April 01, 2008 - April 06, 2008

April 01

Metaverse News 2008	Second Life on the Hill: U.S. House Members Seek to Understand Virt... by Marisa Vitols | 1 Comments | 10 Votes | secondlife, virtualworlds, rosedale, congressionalhearing
Other Funny 2008	Six Futuristic April Fools'! by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes | joke, aprilfools, fool, april, april1
Technology Prediction Beyond	Merging with machines inevitable, scientists say by futuretalk | 3 Comments | 9 Votes | cyborg, robot, human, pelletier, dickpelletier
Technology News General	English Group Now Lobbying Against Warbots by Accel Rose | 0 Comments | 7 Votes | warbot, warbots
Other Funny General	REVOLUTIONARY! New Google Technology Can Forecast Web Patterns 24-h... by Alvis Brigis | 0 Comments | 6 Votes | google, mate, googleaustraglia, gday, temporal, time
Technology Landscape 2015	SnapShot: 2015 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 7 Votes | globalwarming, environment, 2015, gadgets, gizmos
Other List 2008	Future Scanner Daily Top 5 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

April 02

Biotechnology Prediction General	Possibilities for a "magical future" ahead by futuretalk | 2 Comments | 9 Votes | magicalfuture, positivefuture, optimism, optimistic
Technology Prototype General	Awesome New Infrared Camera, Cloak of Darkness Loses Potency by Accel Rose | 0 Comments | 6 Votes | temperature, camera, nec, infrared, infraredspectrum
Health & Medicine Landscape General	Regenerative Dentistry by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 7 Votes | dentistry
Space Prediction Beyond	Space 2108 - a brief glimpse at the next 100 years in space by futuretalk | 4 Comments | 7 Votes | spacetravel, outerspace, futureofspace, pelletier, hyperspace, spacevoyage, interstellar
Economics Future Fiction 2015	Teenager Gets Fried in Electro-suit by Cronos | 0 Comments | 9 Votes | solar, energy, power, electrosuit, clothing, portable, devices, thermosweater
Other List General	Future Scanner Daily Top 5 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Health & Medicine State of the Art 2008	The Future (and Now) of Surgery is Non-Invasive by Accel Rose | 0 Comments | 1 Votes | surgery, virtualsurgery, cyberknife, beams, noninvasive, radiationbeams, cybersurgery, virtualknife

April 03

Culture Interview General	Video: Alvin Toffler, Larry Smarr on Legacy of Arthur C. Clarke by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 2 Votes | alvintoffler, arthurcclarke, larrysmarr, jeffgreenwald
Economics Forecast General	Regions must become collaboration centers by Antonio Manfredi | 0 Comments | 2 Votes
Other Interview General	Redefining Intelligence: MemeBox Interviews Cognitive Historian Dr.... by memebox | 0 Comments | 8 Votes | intelligence, flynn, iq, dickensflynn, flynneffect
Health & Medicine Prediction General	The Future of Health - "Human Body version 3.0" by futuretalk | 2 Comments | 8 Votes
Technology Speculation 2020	Apple Spins out MYEYES by learner | 2 Comments | 8 Votes | brain, and, eyesight, sensory, input, hubble, telescope, optics
Other List General	Future Scanner Daily Top 5 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Health & Medicine Research General	Brain Rejuvenation Using Stem Cells From Cord Blood by AlFin | 0 Comments | 8 Votes | regenerative_medicine

April 04

Information Event 2008	Industry Leaders, Futurists at the WFS's WorldFuture 2008 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 2 Votes | wfs, worldfuturesociety
Technology Prediction General	Artificial brains will create smarter robots, enhanced humans by futuretalk | 0 Comments | 6 Votes | universityofgranada
Other List General	Future Scanner Daily Top 5 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

April 05

Health & Medicine Landscape Beyond	Saturday Morning Cartoon: Future of Farming by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 2 Votes | farming, livestock, animals
Space Forecast 2020	$100 Billion for Every Person on Earth by AlFin | 2 Comments | 10 Votes | asteroids, space_mining
Other List 2008	Future Scanner Daily Top 5 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

