Signs of the Future
Test can find tiny tumor level in blood (Boston Globe)
3 Jul 2008 at 1:40pm
Boston researchers have developed a test that can identify minute amounts of tumor cells floating in the blood of cancer patients, a discovery that could lead to better treatments with fewer side effects.
Identifying The Climate Change Impacts Of Imports (Scoop.co.nz)
3 Jul 2008 at 1:40pm
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is today publishing a report which identifies the CO2 emissions created by goods and services imported into the UK.
Houston teens buying 'virtual clothing' for their avatars (Houston Chronicle)
3 Jul 2008 at 1:39pm
Kids turn to a virtual world where they can create a digital version of themselves.
EurActiv.com - How research can help solve the global food crisis | EU - Euro...
3 Jul 2008 at 1:39pm
Guy Riba, the deputy director of the French national institute for agricultural research (INRA), highlights the many challenges the world will have to meet by 2050 if it wants to feed its nine-billion inhabitants without destroying its environment.
Carbon capture: Pipe dream or climate change weapon? (The New Sabah Times)
3 Jul 2008 at 1:39pm
Carbon capture and storage (CSS) is fast becoming the oil industry?s favourite solution to the climate crisis but the seductive simplicity of the idea masks a series of doubts about its viability.
American Airlines to trim work force
3 Jul 2008 at 1:39pm
American Airlines expects to cut nearly 7,000 employees by the end of the year, or about 8 percent of its worldwide work force, as it reduces flights and grounds aircraft because of high fuel costs.
Wood County Fighting Copper Thefts With Nanotechnology (KLTV 7 Tyler)
3 Jul 2008 at 1:38pm
There is a new tool in the fight against copper theft in east Texas.
Diamonds hint at 'earliest life' (BBC News)
3 Jul 2008 at 1:38pm
Tiny slivers of diamond discovered in Australia may contain the earliest traces of life on Earth, a study finds.
Climate concerns halt coal plant
3 Jul 2008 at 1:38pm
The US state of Georgia blocks construction of a new coal power plant based on concerns over carbon emissions.
China faces challenge on grain prices
3 Jul 2008 at 1:38pm
Chinese farmers are facing the same inflation in farm production costs as their global counterparts. Beijing has tried to shield consumers from inflation.
Nanotech Produces Bizarre "Flat" Atom, Hailed as Quantum Computing Breakthrou...
2 Jul 2008 at 4:01pm
Nanoelectronics researchers discover a bizarre shaped molecule in one of their devices can acts as first known quantum state-manipulable atom...
Big Labor Goes Global (Time Magazine)
2 Jul 2008 at 4:01pm
America's largest private-sector union will be joining up with Britain's Unite, to form the world's first transatlantic union.
India legal back-office work picks up on U.S. slowdown (Reuters via Yahoo! In...
2 Jul 2008 at 4:00pm
Legal process outsourcing is rapidly growing and is expected to become a $4 billion industry globally by 2015 with India occupying a significant chunk of it, industry players and analysts said.
Hi-tech health
2 Jul 2008 at 3:57pm
How innovation is transforming care in the NHS
Wanted: Skilled workers for a growing economy in Brazil
2 Jul 2008 at 3:57pm
Many experts say the dearth of highly skilled labor, particularly engineers and tradesmen, will jeopardize Brazil's economic and political rise.
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Fast Forward
New Insights on Nanotechnology
16 Jun 2008 at 9:59pm
RealAudio / Windows Media... Big things often come in small packages. And that may be particularly true for nanotechnology, which is expected to revolutionize everything from cancer treatment to th...
Energy Prices and the Global Trucking Industry
16 Jun 2008 at 9:56pm
RealAudio / Windows Media... A trucking strike in Spain is sending shivers down the spines of consumers, who already are preparing for empty supermarket shelves and gasoline shortages. The truckers...
Petrostate
16 Jun 2008 at 9:51pm
RealAudio / Windows Media... An internationally recognized authority on Russian history, politics, and economics describes Russia's economic recovery and the use of its oil-based power as a lever i...
Social Networking
28 May 2008 at 6:35am
RealAudio / Windows Media... Facebook and Linked-in are two of the most popular on-line social networks, but there are now millions of others catering to all ages and a myriad of interests. A look ...
The Global Impact of Rising Food Prices
23 Apr 2008 at 12:08pm
RealAudio / Windows Media... It's a crisis linking nations as disparate as Haiti, Uzbekistan and the U.S. Double-digit increases in prices for bread, milk and other basic commodities are leading to...
Here Comes Everybody
30 Mar 2008 at 4:31pm
An MP3 clip... Social networking has been empowered by technology. Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody, about the power of organizing without organization. [Tech ...
Curious Interactive Robots
21 Mar 2008 at 6:05pm
An MP3 clip... Curiosity is usually seen as a quality in humans, a learning driver. When a one-month old puppy looks frightened and hesitant before a bright yellow tennis ball and finally jumps on ...
