Futurist Thomas Frey: If you listen closely you can almost hear the armaments of battle being rolled into place. The stage is set with warring parties getting organized and the frontlines prepared. 2012 is destined to become the most turbulent year on record, a battleground of epic proportions.
Continue reading… “Eight Colliding Forces of 2012”
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With a new concept bike from Parlee Cycles and Toyota “it’s just like riding a bike” takes on a whole new meaning. The concept bike isn’t like all the others: It possesses the power to read your mind.
Continue reading… “A futuristic bicycle that has the power to read your mind”
Large batteries could be used for storing excess power from the electrical grid for future use.
New Stanford University research could point the way to large-scale, long-lasting power grid batteries. These kinds of batteries would be especially useful for making technologies like solar and wind power more practical, allowing vast amounts of storage to be stored for periods of time in which the skies are calm or overcast.
Futurist Thomas Frey: In 2008 the entire world was beginning to panic as our global financial systems teetered ever so close to total meltdown. Major banks were either failing or near failure and the entire house of cards seemed to be one 10 of clubs away from becoming a meaningless flat stack in the middle of the table.
Continue reading… “The Coming Collapse of Bitcoin?”
The total size of the car is only one molecule, making it invisible to the human eye.
You may be expecting theworld’s tiniest car to be extremely cramped with limited legroom, you’re thinking too big. Go smaller. (Pics)
Continue reading… “World’s tiniest car is only the size of a molecule”
Futurist Thomas Frey: Warren Buffet owns many things, but so far owning his own country is not one of them.
Continue reading… “Could Warren Buffet Buy Italy?”
552 million people could have diabetes by 2030.
According to the International Diabetes Federation latest statistics, they predict at least one in 10 adults could have diabetes by 2030.
Continue reading… “1 in 10 adults will have diabetes by 2030”
“There is no future in any job. The future lies in
the person who holds the job.” – George W. Crane
Futurist Thomas Frey: One of my primary complaints with higher education is that they tend to prepare students for jobs of the past. The way a Midwesterner would phrase it, “they are constantly shooting behind the duck.”
Continue reading… “55 Jobs of the Future”
Futurist Thomas Frey: Anyone driving down a typical stretch of highway in the U.S. will encounter an endless barrage of traffic signs designed to dampen our aggressiveness, forcing drivers to drive slower.
Continue reading… “The Enormous Power of the Slow Link”
Featured invention at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase 2011
Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies (ET3) ™ is a patented transportation technology (for people and goods) that is faster than jets, yet can provide 50 times more transportation per kWh than the most efficient electric car or train. (Pics)
Continue reading… “ET3 – space travel on Earth”
We are here with a world renowned futurist, Tom Frey at the DaVinci Institute Vault, actually sitting in the ‘vault’ at the Vault. Tom explains the Vault is a co-working space. There are more and more people working from home and they suffer from two problems, either isolation or distractions. If you have a lot of kids at home [or even one] you understand distraction, we’re sure. After working at home for a while, one begins to crave conversation with like minded people, and that’s what you get at the DaVinci Institute. “You’re around people doing similar type work…” Tom says the true value is in all the sidebar conversations that go on here.
Continue reading… “Inventors, entrepreneurs, and revolutionary thinkers”
Futurist Thomas Frey: Today, our best and brightest are drawn to elite colleges like Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, and Yale. As they attend these institutions they are surrounded by some of the most talented people in the world.
Continue reading… “Accomplishment-Based Education”