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ATT&T predicted the future of technology pretty accurately in 1993 Posted: 2 years ago by jaxomlotus
Except, of course, for that minor prediction about them being the ones to bring it to us.
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Electricity from Dirt Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
It turns out wind power, solar power and lunar power are not the only possible renewable energy sources for our future. Dirt power might be next.
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Commission Weighs Future of Litigious Judge Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
By the middle of next week, Roy Pearson, the D.C. administrative law judge who sued his neighborhood dry cleaners for $54 million and lost, will receive a letter that starts the process that could put him out of a job. Previous story.
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Yesterday`s Tommorow Today Posted: 8 months ago by jLoSsDh
This guy was way ahead of the curve when it came to predicting the future of tech 41 years ago. This article shines a different light on the internet.
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'Postcards From The Future' Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
The story of a lonely, moon-bound engineer who builds power grids for the first lunar city. He really needs to get him some...
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1999 A.D. (Shopping from Home) Posted: 1 year ago by Turtle
Clip from the 1967 film 1999 A.D. in which we see the family of the future shopping, paying bills and using electronic mail from home.
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The Future of Babies: Artificial Wombs and Pregnant Grandmas Posted: 4 months ago by deEPCHIll
Artificial wombs and experiments on human embryos grown in the lab will be commonplace and no big deal ethically in 30 years, several scientists predict. They envision a scenario just like test-tube babies, which shocked us 30 years ago but now are fairly routine and acceptable to most people.
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New Year’s Day 2030 : The future, as they say, starts here Posted: 4 weeks ago by Bornbad
Hungover, you stumble across to the fridge which, sensing your intention, slides open, and you pull out a packet of pig-free bacon – the stuff that’s artificially grown in vats.
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The Central Scrutinizer Posted: 8 months ago by Moe
George Orwell and Frank Zappa were both dead nuts on with their visions of the future. Listen closely to the lyrics and tell me otherwise.
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Electrolux Design Lab Posted: 2 months ago by neo3979
I guess this what we can look forward to in the future
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Communicate Through Time Posted: 1 year ago by pocksucket
Cheating a little bit by doing it the easy way. You could use this to send a message to a future version of you. You could use this to send yourself a reminder that the Sunshine DVD is due back on Thursday. The possibilities are literally two-fold.
You could send yourself an email on the same day every year for the next 50 years and see if you get a reply from any particular year.
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Brokeback To The Future Posted: 2 years ago by em0ney
There are a lot of trailer re-cuts out there, but I like this one the best.
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Kittinger's feat spawning future extreme-sport Posted: 1 year ago by DrNothing
Space Diving
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It All Began with an End – New Theory on Origin and Future of the Universe Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
The universe’s clock has neither a start nor finish, yet time is finite according to a New Zealand theorist. The theory, which tackles the age-old mystery of the origin of the universe, along with several other problems and paradoxes in cosmology, calls for a new take on our concept of time.
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Write a letter to your self in the future. Posted: 2 years ago by a1a1l1o1a1a1m2
I got a rather surprising email today... from my self. I remember back in September I wrote it on this site but I had completely forgot about it and it was quite a treat knowing what was happening in my life back then and awn sering questions to my self that I had wanted to know then.
You should definitely check it out. You can send an email to your self and have it arrive as soon as tomorrow, or 30 years from now
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The future of user interface. Posted: 2 years ago by Milkshake
Just wait till you see what this thing can do with online maps, photo galleries etc.
At first you may think yeah yeah. But just watch.
THIS IS BRILLIANT....
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Will Life Be Worth Living in 2000 AD? Posted: 1 year ago by ogri2003
In 1961 Weekend Magazine said:
"What sort of life will you be living 39 years from now? Scientists have looked into the future and they can tell you."
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A Vision of the Future Posted: 2 years ago by ReBoot
Featuring Robin Williams, for your viewing enjoyment. If this was real, I wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry.
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The Future of the Web Posted: 1 year ago by zion
A man switches on a tiny wireless chip that has been surgically implanted behind his ear, which then synchs up with the Web wherever he is in the world. An article that presents some interesting predictions of what the Internet will be like in the future.
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Man travels to the future through Time Vortex under his kitchen sink Posted: 2 years ago by BrownTrout
Once there, he met himself at the age of 70 and filmed it with his camera phone. Yes this wreaks of bovine scattology but it is entertaining.
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