OK, I'm interested in future technology as the next guy, but I'm equally interested in future lifestyles, subcultures, and in social innovation in general. Of...
There's a project/discussion starting up at Wise-Nano about nano future societies. It's more a request for info than a conclusion at this point, but I did add...
Hi Neal, The finger on the puls of cutting edge cultural and social innovation has Boing Boing. http://boingboing.net/ Future Salon presenter Howard Reingold's...
Many people I know, including some people from this Futurist group, believed -- sometimes very strongly, sometimes not so strongly -- believed that Mr. Kerry...
My take on the election was that the media wanted it to be a close race, because that's what gets the most eyeballs for the media. And in a close race,...
... Yes I may have spoken too soon. There are widespread reports of vote fraud coming out. E.g. + Surprising Pattern of Florida's Election Results + ...
I was just randomly searching for stuff and ended up here: http://www.nion.com/ they make scanning electron microscopes, and have a few neat pictures of ...
Hi Futurists, Weblog post with links: http://www.futuresalon.org/2004/11/future_salon_do.html He is a true visionary and a real rolemodel. When he was young he...
Here's the video Mark Finnern was talking about on Sunday, which he says has been seen by more people on the Internet than on the original CNN broadcast. + Jon...
When invention turns to innovation By Jo Twist BBC News science and technology reporter http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/technology/3965265.stm 2004/11/10...
The Prospects of Human Life Extension Friday, November 12 02004 7pm coffee, 8pm talk Free! ($10 donation welcome) ... "THE PROSPECTS OF HUMAN LIFE EXTENSION"...
Honoring technology for changing the world Projects improved the human condition http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/11/11/BUGJF9PBCE1.DTL ...
Hi Futurists, We have a ride board on our Wiki: http://www.socialtext.net/futuresalon/index.cgi?ride_sharing_anyone Just to make it clear, the Future Salon is...
Nick Donofrio, senior vice-president of technology and manufacturing at IBM, has a severe problem with tunnel vision. There are several technologies that go...
+ Bush for president? You bet! + A glance at the returns of some of the world's biggest betting exchanges shows that President George W Bush remained a clear ...
+ MIT Team Lets One Airplane Speak to Another in Plain English + Aeronautics researchers at MIT have developed an aircraft guidance system that allows a pilot...
I think this report is badly organized. But the basic idea Donofrio want to convey is clearly expressed in the title "When invention turns to innovation". An...
Darn, can't make it to the Long Now talk, but I'm planning on attending http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2004/11/04_fogel.shtml Next Tuesday and...
Hi Futurists and Music Lovers, Weblog post: http://www.futuresalon.org/2004/11/jaron_the_music.html If you are going let me know by replying to this post. (Not...
Hi Futurists, Weblog post with links: http://www.futuresalon.org/2004/11/interactive_tv_.html The years old marketiers dream of interactive TV, where you can...
... From: owner-sl4@... [mailto:owner-sl4@...] On Behalf Of Emil Gilliam Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 3:37 PM To: World Transhumanist Association...
The weekend is shaping up to be geeky busy: Thursday: Planetwork Monthly Networking Meeting is Thursday, November 18 6-10 pm, at the McBean Theater in the...
Ambitious! Progress towards this one could be fun to watch!' - Kennita http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041108//full/041108-5.html News Published online: 09...
Hi Futurists, Weblog post with links: http://www.futuresalon.org/2004/11/raising_collect.html The theme of the Future Salon this Friday is Large-Scale...
... <shameless promotion> FYI The social and technological determinants of the trend of increasing intelligence is the topic of Chapter Four: Getting Smarter,...
Some wrote back that link got truncated. Sorry. Haven't used tinyurl in so long here is a working link: http://tinyurl.com/6mnc7 Give feedback. Do it now. ...
IMHO, $50 million isn't enough, and the terms aren't right for a prize. He's not asking for a technology/competency demo: he's asking for a fully useful...
The X prize worked. For all intents and purposes, it was a success. Think about all the free advertising that was attracted to Rutan, Allen, and Branson....