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Future Scanner Weekly Top 10

Marisa Vitols — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:03:58 +0000

In addition to our weekly awards, every week MemeBox releases a Top 10 List of the most interesting and useful Future Scans posted the during the preceding week. This list is a great way to get acquainted with what the Future Scanner has to offer and to quickly digest some great information.

America in the Post-American World
- Scanned by DSMason

One-Eyed, One-Horned Flying Purple Tomato Eater
- Scanned by christinep

Technology Always Inspire Us—Cool Future Gadgets
- Scanned by Mielle Sullivan

Artificial heart ready in 2.5 years
- Scanned by John Heylin

3D systems provide reliable face biometrics
- Scanned by martymcfly

‘Digital dark age’ may doom some data
- Scanned by jheylin

And You Thought Electric Chairs Were Cruel and Inhumane
- Scanned by christinep

Is surfing the Internet altering your brain?
- Scanned by Alvis Brigis

Brainy Robots To Lead To Longer Unemployment Lines?
- Scanned by AJ0111

UK police to wield mobile fingerprint scanners
- Scanned by martymcfly

Category: Other
Year: General

EcoJets, Ultrasound Wound Dressings & Future Bumper Stickers

Marisa Vitols — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:57:16 +0000

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 highlights some of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner over the last 24 hours.

Google to save US from fossil fuels
- Scanned by Mielle Sullivan

EcoJet: The Prius of the Skies
- Scanned by christinep

Artifacts from the Future: Bumper Stickers of 2018
- Scanned by Lani

The View of the KillerBee
- Scanned by martymcfly

Ultrasound Wound Dressings
- Scanned by martymcfly

Category: Other
Year: General

NASA in 2058, Diamandis on the Future & Outrageous Construction in Dubai

Marisa Vitols — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:32:20 +0000

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 highlights some of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner over the last 24 hours.

Peter Diamandis on our next giant leap
- Scanned by christinep

7 Modern Wonders of Green Technology
- Scanned by christinep

Scientists Create Energy-Producing Solar Paint-
- Scanned by Mielle Sullivan

Outrageous Dubai Construction Projects
- Scanned by martymcfly

NASA’s Roadmap to 2058
- Scanned by AJ0111

Category: Other
Year: General

Robotic Futures, Cloud Computing & Personal Nuclear Power Plants

Marisa Vitols — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:44:14 +0000

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 highlights some of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner over the last 24 hours.

Reports Say Europe Is Warming Faster-
- Scanned by obsolescence

Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder
- Scanned by Futurefly

Your Very Own Nuclear Power Plant
- Scanned by Lani

The Five Diseases You Should Worry About-
- Scanned by obsolescence

Our Robotic Future
- Scanned by juldrich

Category: Other
Year: General

Pre-Crime Detection, Brain-controlled Mobile Apps & Big Tech Lay-offs Ahead

Marisa Vitols — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:54:56 +0000

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 highlights some of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner over the last 24 hours.

‘Pre-crime’ detector shows promise
- Scanned by Zora Styrian

Brain-controlled Mobile Phone Applications
- Scanned by martymcfly

Swisher Predicts Big Tech Lay-offs
- Scanned by Alvis Brigis

Identity in an Information-centric Internet
- Scanned by jharper

A robot in every home?
- Scanned by il pinolo

Category: Other
Year: General
Tags: top5

Bionic Contact Lenses, Underwater Power Generating Anacondas & New Planetary Ice Core Theory

Marisa Vitols — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:04:00 +0000

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 serves to highlight 5 of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the last 24 hours.

Giant Anaconda Design Provides Green Wave Energy
- Scanned by jvarden

Can a Bionic Contact Lens Cure Blindness?
- Scanned by jheylin

Namesets link data
- Scanned by chrisglasier

Will we discover the Earth’s core is actually melting ice?
- Scanned by AJ0111

Synthetic Trees Concept to Scrub Out CO2
- Scanned by jvarden

Bonus Scan (couldn’t resist): Human cloning gets green light in Australia
- Scanned by obsolescence

Category: Other
Year: General
Tags: top5, icecore, anaconda, contactlens

Decentralization Trends, Nanotube Supercapacitors & Ads Via Facial Recognition

Marisa Vitols — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:25:11 +0000

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 serves to highlight 5 of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the last 24 hours.

