What if you could be enticed into saving more money just by being made to look older? What if you could be encouraged to exercise with greater regularity by appearing to be more overweight, and what if you could be made to become more environmentally-conscious by cutting down "virtual" trees. The aforementioned ideas might sound [...]
In the coming weeks I’ll be addressing a number of utility-related organizations, including delivering keynote presentations at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s 2012 Touchstone Emerging Technology Conference in Fort Myers; the Minnesota Rural Electric Cooperative’s Annual Conference in St. Paul; and the Western Energy Institutes 2012 Spring Energy Symposium in Las Vegas. I’ll be [...]
(Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from our forthcoming book, 20/20 Foresight: A Futurist Looks Ahead to the Ten Trends That Will Shape the World of 2020, which I am writing with the able assistance of fellow futurist Simon Anderson. This chapter takes a look at the future of electricity.) In the spring of 2014, the [...]
What if we could end childhood diabetes, fight world poverty and engage in a more sustainable form of agriculture just by tricking our taste buds? Sounds farfetched--if not impossible--doesn't it? After watching this insightful TEDx talk by Homaru Canto and Ben Roche, two innovative chefs from Chicago, I think you might have a more open [...]
In the not-to-distant future people may be able to make their perfumes thanks to advances in micro-reactor technology. The technology is unlikely to render traditional perfumes obsolete for the simple reason that most people won't want to bother with making their own perfume. However, just as some people prefer to brew their own beer and [...]
Trey Radcliff has an excellent piece over at GigaOm discussing why e-books will be bigger than expected. I agree with his analysis. I also agree with the statistics outlined in this article, Apple to Give Lesson on Textbooks: By 2020 digital textbooks and learning content will represent more than 50% of the overall textbook market. [...]
Last month, I published my annual list of predictions for the forthcoming year. To demonstrate how fast the future is moving, I'd like to share with you just two recent developments that reflect on two of these predictions. My first prediction suggested that consumers will grow very uneasy over the use of facial recognition technology. [...]
Dear Readers: This Christmas instead of giving my kids more stuff, I decided to give them the gift of an idea. The idea is pretty simple: We can all make the world a little better place. Please watch this 3 minute video and then perform the four easy actions. They will take less than 10 [...]
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