April 06

Biotechnology Funny General

The Many Uses of Suspended Animation by Joe Meme | 0 Comments | 12 Votes

April 07, 2008 - April 13, 2008

April 07

Technology Prediction Beyond	Tomorrow's household robots will become amazingly intelligent by futuretalk | 1 Comments | 15 Votes | robot, robotichousecleaner
Technology Funny General	The Future of Insects - Frogs Don't Stand a Chance by Accel Rose | 1 Comments | 9 Votes | robot, robotic, roboticbug, frog, bug, mosquito
Energy Prototype 2008	Super-Efficient New Mini Light Bulbs by Accel Rose | 0 Comments | 7 Votes | lightbulb, light, lumens
Biotechnology Research General	Human Evolution & Intelligence StudiesTrending Away From Reductionism by Alvis Brigis | 1 Comments | 17 Votes | evolution, development, intelligence, studies
Metaverse Event General	Kids and Tweens in Virtual Worlds - VW '08 Panel Take-Aways by Alvis Brigis | 0 Comments | 7 Votes | virtualworlds, metaverse, kids, children, youth
Other Other General	And the weekly MemeBox awards go to... by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Other List General	Future Scanner Weekly Top 10 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes | top10
Space Prediction Beyond	Earth 3000 - A glimpse at what life might be like in 1,000 years by futuretalk | 3 Comments | 15 Votes

April 08

Metaverse Resource General	Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Now Online by Alvis Brigis | 0 Comments | 7 Votes | virtualworlds, virtualworld, jvwr, journalofvirtualworldsresearch
Transportation Prototype General	Car Catcher Nets May Help End Chases by Accel Rose | 1 Comments | 2 Votes | carcatcher, arrest, highspeedchase
Transportation Prototype General	Mini Helicopter to Hit Market in 2009 or 2010 by Accel Rose | 0 Comments | 7 Votes | helicopter, uav, chopper
Other List General	Emotional Robots, Mass-Produced Stem Cells and Towns on the Moon by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 9 Votes

April 09

Culture Speculation General	The Social Will to Accelerate by Alvis Brigis | 4 Comments | 15 Votes | technology, acceleratingchange, cascio, kurzweil, exponential, acceleration, pelletier, exponentialtechnology, kamen, lawofacceleratingreturns
Technology Prediction General	Growing smartphone use will have dramatic impact on disaster response by GuestBlogger | 1 Comments | 11 Votes | cellphones, homelandsecurity, wdavidstephenson, smartphones, disastermanagement, terrorismsurvival
Health & Medicine Prediction General	Live 20 more years and you may never die, futurist claims by futuretalk | 4 Comments | 9 Votes
Other List General	Grassoline, Fast DNA Sequencing and the Evo of Nanotech by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 2 Votes

April 10

Social Issues Trend General	Millennials: Tipping the Scales Toward Change by Alvis Brigis | 1 Comments | 8 Votes | millennial, genration, generationaltheory, strausshowe, strauss, howe
Technology Media 2008	Hexapod Spider-Robot Writes with a Pen by Marisa Vitols | 1 Comments | 3 Votes | robotics, hexapod, micromagicsystems, spiders
Environment Funny 2008	Kamen Demos Water Purifier on the Colbert Show by Accel Rose | 0 Comments | 7 Votes | deankamen, water, kamen, colbert, stephencolbert, deka, waterpurifier, osmosis
Other List General	Alligator Blood, Affordable Space Travel and the Nehalem CPU by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 2 Votes
Technology Prediction General	Nanotechnology: incredible products predicted for the future by futuretalk | 5 Comments | 10 Votes

April 11

Business & Work Forecast 2008	Agriculture's High Tech Future by juldrich | 1 Comments | 11 Votes
Business & Work Forecast 2012	Tracking our Future ... With Sensors by juldrich | 0 Comments | 9 Votes
Information Theory General	Culture Is Your Operating System : Terence McKenna by Accel Rose | 0 Comments | 3 Votes | mckenna, terencemckenna
Other List 2008	Nanoshuttles, Controllable Bacteria, and High-Tech Agriculture by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Security Prediction General	Terrorist WMD attack likely within decade, say analysts by futuretalk | 2 Comments | 8 Votes | terrorism, terrorist, security, nuclear, nuclearterrorism, wmd, massdestruction, destruction, fallout