Dunkin’ Donuts Serves Up Ads Via Facial Recognition
- Scanned by Jeff Hilford

Increasing trend towards Decentralization
- Scanned by AJ0111

Biofuels Study: Australia’s waste biomass as fuel
- Scanned by Garry Golden

Carbon Nanotube Supercapacitors
- Scanned by John Heylin

‘Exercise pill’ target gene may contribute to skin aging and cell death
- Scanned by mycophage

Category: Other
Year: General

Future Scanner Weekly Top 10

Marisa Vitols — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:55:29 +0000

White Roofs & Streets to Curb Global Warming
- Scanned by fantasywriter

Governments to watch robots
- Scanned by martymcfly

Scientists developing small robotic drones to become part of Air Force’s arsenal
- Scanned by Bora

Graphene based energy storage
- Scanned by Garry Golden

Majoring in the Unusual
- Scanned by Austra Zubkovs

Music 2.0 – The Future of Music
- Scanned by gleonhard

Using AI to find biomarkers related to aging and calorie restriction
- Scanned by mycophage

Smithsonian to put all its artifacts online
- Scanned by il pinolo

Twittering from The Cradle
- Scanned by cleopatra

Carbon Nanotubes in Future Water Filters
- Scanned by jvarden

Category: Other
Year: General

Looming Tech Meltdown, Google-GE Energy Team & White as the New Green

Marisa Vitols — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:46:14 +0000

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 serves to highlight 5 of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the last 24 hours.

Tidal Power To Be Trialed in Australian Waters
- Scanned by fantasywriter

Google and GE Team up on Energy Initiatives
- Scanned by fantasywriter

White Roofs & Streets to Curb Global Warming
- Scanned by fantasywriter

Semantic Web: Internet’s Equivalent of the Green Building Movement
- Scanned by Alvis Brigis

Tech Will Also Suffer from Financial Meltdown-
- Scanned by Alvis Brigis

Category: Other
Year: General

Smart Desks, Graphene-Based Energy & Robotic Air Force Drones

Marisa Vitols — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:04:07 +0000

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 serves to highlight 5 of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the last 24 hours.

Smart desks make sci-fi a reality in the classroom
- Scanned by Bora

Technology: Boom, Bust, and Beyond-
- Scanned by Field of Memes

Governments to watch robots
- Scanned by martymcfly

Scientists developing small robotic drones to become part of Air Force’s arsenal
- Scanned by Bora

Graphene based energy storage
- Scanned by Garry Golden

Category: Other
Year: General

Music 2.0, Online Artifacts & Reflective Nano-particles

Marisa Vitols — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:46:31 +0000

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 serves to highlight 5 of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the last 24 hours.

Majoring in the Unusual
- Scanned by Austra Zubkovs

Music 2.0 – The Future of Music
- Scanned by gleonhard

Using AI to find biomarkers related to aging and calorie restriction
- Scanned by mycophage

Smithsonian to put all its artifacts online
- Scanned by il pinolo

Better Apples through reflective nano-particles
- Scanned by Garry Golden

Category: Other
Year: General

Home Wind Power, US Cyber Initiatives & a Paperless World

Marisa Vitols — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:51:13 +0000

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 serves to highlight 5 of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the last 24 hours.

Twittering from The Cradle
- Scanned by cleopatra

New Options for Home Wind Power
- Scanned by jvarden

Carbon Nanotubes in Future Water Filters
- Scanned by jvarden

US Officials Talk Cyber Initiative with Industry
- Scanned by AJ0111

The Paperless World is Coming!-
- Scanned by Christina

Category: Other
Year: General

Future Scanner Weekly Top 10

Marisa Vitols — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:27:46 +0000

For Stem Cells, a Role on the Battlefield
- Scanned by Bora

Future Mobile Emergency Relief Ports
- Scanned by martymcfly

20 Solar Chargers To Green Your Gear
- Scanned by Mielle Sullivan

A Sens(or) of the Future
- Scanned by juldrich

Google Wants U.S. to Use 100 Percent Alternative Energy by 2030
- Scanned by Christina

Terrorism: What the next president will face
- Scanned by AJ0111

Killer paint could keep hospital superbugs in check-
- Scanned by Christina

Military Exo-Suits Are On the Way
- Scanned by martymcfly

Human Vision Evolved to See Through Objects
- Scanned by martymcfly

Off switch could protect your smart-card secrets
- Scanned by Christina

Category: Other
Year: General

And the weekly MemeBox awards go to...

Marisa Vitols — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:22:29 +0000

Here at MemeBox, once a week we look back at all of the Future Blogger posts and Future Scanner scans in an effort to distill and recognize the best of what you, the community, have contributed to the site throughout the previous 7 days.

Future Scanner of the Week: AJ0111 for scans including for scans including Flying Dragonfly Robot and $100 billion could yield two million ‘green’ jobs.

Future Blogger of the Week: Alvis Brigis for posts including Bob Woodward: U.S. has deployed Revolutionary Secret Tech in Iraq, and It’s Working and 10 Future Reality Shows Enabled By Alternate Reality Gaming.

Future Scan of the Week: For Stem Cells, a Role on the Battlefield
- Scanned by Bora.

Future Blogger Post of the Week: Combating Big Brother — How Far Will You Go?-
- Written by John Heylin.

Congratulations, winners!

Category: Other
Year: General