I always wondered what they were made out of!
Quote of the Day: “Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering and it’s all over much too soon.” – Woody Allen
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We have Officially Entered the Drone Era
For every emergency situation, a city’s first response
will be to “get eyes on” the situation
Futurist Thomas Frey: Yes, drones have been around for a long time and the military has already committed countless billions to drone R&D, but when a U.S. Senator dedicates 13 hours to filibuster the topic of drones, it signals far more than a token political move.
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Welcome to the future of education: Technology is changing the way students learn
Technology will make education even more accessible and more reliable than it has today.
Kevin Kelly told the audience at the 2007 EG Conference for youth and young adults that 10 years ago no one would have believed the Internet was coming, least of all him.
The human body will be the next computer interface
Humans have been interfacing with machines for thousands of years.
You have probably heard a lot about wearables, living services, the Internet of Things, and smart materials by now. Designers are beginning to think about even weirder and wilder things, envisioning a future where evolved technology is embedded inside our digestive tracts, sense organs, blood vessels, and even our cells.
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The future of education eliminates the classroom
The world is your classroom.
If you and a group of friends are arguing about some piece of trivia and someone says, Let’s look this up on Wikipedia,” and then that person starts to read the information out loud to the group, thus resolving the argument. This represents a microlearning moment. This actually foreshadows a much larger transformation – socialstructed learning.
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Wall hopping, the latest extreme swimming sport!
Quote of the Day: “Those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand.” – Kurt Vonnegut
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The Half-Life of a College Education
Futurist Thomas Frey: Last week I went through the process of analyzing how much of what I learned in college that I’m still using today. This ends up being a difficult thing to assess.
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Most future retirees face fiscal troubles
The Great Recession and the weak recovery darkened the retirement picture for significant numbers of Americans.
A majority of Americans are headed toward a retirement in which they will be financially worse off than their parents for the first time since the New Deal. This jeopardizes a long era of improved living standards for the nation’s elderly, according to a growing consensus of new research.
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Fastest Way to Create New Jobs? Automate Them Out of Existence!
Futurist Thomas Frey: Last week I was speaking at the MD&M West Expo in Anaheim, California on the “future of manufacturing.” With over 2,000 manufacturing exhibitors filling the convention center, there was no small amount of interest in this topic.
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Happy Birthday! The futurist movement turns 104
The futurist … Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.
Don’t forget to wish any futurists you see today a happy anniversary. February 20th is the movement’s birthday. On this date in 1909 Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, an Italian poet, technophile, and promoter of the arts, had his The Founding and Manifesto of Futurism published on the front page of Le Figaro.
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The real life of Tom and Jerry
Quote of the Day: “Here’s something to think about: How come you never see a headline like ‘Psychic Wins Lottery’?” – Jay Leno
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Our Alarming Culture of Pill People and Future Trends in Healthcare
Futurist Thomas Frey: How many pills do you take on a daily basis?
According to a 2010 study by Colorado State University, about 68% of American adults take multivitamin supplements. At the same time the average American fills 12 prescriptions a year.
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