Archive for the ‘futurism’ category: Page 940
Driver captures dramatic footage showing just how close the massive wildfire in California is to a major freeway in Los Angeles.
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Dec 8, 2017
Ultrafast 3D Printing Alternative Makes Complete 3D Objects in Seconds
Posted by Paul Gonçalves in categories: 3D printing, futurism
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.
Dec 8, 2017
Nike Build Track Where Runners Race Themselves
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: futurism
Dec 8, 2017
The F-35 could intercept a North Korean missile launch — but it could bring an all-out war
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: futurism, military
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.
Dec 8, 2017
Scientists Have Created Programmable Shape-Shifting Liquid Metal
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
https://youtube.com/watch?v=MxhnXRJQzpU
Scientists have invented a way to morph liquid metal into physical shapes.
Dec 8, 2017
This hair dye actually changes color based on the temperature
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
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
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Futurist Amy Webb says that landscrapers — buildings that are extremely long rather than tall — will become more mainstream in sprawling metros.
Dec 8, 2017
Can a zebra crossing change its stripes?
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
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.
Dec 6, 2017
Raising the Profile of Women Futurists
Posted by Jennifer Gidley 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.