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The Apple Watch is just the start. How wearable tech will change your life—like it or not. http://ti.me/1qiDf9Q
Sep 21, 2015
This is the future of Photoshop and it feels like magic
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Adobe has made a video with its vision for the future of its tablet-based graphic applications. Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere… it is really amazing, almost unbelievable—borderline magical, really. Check it out.
If they achieve a fraction of what is show here, I would be happy. I have no doubt that all the features will happen eventually, but I want them all right now.
Sep 21, 2015
Google’s Larry Page envisions a world with less work
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: economics, futurism
Do you dream of pursuing your passion, but find yourself hindered by a daily work schedule? That might not be a problem in the future, at least not in the future envisioned by Google’s Larry Page, where humans are required to work less while having their needs met.
In a Fireside chat with Vinod Khosla, both Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin talked a lot about Google and the world surrounding it, with the entire chat (featured in the video below) lasting a bit over 40 minutes. Among the different topics was discussion about our working future.
Sep 21, 2015
World’s First Climate-Controlled City Planned for Dubai
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Officials in Dubai announced that they are planning to build the first city with a thermostat: http://bit.ly/1qs7rLX
Sep 20, 2015
‘Tree of life’ for 2.3 million species released
Posted by Amnon H. Eden in category: futurism
Version 1.0, Tree of Life.
“Tens of thousands of smaller trees have been published over the years for select branches of the tree of life—some containing upwards of 100,000 species—but this is the first time those results have been combined into a single tree that encompasses all of life.”
A first draft of the “tree of life” for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes—from platypuses to puffballs—has been released.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_1PssU1a9U&feature=youtu.be
One of the most awesome openings ever made.
Sep 20, 2015
The Cubli: A Cube that can Jump up, Balance, and ‘Walk’
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Click on photo to start video.