University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) takes it to a cellular level.
Thomas Friedman's 'Hot, Flat and Crowded' (International Herald Tribune)
5 Oct 2008 at 4:38pm
The author Thomas Friedman calls for government-led action to clean up the environment.
Bay Area's future in green tech, Mendonca says (San Francisco Chronicle)
5 Oct 2008 at 4:38pm
In the past two weeks, the business world has endured bank failures, collapsing markets, congressional quagmires and multibillion-dollar bailouts. What better time to sit down with someone like Lenny Mendonca, a longtime business leader in the Bay Area...
New formula predicts how people will migrate in coming decades
30 Sep 2008 at 6:31am
Nearly 200 million people now live outside their country of birth. But the patterns of migration that got them there have proven difficult to project. Now scientists at Rockefeller University, with assistance from the United Nations, have developed a predictive model of worldwide population shifts that they say will provide better estimates of migration across international boundaries.
Mars Lander Sees Falling Snow, Soil Data Suggest Liquid Past
30 Sep 2008 at 6:31am
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds. Spacecraft soil tests experiments also have provided evidence of past interaction between minerals and liquid water, processes that occur on Earth.
User-generated science (Express India)
29 Sep 2008 at 2:55am
In pre-internet times, peer-reviewed journals were the best way to disseminate research to a broad audience. Even today, editors and reviewers cherry-pick papers deemed the most revelatory and dispatch them to interested subscribers worldwide.
'Hub' of fear memory formation identified in brain cells
29 Sep 2008 at 2:55am
A protein required for the earliest steps in embryonic development also plays a key role in solidifying fear memories in the brains of adult animals, scientists have revealed. An apparent "hub" for changes in the connections between brain cells, beta-catenin could be a potential target for drugs to enhance or interfere with memory formation.
Reform reaches blogosphere (Herald Sun)
28 Sep 2008 at 9:58pm
The Government is going online to try to cut red tape with plans to open an online chatroom and begin an interactive conversation with the business community about the best way to reform regulation.
Africa awash in sunlight, but not solar energy
28 Sep 2008 at 9:58pm
From household solar panels to thermal generators big enough to power a town, sun power has enjoyed explosive growth around the world. Everywhere, that is, except on the sun-drenched continent of Africa.
PayPal founder's dream: SpaceX tries for fourth time to put privately develop...
28 Sep 2008 at 4:37am
Space Exploration Technologies, a California company established by PayPal founder and Tesla Motors Chairman Elon Musk, is trying to become the first company to launch a privately developed, privately financed rocket into Earth orbit.
Office 2020: A sci-fi odyssey (The Times of India)
28 Sep 2008 at 4:36am
Ever wondered what the New Age office will look like? We take you on a virtual tour....
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Fast Forward
audio clips
The Coming Convergence
2 Oct 2008 at 11:21pm
MP3... In The Coming Convergence Stanley Schmidt lays out the accelerating technological trends in nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science, and how their converg...
Ethics for Robots
2 Oct 2008 at 11:17pm
MP3... Dr. J. talks with Susan Anderson, professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut and collaborator with Michael Anderson on a project on programming ethics into artificial intellige...
Groundswell
2 Oct 2008 at 10:46pm
MP3... Nick O'Neill speaks with Charlene Li about her new book, Groundswell, Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. [Social Times]...
"Tweet" Wars in National Politics
28 Sep 2008 at 8:07pm
RealAudio / WindowsMedia... Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are sparring over whether they should be allowed to "microblog" to stay in touch with their constituents. A dispute has broken out over one soc...
The Future of Nuclear Power
28 Sep 2008 at 8:04pm
RealAudio / WindowsMedia... Nuclear power once deeply divided environmentalists and business interests, but the lines are blurring. As concerns about carbon emissions continue, nuclear power is re-...
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
28 Sep 2008 at 8:03pm
RealAudio / WindowsMedia... With the fall semester well underway, find out why one long-time University President says HG Wells was likely correct when he said "history becomes more and more a race...
The Future of Higher Education
28 Sep 2008 at 8:01pm
RealAudio / WindowsMedia... With the fall semester well underway, find out why one long-time University President says HG Wells was likely correct when he said "history becomes more and more a race...
