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Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Institute for the Future is a non-profit research organization that has been forecasting practical future scenarios for over…
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On the outskirts of Shenzhen, China, he points out, a biotech company known as BGI-Shenzen has 4,000 scientists at work. Some are studying the entire genomes of…
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"In 2010, more than 14% of people in the United States age 71 or older had dementia. The total economic cost of dementia in 2010 was estimated to be $109…
In the USA the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimate that annual spending for health care will grow from $2.7 trillion in 2011 to $4.6 trillion in 2020. The…
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The Race to the Singularity
In a remarkable feat of micro-engineering, UNSW physicists have created a working transistor consisting of a single atom placed precisely in a silicon crystal.
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Mohamed A. El-Erian
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Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Institute for the Future is a non-profit research organization that has been forecasting practical future scenarios for over forty years. In this video, Marina Gorbis, Executive Director for IFTF, introduces the mission and purpose of the Institute.
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On the outskirts of Shenzhen, China, he points out, a biotech company known as BGI-Shenzen has 4,000 scientists at work. Some are studying the entire genomes of 1,000 brilliant individuals in order to isolate the genetic characteristics that contribute to high intelligence. “They will probably succeed,” Berezin says, based on what is already known about links between genetic variation and intelligence.
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Elon Musk, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and the CEO/CTO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).
Elon Musk, the Founder of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, and Chairman of SolarCity, speaks from his own experiences at the forefront of technology and innovation. This inspriational Oxford Martin School presentation at the Sheldonian Theatre covers space travel, electric vehicles and solar energy.
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“In 2010, more than 14% of people in the United States age 71 or older had dementia. The total economic cost of dementia in 2010 was estimated to be $109 billion for care purchased, and $159 billion to $215 billion when the monetary value of informal care is included. Medicare paid about $11 billion of dementia-related costs. The per-person cost of dementia was $41,689 to $56,290, depending on the method of costing informal care. The main component of dementia costs is institutional and home-based long-term care rather than medical services. The cost of nursing home care plus formal and informal home care constitutes 75 percent to 84 percent of dementia costs. The study estimated that the total cost will increase by 2040 to as much as $511 billion in inflation-adjusted dollars.”
SOURCE: RAND.ORG
“Published in: The New England Journal of Medicine, v. 368, no. 14, Apr. 2013, p. 1326-1334″
In the USA the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimate that annual spending for health care will grow from $2.7 trillion in 2011 to $4.6 trillion in 2020. The per-capita expenditure will be almost $14,000. Obviously this trend is not sustainable, and we must develop new ways of providing affordable services. Source: mercurynews.com
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“The World in 2030: How Science will Affect Computers, Medicine, Jobs, Our Lifestyles and the Wealth of our Nations”
Wednesday, October 28, 2009Dr. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist and the Henry Semat Professor at the City College of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he has taught for more than 30 years. He is a graduate of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and earned his doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley.
Dr. Kaku is one of the founders of string field theory, a field of research within string theory. String theory seeks to provide a unified description for all matter and the fundamental forces of the universe.
His book The Physics of the Impossible addresses how science fiction technology may become possible in the future. His other books include Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension , selected as one of the best science books of 1994 by both the New York Times and The Washington Post, and Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos , a finalist for the Samuel Johnson Prize.”Source>>>>
Wired Update Story July 22, 2011 on the Khan Academy....
Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script — give students video lectures to watch at home, and do “homework” in the classroom with the teacher available to help.
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PBS on the Khan Academy Salman Khan Who Teaches the World Math
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“New York’s Staten Island: A 168-foot water tanker, the John B. Caddell, sits on the shore Tuesday morning, Oct. 30, 2012 where it ran aground on Front Street in the Stapleton neighborhood of New York’s Staten Island as a result of superstorm Sandy.”
A few highlights on Sandy’s Statistics:
- “940 millibars: Sandy broke the all-time record for lowest pressure north of the Carolinas by 6 millibars previously held by the Long Island Express of 1938.
