The nation of Dubai announced at the Green Dubai World Forum late last month that the world’s largest manufacturing facility for solar cells will be built in Dubai. The company building the facility, Solar Technologies FZE, is also based in Dubai. They build cells made from thin film silicon on glass, at sizes [...]
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Future of Solar Energy
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The Future of the Sports Industry
Recently I was interviewed by MSNBC for an article on the future of the professional sports industry in these challenging financial times. The reporter, Bill Briggs, was interested in how franchises would survive, and also in how sports themselves might change. The article was posted today at MSNBC.
We mostly talked about how different [...]
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Geothermal Heat Pumps
When alternative energy is discussed, a potential energy source that receives less attention is geothermal. However, if I walk a few blocks from my home to Lake Washington High School I can see a geothermal heat pump system being installed in preparation for a complete re-build of this school.
Ground-based geothermal differs from the kind [...]
Tags: alternative energy, energy, futurist, geothermal, Glen Hiemstra, lake washington high school, sustainability
First TV Hologram Tonight
The election is the big news, and we’ll reflect on that in good time.
But tonight something else happened of significance. CNN broadcast a hologram, as a correspondent was holographically projected into the Blitzer set. The technique sounded a lot like the one I saw pioneered in 2002 at the Human Interface Technology Lab [...]
Tags: CNN, communication, future, futurist, Glen Hiemstra, HITL, hologram, speaker
Future of Human Resources
The day after the election I will have the opportunity as a futurist speaker to address the Human Resources Management Association of Chicago, HRMAC. They have posted a preview interview of my program, on YouTube.
At their annual summit I will be speaking about the fundamental trends based on my book, Turning the [...]
Tags: future human resources, futurist speaker, futurist.com, Glen Hiemstra, HRMAC, leadership, transformation
Global Visitors to Futurist.com
The month of October 2008 was a steady month in terms of visitors to Futurist.com.
7751 visits from 6567 unique visitors
15, 244 page views
Where did they come from?
120 Countries including the top 10 in this order:
United States - 5018 visitors
Canada - 333 visitors
Australia -271 visitors
United Kingdom - 263 visitors
India - 190 visitors
Netherlands - 130 visitors
Malaysia - [...]
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Moving to next solar system
An enduring image in space-based science fiction, and an enduring question in science is whether there are other inhabitable solar systems, with earth-like planets. Now there is tantalizing evidence of such a possibility, in a solar system just 10 light years from Earth. This system, Epsilon Eridani, has two asteroid belts that observations [...]
Tags: extraterrestial, future, futurist, Glen Hiemstra, SETI, space civilization, space travel, speaker
Climate Changing Faster, Stronger
According to an article currently up at CNN, the global climate is changing faster, stronger, sooner. This news is not surprising. The Snow and Ice Data Center, which tracks the Arctic situation among other responsibilities, reported in the end of summer 2008 survey of the extent of Arctic Ice after the summer melt [...]
Tags: climate change, financial crisis, futurist, Glen Hiemstra, global warming, speaker, sustainability
What is a NetBook?
Dave Winer has a nice blog post right now about the need for, and some specs for a “NetBook,” the kind of traveling computer that he would like for all of us. More than a phone, less than a typical laptop, more than a $100 laptop. Interesting concept, much needed, would be a [...]
Tags: Dave Winer, future computer, futurist, Glen Hiemstra, netbook, Scripting News, speaker
Future of Housing
The future of housing in this economy is on everyone’s mind. Last week the opportunity to present a keynote speech to the annual Colorado Housing Conference gave me a chance to re-visit this topic. The conference is one that focuses especially on policy related to developing affordable housing. My task was to [...]
Tags: colorado, financial crisis, future, Glen Hiemstra, housing, keynote speech, real estate, speaker
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