“If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it” – Albert Einstein
Futurist Thomas Frey: As a futurist, I’ve always been interested in our relationship with the future. But lately I’ve become obsessed with understanding more about the dividing line between the present and the future.
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More than ever today, our mobile devices are becoming human. They are tailored to our lives and empowering us with new opportunities to connect and learn. Here’s a look at a vision of mobile devices in the year 2020.
Almost half of young women live with a guy without being married.
According to a government survey released this week, nearly half of young women say the first time they lived with a guy, they weren’t married.
Continue reading… “More couples in the U.S. living together instead of marrying”
When it comes to mobile display ads, Facebook has already outstripped Google.
Facebook is expected to rake in three out of ten dollars spent on mobile ads in the U.S. this year, says marketing research firm eMarketer.
Continue reading… “30% of all mobile ad dollars will go to Facebook in 2013”
Facing the aging of the baby boom generation, the U.S. is unprepared for the coming surge in the cost and cases of dementia.
How much does it cost to care for American’s with dementia? A new study has found that the financial burden is at least as high as that of heart disease or cancer, and it may be even higher. And both the costs and the number of people with dementia will more than double within 30 years, skyrocketing at a rate that rarely occurs with a chronic disease.
Continue reading… “Cost of dementia care in the U.S. will double by 2040”
Hyundai’s E4U personal mobility vehicle
At the Seoul Motor Show this year, Hyundai, the Korean automaker, unveiled the E4U. The E4U is a personal mobility vehicle that moves around using a rotating semisphere instead of wheels.
Continue reading… “Hyundai’s vision of personal transportation for the future”
Futurist Thomas Frey
Daniel Faggella: One of my favorite parts about interviews is that I’m able to bounce ideas off of the people behind the blogs I read. Mr. Thomas Frey is the author at www.ImpactLab.com, and is now known as the Futurist Speaker. Before this, Tom worked for IBM for 15 years and was the only engineer to receive a record-breaking 270-something awards. After a successful career in engineering, he began teaching seminars and workshops on futurist topics in education, business, and beyond.
Continue reading… “Thomas Frey and the future of consciousness being one of baby steps”
Apple’s iOS App Store has seen incredible growth and has doubled its payouts to developers (now totaling over $8 billion) and sparked the creation of over 80,000 new jobs directly related to building software for Apple’s mobile platform within the last year.
Continue reading… “80,000 new jobs in the U.S. created by Apple’s iOS app economy in 2012”
Silicon-based transistors must be powered all the time.
Experts predict that in less than 20 years we will reach the physical limit of how much processing capability can be squeezed out of silicon-based processors in the heart of our computing devices. But a recent scientific finding that could completely change the way we build computing devices may simply allow engineers to sidestep any obstacles.
Continue reading… “Why computing will never be limited by Moore’s Law”
Bookless library
Despite the meaning of the name, library (derived from liber, which is literally a Latin word for “tree bark”), libraries insist that they are actually a hotbed of innovation. And surprisingly they are, to some extent, it’s true.
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Continue reading… “Top 5 innovations that show libraries don’t have to disappear”
The bet is that some of the braniacs’ startups will eventually create lots of good jobs.
One of the world’s largest immigration programs is in Canada and they are launched a new type of visa for foreign entrepreneurs this week. Foreign nationals can apply to the new Startup Visa program and gain immediate permanent residency if the secure funding from Canadian venture capital firms or angel investors. Canada’s new program is the latest in a score of startup visas recently created or revamped by governments, including Australia, Chile, and the U.K., to woo foreign entrepreneurs.
Continue reading… “Brilliant young entrepreneurs being wooed by Canada’s new startup visa”