Archive for 'Science & Technology'
Singularity Summit 2010
The possibility that accelerating scientific developments in information technology, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence might converge into a “singularity” has been the subject of science and science fiction writing for some time. The idea most simply described is that at some point, perhaps by the year 2030, developments in these fields will reach a point [...]
Full StoryThe future of transportation
Tomorrow I have the privilege of doing the keynote speech for the opening of the 2010 Northwest Transportation Conference, being held on the campus of OSU in Corvallis, Oregon. I’ve been asked to offer “Reflections on Transportation Futures – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.” My belief is that for transportation we are at a time in [...]
Full StorySolar Powered Tents Needed
In April of 2008 I had the opportunity to attend a week-long seminar offered by Cambridge University Prince of Wales Programme on Business and the Environment. This U.S. seminar was held in Washington state. It was a great week in every way, but one activity stood out. Late in the week participants were challenged in [...]
Full StoryBio-Inspiration and Innovation
Early in 2008, I had the opportunity to work with DeVries Public Relations as they rolled out a new product for Proctor and Gamble, one of their long-term clients. The product innovated the delivery of water in cosmetic creams, building upon the Nobel Prize-winning science of acquaporins. (Read my earlier blog about DeVries and acquacurrent [...]
Full StoryBlue Mars is coming – improved shared 3D experience on the Web
Someday has arrived. Someday the net will enable robust, shared 3D experiences. Someday robust, shared 3D experiences will be secure and stable. Someday robust, shared 3D experiences that are secure and stable will be relatively simple to produce using mostly off-the-shelf and familiar tools. Someday robust, shared 3D experiences that are secure and stable, created [...]
Full StoryWorld on FiRe – Notes & Impressions from FiRe 2009
Last week included four eventful days at the annual Future In Review conference put on by the Strategic News Service. This year, the last at the San Diego Del Coronado was the best of the five I have attended, of the eight that have been held. (full disclosure – I am on the planning committee [...]
Full StoryFuture of Technology – Twitter and a webcast archive
Yesterday I enjoyed speaking to the Woods Creek Consulting Technology Executive roundtable group. My assignment as a futurist speaker was to share news of the leading edge of technology development. We also did a live webcast, which was announced here, a link that also takes you to the webcast archive and to the slide show [...]
Full StoryLive Webcast: Future Trends in Technology
At 4:00 PM Pacific time (U.S.) I will be presenting a program on interesting future technology for a Technology Executive Roundtable, coordinated by Nancy Truitt Pierce and her company, Woods Creek Consulting, You can tune into the Webcast in the viewer here, or by linking to our “futurist” channel at the webcast host, UsStream TV. [...]
Full Story20 Inventions for the Next 10 Years
An article for which I was interviewed, “twenty inventions for the next 10 years,” originally appearing in Business Week as part of the Innovations of the Future piece by Damian Joseph, has been picked up by both Yahoo Finance, and interestingly, translated and picked up in Vietnam, in Saigon Online. Check them out in more [...]
Full StoryInnovate our way out of recession
This is a google alert for an amazing piece in Business Week, based on interviews with me, Glen Hiemstra, and a few other innovators and thinkers, by a terrific writer, Damian Joseph. Damian offers an overview of the need for and power of innovation, followed by a list of 20 innovations for the next 10 [...]
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