April 12

Business & Work Forecast General	The Future of Health Care: Part 1 by juldrich | 1 Comments | 9 Votes | uldrich, jackuldrich, medicine, healthcare, health
Transportation Product Idea 2010	An Electric/Magnetic Car Highway That Runs Parallel to Current Roads by Accel Rose | 0 Comments | 2 Votes | electriccar, road, highway, magneticcar, magnetic, highwaysystem
Transportation Future Fiction General	Saturday Morning Cartoon: Paleo-Future of Transport by Disney by Marisa Vitols | 1 Comments | 2 Votes | disney, animation, futureoftransportation, waltdisney, paleofuture

April 13

Information Prediction General	Future of Shopping - RFID gets under your skin by futuretalk | 0 Comments | 5 Votes | rfid, radiofrequency, grocery, grocerystore, pelletier, dickpelletier, positivefuturist
Business & Work Forecast 2008	The Future of Health Care: Part 2 by juldrich | 0 Comments | 2 Votes
Other List 2008	Exoskeletons, Curing Brain Damage and Lab-Grown Meat in Supermarkets by Marisa Vitols | 1 Comments | 2 Votes
Environment State of the Art General	Foster: Green is the New Red White and Blue by Antonio Manfredi | 1 Comments | 6 Votes | green, video, ted, sirnormanfoster, foster, normanfoster
Biotechnology Product Idea General	Why we should develop electronic modulation of monoamines for human... by iPlant | 0 Comments | 5 Votes | iplant, neuromodulation, dbs, bsr

April 14, 2008 - April 20, 2008

April 14

Space Discovery Beyond	Time Travel: Swiss CERN project could validate theories by futuretalk | 0 Comments | 6 Votes | cern, particleaccelerator
Business & Work Prediction General	Negroponte in 1984: Four Predictions (three correct, one still in d... by Antonio Manfredi | 0 Comments | 3 Votes | negroponte, nicholasnegroponte, convergence, iphone
Entertainment Product Idea General	Wallpaper that Lights Up the Night by Alvis Brigis | 0 Comments | 2 Votes | led, oled, wallpaper, lightemitting
Culture State of the Art 2011	Architecturally Futuristic Museum Planned for Vilnius, Lithuania by Marisa Vitols | 3 Comments | 3 Votes | design, architecture, museum, zahahadid, lithuania, balticstates, balticcountries, guggenheim
Economics Prediction General	UK joining Euro - less likely after sub-prime crisis by Accel Rose | 0 Comments | 2 Votes | patrickdixon, dixon, uk, eu, england
Business & Work Forecast 2013	You Don't Have to be a Brain Surgeon to See Where the Future is Headed by juldrich | 0 Comments | 3 Votes | robot, robotics, robotarm, arm, surgery, virtualsurgery, uldrich, jackuldrich
Entertainment Forecast General	Gerd Leonhard Breaks Down Music 2.0 by Accel Rose | 0 Comments | 2 Votes | gerdleonhard, leonhard, music20, music, recording
Other List 2008	Top 10 Future Scans of the Week (4/7 - 4/13) by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 2 Votes
Other Other 2008	And the weekly MemeBox awards go to... by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

April 15

The Web Speculation 2015	Retro-Active Quantification of All Human-Related Information by Alvis Brigis | 0 Comments | 11 Votes | retroquant, quantification
Biotechnology Other General	Open letter to Barack Obama and Hu Jintao by iPlant | 1 Comments | 3 Votes | ethics, iplant, neuromodulation
Economics Speculation 2008	Where will China and other nations invest as the U.S. dollar contin... by Accel Rose | 0 Comments | 4 Votes | chinese, china, property, dixon, us, economy, realestate, usdollar, economics, currency, banking, banks, partickdixon, sovereignfunds, dollar, holdings
Other List 2008	E-spionage, Vehicle Communications and Brain Scans Predicting Actions by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

April 16

Biotechnology Prediction General	Bioviolence - new, deadlier weapons of choice for terrorists by futuretalk | 0 Comments | 6 Votes
Technology Interview 2008	Nova Spivack on the Future of the Semantic Web and Machine Intellig... by Marisa Vitols | 1 Comments | 5 Votes | ai, artificialintelligence, semanticweb, raykurzweil, metadata, novaspivack, humanintelligence
Other List General	Selling Alaska, Robotic Relationships and Rocket Racing Leagues by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Health & Medicine Prediction General	"Fountain of Youth" within our grasp, scientists say by futuretalk | 0 Comments | 8 Votes | antiaging, pearson, ianpearson, kurzweil, raykurzweil

