Friday, August 10, 2012 - 6:00am
Jane Hu over at The Awl put together this timeline of the future based on predictions from fantasy and science fiction works. Check out the whole thing here.
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Friday, November 6, 2009 - 1:15pm
Dr. J. Storrs Hall is an expert on molecular nanotechnology and the head of the Foresight Nanotech Institute (which raises awareness about the very same). That means he spends a lot of time thinking about robots. Or, to be specific,...
- cyborgs
- Future Tech
- futurism
- futurist
- human body 2.0
- humanity 3.0
- immortality
- nanomachines
- nanotech
- Ray Kurzweil
- the future
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 11:53am
61-year-old Arthur C. Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award winner, futurist and inventor guy Ray Kurzweil has made a lot of wild predictions that end up being appealing or terrifying. One of those is his belief that, within the next 20-25 years,...
- DOS
- Future Tech
- PC
- programming
- research
- robot operating system
- robotics
- ROS
- science
- the future
- Willow Garage
- Windows
Monday, August 10, 2009 - 12:01pm
We told you a bit about the Robot Operating System (or ROS) before when it was helping a 'bot from Willow Garage find power outlets and — after the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Pasedena, California last month...
- fiction
- futurism
- james r. berry
- Mechanix Illustrated
- Modern Mechanix
- Prediction
- retro
- science fiction
- the future
- the world of tomorrow
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 3:51pm
40 years ago, science fiction writer James R. Berry predicted what the future would look like on November 18th, 2008 — today. His piece for a 1968 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, "40 Years in the Future," made some impressive...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 4:02am
When the dust of the presidential election settles, whoever claims the throne big chair in the White House will get briefed on all kinds of stuff. Said stuff includes a report titled Global Trends 2025 — put together by...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 11:40am
For its 75th anniversary, sporting goods purveyor Lacoste decided to peek another 75 years into the future, imagining what the face of tennis would look like in 2083. And, what'd'ya know? It's covered by a sweet visor. The envisioned...
