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Researchers analyzing New York Times archives to predict the future

February 4, 2013

Researchers are creating software that analyzes 22 years of New York Times archives, Wikipedia and about 90 other web resources to predict the future.

Microsoft and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers are creating software that analyzes 22 years of New York Times archives, Wikipedia and about 90 other web resources to predict future disease outbreaks, riots and deaths — and hopefully prevent them.

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Analysis, Business, Education, Historical Perspectives, Latest Trend, People Making a Difference, Science & Technology News

Micro Credits: A Tool for Self-Organizing the Complex World of Education

February 4, 2013

Futurist Thomas Frey: A recent TEDx talk about solving traffic jams started by asking the simple question, “Who is in charge of the daily bread supply for the city of London?”

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Photo Perspectives, Science & Technology News, Space

European Space Agnecy wants a 3D printed building on the moon

February 2, 2013

Moonbase

The European Space Agency wants to 3-D print a moon base. But one of the biggest challenges would be the expense (in terms of energy) to get supplies off of Earth. One way is to send as little as possible to the Moon. Couldn’t we just make a moon base out of rock? After all, the moon is already made of rocks. (Pics)

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Analysis, Latest Trend, Report, Science & Technology News

Innovative library services “in the wild”: Pew Internet report

January 30, 2013

A new Pew Internet reporttakes a close look not only at how Americans are using public libraries, but also what sort of services and programming they think libraries should offer — and what they say they would use in the future.

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Analysis, Business, Science & Technology News

An interview with Marc Andreessen on the future of enterprise

January 29, 2013

Marc Andreessen

Alexia Tsotsis of Tech Crunch was doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” last year when she had the opportunity to interview Silicon veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed.

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Analysis, Business, Historical Perspectives, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

The Rise of City Power

January 25, 2013

Futurist Thomas Frey: What, in your mind, will be the most powerful entity in the world 100 years from now?

As we look around us today, it’s easy to point to a single nation as being the most powerful. But will that still be true 100 years from now?

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Analysis, People Making a Difference, Science & Technology News

Innovationews interviews DaVinci Institute founder and futurist Thomas Frey

January 25, 2013

Thomas Frey, Senior Futurist and Keynote Speaker

Thomas Frey is a futurist and keynote speaker who presents his ideas about the future to companies, government officials and others around the globe seeking guidance and insight in a rapidly changing world.

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Analysis, Education, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Top ed-tech trends for 2013

January 24, 2013

Several universities offer free courseware.

2013 will see countless technological advancements, some of these will happen in education. Here’s a look at some of Edudemic.com’s ideas of what may happen in education in the next year. (Infographic)

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Analysis, Brain, Science & Technology News

Are people with a high IQ less creative?

January 22, 2013

Albert Einstein

Lewis Terman believed that only knowing the IQ of a person could predict their success in life and this potential could be measured since childhood. That is why he sent his colleagues to California schools and gave the children a few IQ tests, identifying 1500 children whose IQs averaged 150 points.

He took for granted that these children were going to make great contributions to their disciplines in the future.

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Robots, Science & Technology News

Stephen Hawking joins international think tank to defend humanity from futuristic threats

January 9, 2013

Stephen Hawking wants to stop the rise of the machines.

Stephen Hawking turned 71 on January 8th and has joined the board of an international think tank devoted to defending humanity from futuristic threats. The newly founded organization, the Cambridge Project for Existential Risk, researches existential threats to humanity such as extreme climate change, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, artificial life, nanotech, and other emerging technologies. Skype cofounder Jaan Tallinn and Cambridge professors Huw Price and Martin Rees founded the project in late 2012.

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When Prisons Become Illegal

January 4, 2013

Futurist Thomas Frey: The first time I watched Star Trek and heard Captain Kirk utter the phrase – “Set your phasers to stun!” – it occurred to me that these future weapons featured a number of different settings.

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Analysis, Business, Economy, Science & Technology News

By 2020 a billion entrepreneurs will be women

January 4, 2013

“The third billion”

Globally, there are 380 million entrepreneurs today. For every 19 people you meet – one will be an entrepreneur. What are the other 18 doing? What are they doing that makes money without them creating/inventing opportunities? One might think they all have jobs, but they don’t – only 61% of world’s population have any sort of a job.

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