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Reading minds
If you think the art of mind-reading is a conjuring trick, think again. Over the past few years, the ability to connect first monkeys and then men to machines in ways that allow brain signals to tell those machines what … Continued
Taking advantage of otherwise wasted energy
From the vibrations filling the air when jets to take off to the waves generated by radio and television transmitters, our environment is full of largely wasted energy. Now, Align Full (Alt + Shift + J)researchers are seeking ways to capture … Continued
Vale Jan Lee Martin
Jan Lee Martin, founder and driving force of the futures foundation for nearly twenty years passed away in Sydney yesterday. After the demise of the Australian Commission for the Future, the futures foundation was the only significant future focussed organisation … Continued
All of South Korea’s Textbooks to Go Digital by 2015
By 2014, all of South Korea’s elementary-level educational materials will be digitized, and by 2015, the entire school-age curriculum will be delivered on an array of computers, smart phones and tablets. While the country’s education ministry is yet to announce the … Continued
Institute for Alternative Futures Releases Draft Vulnerability Scenarios for Public Comment
The Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF) has developed scenarios for social and economic vulnerability in the U.S. and is seeking comments before these scenarios are finalized. The scenarios provide alternative futures for the year 2030, and were developed with funding from the Robert … Continued
Companies that Innovate Collectively
You can never predict who might have a good idea. That’s why companies are starting to enlist employees to make innovations both big and small, even if it’s not part of their job description. The idea of crowdsourcing—outsourcing a task … Continued
See the future with a search
A startup called Recorded Future has developed a tool that scrapes real-time data from the Internet to find hints of what will happen in the future. For example, a search for information about drug company Merck generates a timeline showing … Continued
Futurist publishes new self help book
American futurist Verne Wheelwright has recently published a book entitled Ït’s your future – make it a good one”. Verne has been writing and speaking about creating personal futures for some years, and this new book is a step-by-step four … Continued