April 17

Other Prediction General	Promises, perils and hopes of living through the 21st century by futuretalk | 0 Comments | 7 Votes | timeline, pelletier, dickpelletier, futuretalk
Culture Trend General	Stewart Brand: Why squatter cities are a good thing by Accel Rose | 0 Comments | 4 Votes | city, urban, cities, squatter, squatters, squattercities
The Web Product Release 2008	Google Maps Now Predicts Traffic by Accel Rose | 0 Comments | 4 Votes | google, traffic, googlemaps, googletraffic
Technology Product Release 2008	Visual Search via iPhone Now Possible by Accel Rose | 0 Comments | 4 Votes | search, vipr, visualsearch, visual, evolutionrobotics
Other List 2008	Future Fitness Gadgets, Sperm from Skin and a Wired Piano by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

April 18

Education Forecast Beyond	Watch and join discussion on the future of cities by cyrusbryan | 0 Comments | 8 Votes | ted, 192021, rsw, richardsaulwurman
Environment Forecast Beyond	Stewart Brand on Cities and Time by cyrusbryan | 0 Comments | 9 Votes | cities, city, sb, stewartbrand, longnow, cityplanet
Business & Work Forecast 2020	The Future of Computing by juldrich | 0 Comments | 5 Votes | jackuldrich, uldrich, computers, computer, computin, computation
Technology Future Fiction Beyond	Chronicles of Extreme Future Part 3: The ID Card by Fictionthis | 0 Comments | 4 Votes | security, communications, gps, id, card
Other List 2008	Cyberbullying, Lessig on Net Neutrality and Robot Warrior Death Tolls by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Technology Speculation General	The Topsight Tendency by Alvis Brigis | 0 Comments | 4 Votes | speculation, systems, theory, system, topsight, topsighttendency, birdseyeview, offthewall

April 20

Other List 2008	Future Scanner Weekly Top Ten by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Communication Prediction General	Tomorrow's Internet - holographic get-togethers and more by futuretalk | 0 Comments | 12 Votes | pelletier, dickpelletier, futuretalk, holographic, hologram, interface, banwidth
Economics Future Fiction 2020	Chronicles of Extreme Future Part 4: Hackers Attack by Fictionthis | 0 Comments | 6 Votes | webbusinesssecurityfictionnews

April 21, 2008 - April 27, 2008

April 21

Culture Forecast General	Think 10X, Not 10% by juldrich | 1 Comments | 11 Votes | uldrich, jackuldrich, exponential, exponentialgrowth, 10x, compound, growth
Economics Prediction General	$40 Trillion Industry for Reduction of Carbon Emissions? by Alvis Brigis | 0 Comments | 2 Votes | dixon, patrickdixon, carbon, carbonemissions, carbonfootprint, oil
Metaverse Prototype 2008	Intuitive 3D Camera Controller for Second Life Lowers Bar for Learn... by Alvis Brigis | 1 Comments | 2 Votes | 3dcontroller, 3dinterface, interface, secondlife, lindenlab, mitchkapor, sl, virtualworlds

April 22

Business & Work Forecast General	The Future of Health Care: Part 3 (Robotics) by juldrich | 0 Comments | 4 Votes | health, saffo, uldrich, jackuldrich
Social Media Product Release 2008	Intel's Mash Maker: The Web Evolves? by Accel Rose | 0 Comments | 2 Votes | intel, mashups, mash, mashmaker, mashing, web, theweb
Other List 2008	Hyper-Speed Evolution, Enterprise 2.0 and Shopping Virtual by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Culture Prediction General	Can religions survive into a "magical future" time? by futuretalk | 1 Comments | 7 Votes

April 23

Business & Work Forecast 2020	Test Tube Meat's Mixed Future by juldrich | 1 Comments | 6 Votes | mysterymeat, meat, protein
Biotechnology Other General	Open iPlant seminar in May by iPlant | 0 Comments | 4 Votes | ethics, iplant, seminar, monoamines
Other Prediction General	The future of happiness - technology leads the way by futuretalk | 7 Comments | 10 Votes
Other List 2008	Regrowing Body Parts, Barrier Reef Revival and Bye-Bye Foreign Corr... by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

