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// July 19th, 2010 // Comments Off // Digests, Foresight

Efficient nano motor cleverly harnesses light, Ole Peter Galaasen @ plausible futures:
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley Labs and the University of California have made a new nanoscale motor that can drive a disc 4000 times bigger (by volume) than itself. It is powered via the so-called “plasmonic effect” and could be used to manipulate ultra-small objects like DNA and for powering nanoelectromechanical …

// June 28th, 2010 // Comments Off // Digests, Foresight

Aerospace Future: Hypersonic Weapons and Spaceships, Ole Peter Galaasen @ plausible futures:
The wealth of possibilities offered by aerospace vehicles that can ride their own shockwaves likely explains why the project has drawn support from the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), NASA, and the U.S. Navy. “We could have in the future such things as hypersonic weapons that fly 600 …
What’s your idea to BodyShock the Future?, Lisa Mumbach @ Institute For The Future:
teaser: Palo Alto, CA — June 22, 2010. With obesity, diabetes, and chronic disease rampaging populations around the world, Institute for the Future (IFTF) is turning up the volume on global well-bein…
IFTF Announces the Release of its Health and Health Care 2020 Signals & Forecasts Map, Neela Nuristani @ Institute For The Future:
The Health Horizons Program has been mapping…
Replay of Trimtabs Future Salon, Mark Finnern @ Future Salon:
Thanks Miguel F. Aznar for excellent moderation of the Future Salon. Doing it old school with chocolate and round of introduction. It took 18 minutes, but may have been worth it, as the activity level in the room was definitely…

// June 14th, 2010 // Comments Off // Digests, Foresight

Using awe, wonder—and the future—to save the future, IFTF talks from TEDxSoMa, Lisa Mumbach @ Institute For The Future:
David Pescovitz and Jason Tester spoke at the TEDxSoMa conference, an independently produced TED-style event held at the Parisoma Innovation Loft on May 21, 2010. View the videos after the jump…
Peak oil now, Hardin @ Hardin Tibbs:
It is interesting to speculate that the horrendous BP oil mega-spill in the Gulf of Mexico may come to be viewed as the defining moment when Peak (Easy) Oil arrived. Up to now the advent of Peak Oil has been difficult to pinpoint in time because it was a function …
Invisibility cloaks and how to use them, Ole Peter Galaasen @ plausible futures:
The “invisibility cloaks” being made in labs today can hide objects when viewed from a wide range of directions and in visible light – both considered implausible developments when the first working invisibility cloak was demonstrated just four years ago. But the technology that makes objects vanish looks set to …
What is The Future of Science, Technology, and Well-being? Follow our conference on Twitter!, Neela Nuristani @ Institute For The Future
Blind Spotting Future Salon with Peter Marks, Mark Finnern @ Future Salon:
We all have blind spots, not only in our vision, but also in our thinking. This Future Salon will help you spot your own blind sides. Please join us on Wednesday the 30th of June RSVP http://bit.ly/9Bny5B. Imagine if programmers……

// May 31st, 2010 // Comments Off // Digests, Foresight

Future-Proofing the State of California, Jean Hagan @ Institute For The Future:
IFTF, in collaboration with Calit2, and CITRIS, announced today a project on ensuring a sustainable future of California. Together with thought leaders from a diverse range of disciplines, the …
Three questions of Dino Karabeg, Miguel Aznar @ Future Salon:
Update: We will do our best to webcast the event again via Ustream.tv on the Future Salon Channel: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/Future-Salon Anticipating our Wednesday Future Salon, I asked our speaker Dino Karabeg three questions. Here are his answers: 1….
Market overview: adult stem cell therapies, Ole Peter Galaasen @ plausible futures:
Even as regulatory agencies express abundant caution, adult stem cell therapies are moving steadily toward the clinic and through development for multiple applications. Investors have become more sophisticated about distinguishing between adult stem cell therapies and embryonic stem cell therapies as well as the potential risks, complications, and costs involved …

// May 24th, 2010 // Comments Off // Digests, Foresight

Synthetic biology breakthrough: first living artificial cell created, Ole Peter Galaasen @ plausible futures:
Scientists in the US have succeeded in developing the first synthetic living cell. … The advance, published in Science, has been hailed as a scientific landmark, but critics (“Synthia is Alive and Breeding: Panacea or Pandora’s Box?” from the ETC Group) say there are dangers posed by synthetic organisms. The researchers hope …
The Fair and Responsible Use of Space, Ole Peter Galaasen @ plausible futures:
As space applications become central to modern interaction, more and more entities are becoming involved in space activities. Consequently, strategies to establish the coordinated, ethically justifiable and sustainable conduct of space activities have to be found. Such an endeavour requires addressing current questions regarding the use of space, dealing with …

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