- 12.49 inches: About a foot of rain was the highest amount I could find from Sandy
- 96 mph: The wind from Sandy was quite impressive. The highest gust seemed to have occurred in Eatons Neck, New York.
- 13.88 feet: The record high water level at Battery Park”
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March 1 – 3, 2012:
Communities in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee felt the impact of storms that spawned at least 100 tornadoes yesterday (one was a EF-4 twister, with winds of up to 200 mph).
39 people died in Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee. [Picture Source>>>]
Since records began in 1950, through 2011 there were 3651 tornadoes in March (for an average of 59 per year). The number in March 2012 is highly uncertain. The number of tornadoes will be in the dozens, but it is impossible to know what the final number will be. Surveying and confirming these tornadoes will take days.
A 4,000-mph magnetically levitated train could allow you to have lunch in Manhattan and still get to London in time for the theater, despite the 5-hour time difference. It’s not impossible: Norway has studied neutrally buoyant tunnels (concluding that they’re feasible, though expensive), and Shanghai is running maglev trains to its airport. But supersonic speeds require another critical step: eliminating the air—and therefore air friction—from the train’s path. A vacuum would also save the tunnel from the destructive effects of a sonic boom, which, unchecked, could potentially rip the tunnel apart.
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Michell Zappa is a London-based technologist and designer originally from Stockholm, who has spent part of his life in São Paulo and Amsterdam. He holds a BA in Social Communication and has worked for advertising agencies and the trend forecasting bureau trendwatching.com.
His true interest lies in thinking about the future of technology and how society adapts to its rapid change. In 2008 he presented a keynote about (then) emerging technologies in São Paulo, and the idea of professionally thinking and writing about emerging technologies and accelerating change stuck with him.
Currently, he is developing and designing a framework for visualizing the future of technology, attempting to demonstrate for different areas of research cluster — and speculating about when said technologies are bound to become mainstream.
The current iteration of the visualization, which can be found here is evidently subjective, but nonetheless attempts to facilitate other researchers to see the connections between seemingly disparate areas of research. Envisioning these correlations is key to predicting potential solutions and imagining where humanity is headed.
He is studying toward becoming a systems-thinker with a distinct outlook on how technology transforms society. He hopes to see this research being applied to human-centered design and strategic development of products, scenarios, and policy.
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Volkswagen People’s car project, Hover Car, the flying two-seater
“The People’s Car Project is an initiative launched by VW in China to design the new people’s car, an open-source project where citizens can submit ideas to VW’s R&D in China.
This is the case of Jia Wang who thought of a solution for traffic congestion in the city of Chengdu with a small urban vehicle, spherical, connected that can be parked everywhere (even in the air!) with a simplified operation allowing everyone to take the wheel.
Starting from these basic concepts, VW’s engineers made this idea become true with an original vehicle using electromagnetic levitation -to provide freedom and comfort- but also safety oriented with distance sensors to avoid crashes.”
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“That has left the global economy in its “own stable disequilibrium,” he warned, with markets outpacing fundamentals on expectations central banks will help deliver stronger growth.”
“We should not underestimate the potential upside of such a comprehensive policy evolution. In addition to lifting impediments that have repeatedly undermined the global economy and exposed it to financial crises, such changes would have the added advantage of enticing the substantial private capital that is now standing on the sidelines. Such an influx of capital would be a further shot in the arm for investment, production, employment, trade, and more equal income distributions. The well-being of millions of people around the world depends on the international community stepping up to this difficult challenge.”
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Mohamed El-Erian, CEO and Co-CIO of PIMCO kicked off the 10th Annual SIEPR Economic Summit with a thoughtful discussion about four drivers in the economy that are affecting us all right now
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In a remarkable feat of micro-engineering, UNSW physicists have created a working transistor consisting of a single atom placed precisely in a silicon crystal.
