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Why futurologists are always wrong – and why we should be sceptical of techno-utopians
From predicting AI within 20 years to mass-starvation in the 1970s, those who foretell the future often come close to doomsday preachers.
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Predictions Of 'Peak Oil' Production Prove Slippery
Just a few years ago, authors were predicting production would soon hit a peak and then decline. But since then, supplies have surged. So are the forecasters now slapping themselves in the head?
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The Inventors of the Wristwatch Drone Share Their Vision of the Future
A drone that can be dispatched with the flick of a wrist feels like an invention likely to fly out from the Batcave, but a Stanford Ph.D. and a Google program manager are close to finalizing a quadcopter that can be worn like a slap bracelet.
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Tesla will unveil new car and 'something else' on October 9th
The Paris Motor Show is taking place this month and we've already seen Volkswagen and Lamborghini introduce eye-catching new vehicles in preparation for it. A week from now, Elon Musk's Tesla is going to join in the new-car fun by unveiling "the D and something else." That's presumably in reference to a new Model D that would join the current Model S and X options on offer from Tesla.
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The Elon Musk interview on Mars colonisation
Elon Musk argues that we must put a million people on Mars if we are to ensure that humanity has a future
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The holidays of 2024: Space travel, underwater hotels and endangered species
A decade from now the richest of us will be journeying into space to get away from it all, while the rest of us holiday underwater and travel to newly accessible countries in a bid to be the last person to see a species before it goes extinct, according to a newly released report by Skyscanner.
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Forget GMOs. The Future of Food Is Data—Mountains of It
Inside a squat building on San Francisco’s 10th Street, packed into a space that looks a lot like a high school chem lab, Hampton Creek is redesigning the food you eat. Mixing and matching proteins found in the world’s plants, the tiny startup already has created a reasonable facsimile of the chicken egg—an imitation of the morning staple that’s significantly cheaper, safer, and possibly healthier than the real thing—and now it’s working to overhaul other foods in much the same way.
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Nokia saw the future, but couldn't build it
There was once a time when my search for a new phone would start (and likely finish) with a visit to Nokia.com. The Finnish company had the widest choice, the best designs, and the most respected brand around the world, so it was pretty hard to pick a bad phone from its catalog. Try doing the same thing today, however, and you’ll find every link on the Nokia homepage pointing to Microsoft’s Mobile Devices division — the new incarnation of the Nokia most of us knew and loved.
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The Future of Travel Has Arrived: Virtual-Reality Beach Vacations
But part of the promise of VR has always been what it means outside of gaming and entertainment. Now, with the Teleporter, Marriott Hotels is trying to be the first to show the world…well, the world.
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Bitcoin’s Earliest Adopter Is Cryonically Freezing His Body to See the Future
Some bitcoin enthusiasts have used their cryptocurrency to travel around the world. Others have spent it on a trip to space. But the very earliest user of bitcoin (after its inventor Satoshi Nakamoto himself) has now spent his crypto coins on the most ambitious mission yet: to visit the future.
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How your boss will run your life in a few years
Consulting firm PwC recently published its outlook for work in 2022, based on interviews with 500 human resources experts and 10,000 others in the United States and several other countries. You probably won’t be surprised to hear that big companies could end up so powerful and influential they morph into “ministates” that fill the void when government is unable to provide essential services.
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UK to Launch Commercial Spaceport by 2018
The U.K. government is laying the groundwork for its first spaceport in anticipation of a growing space tourism demand and a growing space plane industry by 2030, according to a new timetable. Government officials also envision orbital launches from that country within the next 15 years.
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Elon Musk: AI could be more dangerous than nukes
The entrepreneur has used technology to reshape payments, electric cars and space travel, but he's still really worried about what could happen if tech gets super-smart.
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Why the singularity will not happen
Those who want a prediction for our future as a species that is both positive and plausible often turn to the term “singularity.” This refers to a moment when our technology reaches such an advanced stage that it changes human nature and magically creates a new Utopia from our wiser, more advanced selves. Technologies commonly mentioned include human biological enhancement, artificial intelligence, brain-computer interfaces and transhumanism. But how likely is this singularity, given larger tren
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Why Virtual Reality Technology Will Blow Your Mind in 5 Years
Unless you’ve just woken up from a two year coma, you’ve probably heard a lot of hype about the virtual reality and the Oculus Rift — enough that you’re probably sick of it. Well, too bad, because I’m here to tell you, without hesitation, that the future of virtual reality is here now. It works, and it’s going to change the world. The official launch of the Rift is scheduled to drop sometime before the end of next year, and that’s just the start.
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These Are The Seafoods We'll Be Eating In The Future
Goodbye, tuna. So long, cod. Hello, pangasius and kelp! These are the seafoods — and sea organisms — we are likely to be eating in the future.
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Is the hoverbike about to become reality?
Those childhood dreams of doing the commute on a Star Wars Speeder Bike might be possible if a revolutionary hoverbike design takes off.
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Huge X-ray space telescope planned
Europe has initiated the process that should lead to the biggest X-ray space telescope ever built.
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Hover cars to be built in Tel Aviv
An elevated network of hover cars is to be built in Tel Aviv. A 500m loop will be built on the campus of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) followed by a commercial network, according to skyTran, the company that will build it. Two-person vehicles will be suspended from elevated magnetic tracks, as an alternative transport method to congested roads, the firm promised. The system should be up and running by the end of 2015.
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£10m prize to focus on antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance has been selected as the focus for a £10m prize set up to tackle a major challenge of our time.
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