Personally, I believe that precision farming and self-driven robotic vehicles have a bright future. I also, however, understand how unforeseen events can have a negative impact on the development of beneficial new technologies. To this end, I encourage you to watch this recent YouTube clip showing how technology can something run amok. To save some [...]
To spare myself the chore of writing today, I thought I would just link to an excellent article written in the UK publication, Farmer’s Weekly, that provides a comprehensive overview of my thoughts on the future of farming. (The author interviewed me after my recent keynote presentation on the future of agriculture at Trimble Agriculture’s [...]
Earlier this week I was in Santa Barbara addressing the Cotton Sourcing Summit sponsored by the National Cotton Council and Cotton Council International. I discussed a number of technological innovations in the fields of information technology, nanotechnology and biotechnology, but spent a more time on the latter. The reason is because advances in biotechnology are [...]
If something doubles just ten times it is one thousand (1024 times to precise) larger. This is an important concept to grasp if you want to better contemplate the future. Why? Because no fewer than nine technological trends—semiconductors, data storage, bandwidth, genomics, gene sequencing, robotics, nanotechnology, brain scanning and scientific knowledge—are doubling anywhere from every [...]
It was the biggest story of the year and perhaps the biggest story of the decade or maybe even this century. Surprisingly, it has quickly faded from the view of most people.What story am I referring to? It's not the BP oil spill. It was the announcement in mid-May that man had created artificial life. [...]
Big problems such as health care, feeding the world and addressing climate change don't necessarily require big solutions. In the 19th century, Ignaz Semmelweis helped save the lives of hundreds of thousands of women by getting doctors to wash their hands prior to assisting in the delivery of a new-born child. (Unfortunately, however, it still required the medical community [...]
In my 2008 book, Jump the Curve: 50 Essential Strategies to Help Your Company Stay Ahead of Emerging Technologies, one strategy I encourage people to employ from time to time is that of reading the newspaper backwards. Why? Because it can help you more clearly see where the future is headed. This, in turn, will [...]
As a professional futurist, I spend a great deal of time reading the back sections of newspapers looking for small trends which could grow larger in the future. Yesterday, I happened across two articles suggesting that algae—for the production of both oil and ethanol—may have a promising future. First, in an item that should have [...]
It sounds almost impossible, growing agricultural products with only one-fifth the water and no soil. According to this article, however, it is already a reality. What is so fascinating about the piece is that many farmers are resistant to the approach not because the technology isn't good but because it is new. With billions of people on [...]
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