BioMicroRobotics
21 Mar 2008 at 5:57pm
An MP3 clip... Building a complete sub-mm robotic system capable of sensing, actuation and computation in an autonomous manner creates challenges which are several orders of magnitude greater than ...
The Global Brain - An Interview with Mohanbir Sawhney
28 Jan 2008 at 5:50pm
An MP3 clip... A convincing and highly pragmatic case for the pursuit of network-centric innovation. Network-centric innovation is an open and collaborative approach that supplants the closed, firm...
The Pirate's Dilemma - An Interview with Matt Mason
28 Jan 2008 at 5:45pm
An MP3 clip... Matt Mason, a former pirate radio DJ in London, is now a successful first-time business book author. The Pirate?s Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing Capitalism, which just hit...
The Globalization of Health Care
20 Jan 2008 at 10:30pm
An MP3 clip... Dr. David Kibbe -- senior advisor to the American Academy of Family Physicians and Principal of the Kibbe Group -- speaks about the globalization of health care and the direct and in...
Tom Perkins of Kleiner Perkins
12 Jan 2008 at 11:33pm
An MP3 clip... Educated at MIT and Harvard, Tom Perkins first made his mark by managing the initial growth of Hewlett-Packard?s computer business while simultaneously inventing the first cheap and ...
The Car of the Future
12 Jan 2008 at 11:13pm
An MP3 clip... Dr. Moira Gunn and Economist reporter Veejay Vaitheeswaran talk about energy, the Prius, and the car manufacturers decided to build - or not build. Find out what's in store for hybri...
Michael Furdyk of TakingITGlobal
12 Jan 2008 at 11:09pm
An MP3 clip... Michael Furdyk is the Co-founder and Director of Technology of TakingITGlobal. He founded two successful Internet companies before he was 17, selling the first, Mydesktop.com, to Int...
Google Earth Outreach
12 Jan 2008 at 11:05pm
An MP3 clip... Google Earth Outreach is a project to enable non-profit or public benefit groups to use Google Earth to capture the work they're doing, the people they're helping, and the change the...
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Future Pages
IBNLive Sci - Tech News | Science & Technology News
30 Jun 2008 at 10:11am
Science and technology news from CNN-IBN -- a partnership between Global Broadcast News (GBN), a Network18 Company, and Turner International (Turner) in India.
Metaforas
25 Jun 2008 at 11:08pm
Metaforas explores the human condition through digital technology. New tools offer new potential for democracy and discovery in the realm of the circuit.
PostGlobal
21 Jun 2008 at 12:47am
PostGlobal is an experiment in global, collaborative journalism, a running discussion of important issues among dozens of the world's best-known editors and writers. It aims to create a truly globa...
Benetech
16 Jun 2008 at 7:22pm
Together with partners and supporters worldwide, Benetech uses technology innovation and business expertise to solve unmet social needs.
Tactics of Hope
16 Jun 2008 at 7:08pm
Tactics of Hope offers 27 stories of pure inspiration and practical steps into a guidebook for the twenty-first century
Taproot Foundation
15 Jun 2008 at 10:32pm
Join a team of highly skilled professionals who are doing pro bono work to help a local nonprofit increase its impact.
OpenEco
15 Jun 2008 at 10:31pm
OpenEco.org is a global on-line community that provides free, easy-to-use tools to help participants assess, track, and compare energy performance, share proven best practices to reduce greenhouseg...
Pop!Tech
15 Jun 2008 at 10:17pm
Pop!Tech is a one-of-a-kind conference, a community of remarkable people, and an ongoing conversation about science, technology and the future of ideas.
Immersence
15 Jun 2008 at 10:10pm
Char Davies is internationally recognized for pioneering artworks using the technologies of virtual reality. Originally a painter, she transitioned to digital media in the late-80s, becoming a foun...
FringeHog
15 Jun 2008 at 10:07pm
FringeHog is a media project exploring how ideas about the future emerge, migrate and interact in society and business to catalyze change.
Edutopia
29 May 2008 at 5:33am
A vision for the new world of learning and the leading-edge interactive tools and resources to help make it a reality.
Microsoft Robotics Blog
28 May 2008 at 5:41am
Microsoft Robotics products and services enable academic, hobbyist and commercial developers to easily create robotics applications across a wide variety of hardware.
AfriGadget
28 May 2008 at 5:32am
AfriGadget is a website dedicated to showcasing African ingenuity. A team of bloggers and readers contribute their pictures, videos and stories from around the continent.
Engaged Youth
28 May 2008 at 5:19am
The CCCE Civic Learning Online project explores the question of how informal online environments can effectively engage the citizenship and learning styles of younger generations.
Folding@home
28 May 2008 at 5:16am
Folding@home is a distributed computing project dedicated to understanding protein folding and how it is linked to disease.
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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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