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FUTURE NOW THE IFTF BLOG
Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Institute for the Future is a non-profit research organization that has been forecasting practical future scenarios for over…
THE SEQUENCE FACTORY
On the outskirts of Shenzhen, China, he points out, a biotech company known as BGI-Shenzen has 4,000 scientists at work. Some are studying the entire genomes of…
The Hyperloop
Speakers
Elon Musk, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and the CEO/CTO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).
Elon Musk, the Founder of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, and Chairman of SolarCity,…
"In 2010, more than 14% of people in the United States age 71 or older had dementia. The total economic cost of dementia in 2010 was estimated to be $109…
In the USA the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimate that annual spending for health care will grow from $2.7 trillion in 2011 to $4.6 trillion in 2020. The…
GE FOCUS FORWARD - Short Films, Big Ideas is an award-winning series of 30 three-minute stories about innovators—people who are reshaping the world through act or invention—directed by the world's…
The Race to the Singularity
In a remarkable feat of micro-engineering, UNSW physicists have created a working transistor consisting of a single atom placed precisely in a silicon crystal.
Image Source: Strides…
Mohamed A. El-Erian
is Chief Executive and Co-Chief Investment Officer of the global investment firm Pimco, which manages $1.8 trillion in assets.
"That has left the global economy in its “own stable…
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THE NEXT 20 YEARS!
2030 A TIME OF DISCOVERY AND AMAZING INVENTION!
"The World in 2030: How Science will Affect Computers, Medicine, Jobs, Our Lifestyles and the Wealth of…
Wired Update Story July 22, 2011 on the Khan Academy....
Khan Academy with over 2,100 videos and 100 self-paced exercises and assessments covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history.
Salman…
SANDY HITS NORTH EAST
WITH DEATH TOLL CLOSE TO 100
Credit: AP Photo/Sean Sweeney
"New York's Staten Island: A 168-foot water tanker, the John B. Caddell, sits on the shore Tuesday morning, Oct.…
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Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Institute for the Future is a non-profit research organization that has been forecasting practical future scenarios for over…
THE SEQUENCE FACTORY
On the outskirts of Shenzhen, China, he points out, a biotech company known as BGI-Shenzen has 4,000 scientists at work. Some are studying the entire genomes of…
The Hyperloop
Speakers
Elon Musk, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and the CEO/CTO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).
Elon Musk, the Founder of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, and Chairman of SolarCity,…
"In 2010, more than 14% of people in the United States age 71 or older had dementia. The total economic cost of dementia in 2010 was estimated to be $109…
In the USA the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimate that annual spending for health care will grow from $2.7 trillion in 2011 to $4.6 trillion in 2020. The…
GE FOCUS FORWARD - Short Films, Big Ideas is an award-winning series of 30 three-minute stories about innovators—people who are reshaping the world through act or invention—directed by the world's…
The Race to the Singularity
In a remarkable feat of micro-engineering, UNSW physicists have created a working transistor consisting of a single atom placed precisely in a silicon crystal.
Image Source: Strides…
Mohamed A. El-Erian
is Chief Executive and Co-Chief Investment Officer of the global investment firm Pimco, which manages $1.8 trillion in assets.
"That has left the global economy in its “own stable…
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THE NEXT 20 YEARS!
2030 A TIME OF DISCOVERY AND AMAZING INVENTION!
"The World in 2030: How Science will Affect Computers, Medicine, Jobs, Our Lifestyles and the Wealth of…
Wired Update Story July 22, 2011 on the Khan Academy....
Khan Academy with over 2,100 videos and 100 self-paced exercises and assessments covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history.
Salman…
SANDY HITS NORTH EAST
WITH DEATH TOLL CLOSE TO 100
Credit: AP Photo/Sean Sweeney
"New York's Staten Island: A 168-foot water tanker, the John B. Caddell, sits on the shore Tuesday morning, Oct.…
A maglev train inside a semi evacuated (airless) tube allows for maglev trains to travel up to 2000 mph because there is little air resistance.
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"The People's Car Project is an initiative launched by VW in China to design the new people's car, an open-source project where…
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