World’s first “printable house” right around the corner

Eventually, everything will become a canvas.

Someone will make the world’s first ”printable house” within the next year. ”It might not be a very good house but it will go down in history,” says American futurist Thomas Frey, author of the prediction and a speaker at the Creative Innovation conference in Melbourne next week. ”Eventually, we’ll be ‘printing’ 30-storey buildings – and huge replicas of, say, the Statue of Liberty to put on top.”

 

 

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The Future of the Visual Arts

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ABC’s Weekend Breakfast with Andrew Geoghegan

Futurist Thomas Frey:  On Nov 26-28th, I will be speaking at the Creative Innovations 2012 event in Melbourne, Australia. The theme of the conference will be “Wicked Problems, Great Opportunities! Leadership and courage for volatile times.”

 

 

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Ray Kurzweil talks about the future workforce

What impact will advancing technologies have on employment?

Singularity University’s Vice President of Innovation and Research, Vivek Wadhwa, has written about why he believes this will be the most innovative decade in human history and how we are headed for an era of abundant and affordable health care, and how robotics, artificial intelligence and 3D printing will lead to an era of local manufacturing in which the creative class flourishes.

 

 

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3D printing and what it will mean for the future

Thing-o-Matic

MakerBot’s Thing-o-Matic is a flat-pack box costing as little as $1,000 with very clever machinery inside.  It is a rapid prototype machine: designs are fed in, things come out. Anderson, in his book Makers: The New Industrial Revolution , suggests that these personal manufacturing robots will radically democratize design. With one in their garage, everyone will be able to envisage an object and realize it.

 

 

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Top 5 trends that will change HR in the future

You won’t just hire a person, you will hire their network in the future.

When you look at HR trends people tend to look at what we do today and discuss ways it can be done better in the future. Applications and tools for recruiting, training, on-boarding, etc. are being developed at dizzying rates. The problem is that these new HR innovations are going to have a short half life.

 

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Technology won’t kill a college education but it will transform it

University study time will look radically different than it does today.

Because of the economic pressures on higher education, somewhere this year a university hired its last tenured professor.  And because of the technological pressures on higher education, next year a university will hire its last faculty member expected to teach in a classroom.

 

 

 

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Volkswagen’s futuristic flying car concept

Volkswagen’s flying car

Seeing a flying cars in a sci-fi movie is a common site. The flying car has won hearts of many science fiction fanatics. Be it the glass bubble from “The Jetsons” or the cab from “The Fifth Element,” all these vehicles have mesmerized audiences for a long now. (Video)

 

 

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How human enhancement will impact the future of work

The term ‘human enhancement’ encompasses a range of approaches that may be used to improve aspects of human function.

The Royal Society looks at Human enhancement and the future of work. The project explored potential enhancements arising from advances in science and engineering that are likely to impact on the future of work.

 

 

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Four possible roles of the IT department in the future

Tomorrow’s IT department will likely look very different to today’s.

Meeting business demands to save money while supporting delivery of better products and ways of working will be key to the future of IT.  The IT department is under pressure to change if it is to meet conflicting demands to support innovation while also saving cost.

 

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If you are looking for a new startup idea, try farming

Sustainable farming, which often ties into organic growing, has been reaping profits.

Last week, in an auditorium at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, startup companies sought out investors to help take their ideas to the next level. This wasn’t a tech conference. Venture capitalists were here to check out sustainable farming.

 

 

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