Breakthrough Thinking – Page 38

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Creating Humanless Distribution Networks

June 8, 2015

Futurist Thomas Frey: A couple weeks ago I was asked to speak at the 8th annual Turkish Postal Symposium in Antalya, Turkey on the future of the postal industry. This was a fascinating gathering of thought leaders to discuss next generation postal service.

I focused my talk around a central question – “How long will it be before we can mail a package and have it travel to a city on the other side of the world without ever being touched by human hands?” Continue reading… “Creating Humanless Distribution Networks”

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What if we didn’t all have to work to get paid?

May 29, 2015

Scott Santens has been reflecting on the aphorism, “If you give a man a fish, he eats for a day. If you teach a man to fish, he eats for life.” But what Santens really wants to know is, “If you build a robot to fish, do all men starve, or do all men eat?” Continue reading… “What if we didn’t all have to work to get paid?”

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Solar powered floating farm that could produce 20 tons of vegetables a day

May 25, 2015

Design practice, Forward Thinking Architecture, has designed a concept for modular floating farms that harvest sunlight and rainwater, as well as desalinate saltwater and grow thousands of tons of vegetables ever year. Continue reading… “Solar powered floating farm that could produce 20 tons of vegetables a day”

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The kitchen table that uses no electricity to regulate the temperature of your apartment

May 23, 2015

The table is one piece of furniture that has remained largely the same for thousands of years, consisting simply of a surface and legs. Continue reading… “The kitchen table that uses no electricity to regulate the temperature of your apartment”

Breakthrough Thinking, Health & Fitness, Travel

Teenager designs system that can keeps you safe from germs on planes

May 21, 2015

Plane are generally disgusting germ-filled places. Who knows what is on that tray table, and what kind of germs that person with a hacking cough in the seat next to you will spread? Continue reading… “Teenager designs system that can keeps you safe from germs on planes”

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Solving a Billion-Person Problem

May 10, 2015

Futurist Thomas Frey: My friend, Peter Diamandis, likes to say, “The best way to become a billionaire is to solve a billion-person problem.”

When I first heard this phrase, I had difficulty imagining what a billion-person problem looked like. Continue reading… “Solving a Billion-Person Problem”

Agriculture, Breakthrough Thinking, Environment, People Making a Difference, Science & Technology News

Planting a billion trees a year using drones?

May 1, 2015

By using drones to plant forests of seedlings, a start-up plans to help solve the world’s climate problems. Lauren Fletcher, the founder of BioCarbon Engineering says, “We are going to counter industrial scale deforestation using industrial scale reforestation.” Continue reading… “Planting a billion trees a year using drones?”

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An airplane middle seat that is halfway-pleasant

April 27, 2015

The days of cramming into the middle seat, engaging in the passive-aggressive skirmish for the armrests, if Thompson Aero Seating has its way, will be long gone. Continue reading… “An airplane middle seat that is halfway-pleasant”

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When the “Things” we buy know more about us than we know about them

April 23, 2015

Futurist Thomas Frey: What if the things you were thinking about buying already knew you were considering a purchase? Much like going on a date, where the person you were dating wanted to look their best for you, what if the product went through a similar process, primping it’s hair and donning an inviting smile to present itself in the best possible light? Continue reading… “When the “Things” we buy know more about us than we know about them”

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Washington state wants to turn old aircraft carriers into bridges

April 16, 2015

Washington State recently received federal funds for a study on a new and unique toll bridge concept. The new bridge would be constructed of decommissioned US Navy Super Carriers. Continue reading… “Washington state wants to turn old aircraft carriers into bridges”

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The Coming Era of Alternative Credentialing

April 10, 2015

Futurist Thomas Frey: Earlier this week the DaVinci Institute became the first organization in the world to offer Microdegrees® to the graduates of the Institute’s coding school, DaVinci Coders. People who complete courses in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Swift/iOS, and Game Development will all be on track to receive this new form of credentialing. Continue reading… “The Coming Era of Alternative Credentialing”

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The future is arriving far faster than expected

February 17, 2015

The Acceleration of Acceleration: How The Future Is Arriving Far Faster Than Expected

By: Steven Kotler, and co-writer Ken Goffman

One of the things that happens when you write books about the future is you get to watch your predictions fail. This is nothing new, of course, but what’s different this time around is the direction of those failures. Used to be, folks were way too bullish about technology and way too optimistic with their predictions. Flying cars and Mars missions being two classic—they should be here by now—examples. The Jetsons being another. Continue reading… “The future is arriving far faster than expected”