Futurists Pick Top Tech Trends
...tablished automakers are still reluctant to consider life without the combustion engine.
The World Future Society estimates in its annual list of top predictions for the future that only 40 years' worth of oil is left in the ground, so action is needed now to plan for a smooth transition to alternat......more...The Future Needs Futurists
... that. By Joanna Glasner.
By Joanna Glasner
2:00 a.m. Oct. 7, 2005 PDT
Being a futurist sure sounds like a fun job. Observe the world at large, amass predictions and inspire awe at one's visionary talents.
But is there a future in it?
According to the Association of Professional Futurists, prospects......more... Quake Prediction Gets Shake-Up
...5;nek said the new model would have to be used in combination with other techniques and data.
Indeed, seismologists are divided on whether earthquake predictions or forecasts are even possible.
Methods that accurately predict quakes after the fact have nearly always failed to predict future quakes, ......more... Merge With the Machine -- In 2020
...wearing a sandwich board that reads The Singularity Is Near.
The image pokes fun at the superficial similarity between what I'm saying and millennial predictions, said Kurzweil.
The Singularity Is Near is also the title of Kurzweil's book. In it, Kurzweil predicts that in the not-so-distant future t......more... How Vile Is Katrina's Toxic Goo?
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Before Hurricane Katrina even reached New Orleans, scientists warned of a toxic gumbo that would fill the giant soup bowl of a city. Now that their predictions have come true, specialists are turning their attention to the next big challenge: the leftovers.
As the water recedes, a disgusting muck ......more... New Orleans Wades in to Clean Up
...s, abandoned on highways.
I think it's evident it's in the thousands, Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said Sunday on CNN, echoing predictions by city and state officials last week about the death toll. Craig Vanderwagen, rear admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service, said one mo......more... They Sing the Comet Electric
...e having a field day in the wake of NASA's Deep Impact comet collision earlier this month.
Scientists promoting the Electric Universe model say their predictions for the comet mission appear to have been more accurate than NASA's.
The Electric Universe theorists, collected at Thunderbolts.info, beli......more... Roberts' Record Thin on Tech
...he did in a case that let regulators take some items out of the public domain.
We just don't have enough information to make reasonable and sustained predictions on how he is going to comment on digital rights issues, said EFF staff attorney Corynne McSherry. He has made some good calls, but in Luck......more... Rants Raves
... volcanic activity on Mars, magnetic basalt dust, and the existence of a filament creature that apparently lives on the surface of Mars. All of these predictions have come true based on recent observations. More information can be found at my website, although I have not been able to update it for a......more... |