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Dec 10, 2017

California fires, moving north, force Santa Barbara evacuations

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Some residents in Ventura are able to return to their homes, briefly, to sift through the rubble and gather belongings as fire threat continues.

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Dec 10, 2017

Wildfires spread in California

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Driver captures dramatic footage showing just how close the massive wildfire in California is to a major freeway in Los Angeles.

Latest updates: http://cnn.it/2AWewTV

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Dec 8, 2017

Ultrafast 3D Printing Alternative Makes Complete 3D Objects in Seconds

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A new method can now fabricate entire 3D shapes in seconds using holographic light fields. Fast digital manufacturing could have a big impact in the future.

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Dec 8, 2017

Nike Build Track Where Runners Race Themselves

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Nike built a track that lets you compete against yourself.

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Dec 8, 2017

The F-35 could intercept a North Korean missile launch — but it could bring an all-out war

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But the F-35 program, usually not one to shy away from boasting about their achievements, has been hushed about the prospect of defeating one of the gravest threats to the US.

“I can tell you that the F-35 is a multi-mission fighter,” Commander Patrick Evans of the Office of the Secretary of Defense told Business Insider when asked about the program. “It would be inappropriate to speculate on future capabilities or missions of the weapon system.”

Rep. Duncan Hunter, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, was more open to speculating about why the Pentagon hadn’t gone through with missile intercepting planes.

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Dec 8, 2017

Scientists Have Created Programmable Shape-Shifting Liquid Metal

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=MxhnXRJQzpU

Scientists have invented a way to morph liquid metal into physical shapes.

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Dec 8, 2017

This hair dye actually changes color based on the temperature

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Become a redhead in the heat.

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Dec 8, 2017

Google’s new ‘landscraper’ will be as long as a super-tall skyscraper is high — and it could be the next big building trend

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Futurist Amy Webb says that landscrapers — buildings that are extremely long rather than tall — will become more mainstream in sprawling metros.

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Dec 8, 2017

Can a zebra crossing change its stripes?

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That’s exactly what London-based tech company Umbrellium has designed: the Starling Crossing is an interactive crosswalk that responds dynamically to its environment.

And it could be the future of how we interact with our cities.

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Dec 6, 2017

Raising the Profile of Women Futurists

Posted by in categories: ethics, futurism, human trajectories, philosophy, sex, sustainability, transparency

An Interview with Jennifer Gidley

by Tracey Follows, Founder/Director of the Female Futures Bureau

Jennifer Gidley is a former President of the World Futures Studies Federation (2009−2017), a UNESCO and UN partner and global peak body for futures studies scholarship, she led a network of hundreds of world leading futures scholars and researchers from around the globe. An adjunct Professor at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS in Sydney, futurist, author, psychologist and educator, Jennifer is a prolific author of dozens of academic papers, serves on several academic boards, and most recently authored Postformal Education: A Philosophy for Complex Futures (Springer, 2016) & The Future: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2017).

Tracey: I spoke to Jennifer about her perspective on Female Futures.

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