April 24

Business & Work Forecast General	The Future of Food is Tiny by juldrich | 0 Comments | 10 Votes | food, nanotech, nanotechnology, culinary
Health & Medicine News 2008	Big Business and Anti-Aging by Jeff Hilford | 1 Comments | 9 Votes | antiaging, lifeextension, sirtris
Other Prediction General	Road to 2050: Amazing future unfolding in next 42 years by futuretalk | 0 Comments | 9 Votes
Other List 2008	Anti-Genetic Discrimination, Methane Hydrates and SL's New CEO by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 2 Votes

April 25

Social Media Speculation General	The Future is Discovery, not Just Search by memebox | 0 Comments | 7 Votes | web20, web30, web40, semantic, semanticsearch, socialsearch, search, google, spivack
Culture Forecast General	Develop a Future Bias by juldrich | 0 Comments | 3 Votes | acceleration, accelerating, exponential
Environment Prototype 2008	New Device Mashes Maps and the Real World in Real-Time by Alvis Brigis | 0 Comments | 6 Votes | enkin, gis, mash, mashups, mashup, geospatial, navigation
Education Prediction General	Future of education: reading, writing; even classrooms, will all go... by futuretalk | 0 Comments | 7 Votes | education, interface, pelletier, dickpelletier, futuretalk
Other List 2008	Growing Heart Tissue, Food Crisis and Presidents Saving the Planet by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

April 26

Health & Medicine Other General

Nutrigenomics - the science of healthy eating by futuretalk | 0 Comments | 9 Votes

April 28, 2008 - April 30, 2008

April 28

Technology Prototype 2008	Expect Interactive Photo/Holographic Displays Soon by Alvis Brigis | 2 Comments | 7 Votes | airstrike, lm3labs, reactrix, hologram, holography, projector, projection, images
Health & Medicine Discovery 2008	A candle that burns twice as bright and twice as long: the PEPCK-Cm... by mycophage | 1 Comments | 9 Votes | lifespan, mouse, mice, longevity
Business & Work Forecast 2020	The Self-Replicating Future of Manufacturing by juldrich | 0 Comments | 8 Votes | reprap, printer, 3dprinter, replicate, replicating, replication, selfreplicating
Culture Forecast General	Let's Debate the Future, Please! by juldrich | 3 Comments | 10 Votes | politics, election, us, obama, clinton, mccain, barackobama, hillaryclinton, johnmccain
Other List 2008	Future Scanner Weekly Top 10 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 2 Votes
Other Other 2008	And the weekly MemeBox awards go to... by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

April 29

Other Prediction General	Life 2050 to 2100: understanding 'self', terraforming the planet by futuretalk | 2 Comments | 8 Votes
Health & Medicine Discovery 2008	A glutamine a day keeps senescence away by mycophage | 1 Comments | 9 Votes | senescence, aging, metabolism
Metaverse Product Release 2008	Virtual Worlds Finally Make the Jump to Mobile Phones by Alvis Brigis | 0 Comments | 7 Votes | vollee, secondlife, sl, lindenlab, metaverse, virtual, virtualworlds, virtualworld
Culture Forecast General	Future Technology and the Ability to Absorb It by juldrich | 1 Comments | 7 Votes
Other List 2008	Rackspace, the Cult of Immortality, and Plastic Red Blood Cells by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Health & Medicine Prediction General	Brain replacements could prevent accidental deaths in future by futuretalk | 2 Comments | 8 Votes | nano, nanotech, nanotechnology, burch, johnburch

April 30

Space Prediction General	Space elevator: audacious idea will open space to entrepreneurs by futuretalk | 0 Comments | 9 Votes | space, spaceelevator, elevator, nanotube, nanotubes, orbit
Business & Work Forecast General	What Could Be Better Than Free Money? Try Exponential Growth! by juldrich | 1 Comments | 2 Votes | exponential, exponent, acceleratingchange, acceleration
Other List General	Pirating, a New Weight-Loss Technique and a Test-Tube Hamburger Con... by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes