"Although great human tragedies like Iraq and Darfur dominate the news, the vast majority of the world is living in peace, conflicts actually decreased over the past decade," says the 2007 State of the Future report. picked by deepchill 11 months ago 7 comments edit related share world |
Tiny pores on the surface of plant leaves that are sensitive to carbon dioxide may contribute significantly to future flooding as a result of increasing atmospheric pollution. picked by misswinkle 11 months ago 2 comments edit related share science |
The best part about Wired magazine was its "Found" section. An image showing something from the future. The creativity of the pieces were amazing. Sadly Wired has canceled the feature to make room for yet another ad. picked by BernardBlack 2 days ago 11 comments edit related share entertainment |
Shouldn't we have flying cars, moon hotels and meals in a pill by now? This blog looks at the future predicted in the past that never happened. picked by TheStep 11 months ago 2 comments edit related share technology |
An interesting prediction from Dilbert creator Scott Adams on the future of newspapers in the electronic age. picked by gratheo 10 months ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
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If you can’t predict the future then how has this site gathered together all the major news until 2050? Most frighteningly, Madonna has a new album due in 2024. picked by Neiako 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
The Institute for the Future is inviting the world to play Superstruct, the worlds first massively multi-player forecasting game. It 's not just about envisioning the future - it's about inventing the future, creating superstructures to solve and counter super threats facing the planet. picked by cactushair 1 week ago 0 comments edit related share science |
A site that's dedicated to trying to get Nike to manufacture the shoes that Marty McFly wears in Back To The Future 2. I was reminded by this site through the following post. 2 comments edit related share weirdpicked by 86Apex 1 year ago |
Remember what the year 2000 was supposed to look like? This is a site dedicated to the overly optimistic views of what was the future. picked by donteatpoop 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share science |
What will your descendants look like in five million years? 3 comments edit related share scienceThere are a lot of variables in the equation, including whether or not humans beings will survive at all. This site looks at a bunch of alternate views of a possible future. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago |
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. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
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 ... read full post picked by a1a1l1o1a1a1m2 1 year ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
Just wait till you see what this thing can do with online maps, photo galleries etc. 14 comments edit related share technologyAt first you may think yeah yeah. But just watch. THIS IS BRILLIANT.... picked by Milkshake 2 years ago |
In 1961 Weekend Magazine said: 10 comments edit related share plime.com"What sort of life will you be living 39 years from now? Scientists have looked into the future and they can tell you." picked by ogri2003 12 months ago |
Featuring Robin Williams, for your viewing enjoyment. If this was real, I wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry. picked by ReBoot 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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. picked by zion 10 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Humans can see into the future, says a cognitive scientist. It's nothing like the alleged predictive powers of Nostradamus, but we do get a glimpse of events one-tenth of a second before they occur. 0 comments edit related share scienceAnd the mechanism behind that can also explain why we are tricked by optical illusions. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago |
Mathematical physicists at the Steklov Mathematical Institute in Moscow believe that the vast experiment at CERN, the European particle physics centre near Geneva in Switzerland, may turn out to be the world's first time machine picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago 14 comments edit related share science |
Now that the world has iPhone, where will Apple go next? picked by moebel 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share technology |