Blazing fast speeds will bring about the kind of connectivity people have been dreaming about for a long time.
If the Internet were 100 times faster than it is today, how would this super-high-speed connectivity affect the economy, health care and education?
Continue reading… “Superfast internet speeds could enable futurist tech by 2025”
Broadband connections over 10Mbps dubbed high broadband.
The number of broadband connections over 10 Mbps — dubbed “high broadband,” has grown by 73 percent from the third quarter of 2011 to the third quarter of 2012, according to the latest data from Akamai. The U.S. has also see a 20 percent overall increase in average speed to 7.2 Mbps over the past year, but the number of people who have adopted broadband (measured at anything above 4 Mbps) was 62 percent, which puts the U.S. at No. 12 in the worldwide rankings when it comes to adoption and No. 9 when it comes to average speeds.
Continue reading… “The broadband future is faster, but still not distributed evenly”
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Traditional three-blade turbines are great if you have lots of space to play with, but the Optiwind Compact Wind Accelerating Turbine is ideal for high-density, low-wind areas. The turbine’s series of small, five bladed fans funnel in wind and accelerate it, thereby cranking up wind speeds to generate more power.
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With the latest installment of the Star Trek franchise packing theaters, researchers are again speculating about the feasibility of building a faster-than-light “warp drive” similar to the one powering Star Trek’s “Enterprise” star ship.
Continue reading… “Researchers Claim Star Trek’s Warp Drive Possible In The Future”
A design that draws on jet engine technology could halve the cost of generating electricity from wind.
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Industrial motors can spin at a head-spinning 250,000 revolutions per minute. But a new matchbook-sized motor runs circles around the competition.
Continue reading… “New Spin Record Set By Matchbook-Sized Motor”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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