Would you ever use a meal delivery service?
Are meal delivery services the future of groceries? The sheer volume of venture-backed meal delivery services that have cropped up over the last year can only mean one of two things: Either there is a sudden, massive demand for this service, and it has finally figured out an economically viable model.
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Those who play with matches are likely to get burned!
Quote of the Day: “The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it.” – Franklin P. Jones
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Futurist Thomas Frey: A couple years ago I was on a weekend outing in Vail, Colorado and ended up attending a kayaking tournament taking place on the Gore Creek in the heart of town.
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People are really bad at anticipating events that don’t conform to a very narrow idea of what the future will be, which is why we’re often caught off guard by the unexpected. In the recording of an online conversation above with Andrew Zolli, executive director of PopTech and the author of Resilience, they discuss what about our psyches makes future thinking hard, and how we can recognize major changes–before they happen.
Futurist Thomas Frey: A few years ago I was taking a tour of a dome shaped house, and the architect explained to me that domes are an optical illusion. Whenever someone enters a room, their eyes inadvertently glance up at the corners of the room to give them the contextual dimensions of the space they’re in.
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Do you think driverless cars will operate in the real world? Several manufacturers are now in a race to build the world’s first driverless car. It appears that Google currently has the highest chance of developing the technology and software to make this a reality.
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2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid
At this year’s Detroit North American International Auto Show Auto Blog Green had the opportunity to interview Ford’s newly-promoted chief operating officer Mark Fields. He will most likely be the most likely successor to CEO Alan Mulally.
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Wow, it looks like they took out way more than his tonsils!
Quote of the Day: “I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.” – Woody Allen
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Devices like headphones and watches are wearable electronics that have long been a common inclusion in many an active person’s tech cache. Such devices roll the function of electronics into a comfortable, ergonomic package that can travel far distances at fast speeds. The next generation of wearable electronics will become even more wearable and functional, shedding some of the bulky casing and integrating directly into clothing. From smart socks to hot jackets, the future of technology is molding itself around your body.
Futurist Thomas Frey: Like many others, I’m a fan of TED Talks and a Feb 2013 talk by Stuart Brand titled “The dawn of de-extinction. Are you ready?” has caught much of the world off guard.
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MOOCs: Internet-based teaching programs are designed to handle thousands of students simultaneously.
Engineering, science, and technology have at the forefront of the massive open online course movement. These classes also are providing fodder for scientific research on learning.
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The value of a good is much trickier to measure than measuring the cost. Value involves considering a hypothetical question – what would your life be like without that good?
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