Nuclear Terrorism Threat
28 Sep 2008 at 7:58pm
RealAudio / WindowsMedia... A new report led by members of the 9/11 Commission gives the U.S. a "C" for WMD prevention efforts. A look at what's needed to counter potential terrorist attacks involv...
Sir Tim Berners-Lee Talks about the Semantic Web
20 Sep 2008 at 11:46am
MP3... Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and now Director of the World Wide Web Consortium discusses the Semantic Web?s readiness for mainstream adoption, and explore a wide range...
John Zogby: "The Way We'll Be" and David Moore: "The Opinion Makers"
8 Sep 2008 at 11:50am
RealAudio / WindowsMedia... Two pollsters discuss how polls sometimes shape political opinions and reveal how the American Dream will change in the coming century. [Diane Rehm]...
The Innovator?s Guide to Growth
7 Sep 2008 at 2:31pm
MP3... There?s nothing like a good innovation to create a market and drive your company?s growth. The Innovator?s Guide to Growth looks at how to identify potential innovation opportunities, formul...
The Space Elevator
4 Sep 2008 at 12:51am
MP3... Maurice Franklin, a Microsoft software engineer who is passionate about the space elevator, recently organized and hosted a conference on that topic at Microsoft's Redmond conference center....
Electric Cars
30 Aug 2008 at 10:05am
RealAudio / WindowsMedia... High gas prices and concerns about emissions have many drivers searching for alternatives ? including vehicles powered by electricity. A look at new developments in the ...
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Future Pages
websites
We Dont Do Retro
3 Oct 2008 at 10:40pm
The personal blog of Matt Sinclair, mainly concerned with mass customisation and rapid manufacturing.
Idealog
2 Oct 2008 at 10:07pm
The magazine and website of creative New Zealand business, ideas and innovation.
Social Times
2 Oct 2008 at 9:54pm
Social Times was created as a way to leverage social technology to build the social technology industry.
Mark Mardell's Euroblog
24 Sep 2008 at 12:07pm
Mark Mardell, the BBC's Europe editor, shares his thoughts on the main stories in Europe, European politics and the EU.
Medical Device Link
24 Sep 2008 at 12:05pm
The online information source for the medical device industry.
How We Lead Matters
20 Sep 2008 at 2:59pm
How We Lead Matters is a different type of leadership book from a different type of leader.
TIE
20 Sep 2008 at 2:54pm
The Indus Entrepreneurs - founded in Silicon Valley in 1992 by successful entrepreneurs and professionals with roots in the Indus region.
E. F. Schumacher Society
20 Sep 2008 at 1:33pm
Linking people, land, and community by building local economies.
Orion Magazine
20 Sep 2008 at 1:30pm
Orion's fundamental conviction is that humans are morally responsible for the world in which we live, and that the individual comes to sense this responsibility as he or she develops a personal bon...
Pattern Language
20 Sep 2008 at 1:20pm
An association of people from all walks of life. With architects and builders... rebuilding our neighbourhoods, rebuilding the Earth.
Garr Reynolds
20 Sep 2008 at 11:09am
Design, marketing and branding, and effective communications.
Nodalities
20 Sep 2008 at 10:44am
Nodalities bridges the divide between those building the Semantic Web and those interested in applying it to their business requirements.
Mass Customization and Open Innovation News
19 Sep 2008 at 11:19pm
Notes and ideas on mass customization, personalization, customer integration, and open innovation.
Robotics Online
19 Sep 2008 at 11:18pm
Robotics Online is sponsored by Robotic Industries Association, and provides information to help engineers, managers and executives apply and justify robotics and flexible automation.
MindWealth
9 Sep 2008 at 7:26am
MindWealth helps organizations, associations and industries to implement change and address tough sustainable challenges through a unique strength based approach.
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Notable Quotes: Writers, scientists, philosophers and others share their thoughts about the future... what it is, why it is important, whether it
can be predicted, and how we're going to get there. |
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The Rearview Mirror: Links to vintage media depicting life
and change from the mid-1800s. Historical photographs, sound recordings,
early motion pictures, and other rare materials. |
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