Idea Earth Launches Site for Easy Mobile Access to FBI Most Wanted Idea Earth, a company specializing in mobile web site development, today announced that users can now access important FBI Most Wanted content at fbimostwanted.mobi on the mobile we
The Future Cities Project has been set up to critically explore issues around the city. From the urban renaissance to the urban village; from sustainable development to under-development; from density to sprawl; from greenfield to green politics, the Future Cities Project seeks to explore why the terms of the debate - especially around cities - have become so fraught. We recognise that all questions around "the city" seem to be more intractable and less clear cut than they once were. But does that mean that city questions have become more complex, or have we become less confident to answer them
Galileo legal process ticks over Giove-B flies at the end of the month The next and vital step has been taken by Europe in its quest to set up the Galileo satellite-navigation system. EU transport ministers have approved the so-called Galileo Implementation Regulation. This is the legal instrument that releases the 3.4bn euros agreed by finance ministers in 2007 to fund construction of the space-based system. It means contracts can soon be awarded to establish ground stations, to build spacecraft, and provide launchers. Competition for those contracts should be closed by December, initiating work that ensures Galileo is up and running by the end of 2013.
World's cheapest car goes on show Tata Nano The car is designed for family use in India The unveiling Tata Motors has unveiled the world's cheapest motor car at India's biggest car show in the capital, Delhi. The vehicle, called the Tata Nano, will sell for 100,000 rupees or $2,500 (£1,277) and enable those in developing countries to move to four wheels. The four-door five-seater car, which goes on sale later this year, has a 33bhp, 624cc, engine at the rear. It has no air conditioning, no electric windows and no power steering, but two deluxe models will be on offer.
Internet Privacy Standards (According to Google and Microsoft) The big news in the tech industry this week is the fight over the future of Yahoo. But there's a sideshow worth watching for those interested in Washington tech policy: Today is the last day of the Federal Trade Commission's public comment period on online privacy principles and behavioral advertising. Not surprisingly, the two biggest figures in the wheeling and dealing over Yahoo's future play a big role here, too. Both have submitted comments on the FTC rules, and the differences between them may demarcate the future lines of the debate. First a very quick definition: Behavioral advertising is the collection and use of information about Internet users’ web browsing behavior to target them for advertising purposes. To use a very extreme example, behavioral advertising could mean that advertising companies could compile databases detailing whether someone visits web sites focusing on religion, medical, or sexual-orientation matters — and then use that information to tailor ads to that person, even after he has moved on to other web site
MWC 2008: Mobile website population booming Posted by Maggie Holland at 12:01PM, Wednesday 13th February 2008 The number of mobile websites has shot up by six times the figure reported by dotMobi in November. This year will undoubtedly be the year of the mobile internet, with the number of mobile websites having grown phenomenally from 25,000 in November last year to around 150,000 today. So says dotMobi who completed its latest trawl of the web to update its figures just last night and spoke to IT PRO this morning on the penultimate day of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. dotMobi spiders the whole of the internet, using some 200-plus servers to conduct its analysis, the figures from which have helped to confirm that this year will be a momentous one for the mobile web, according to Paul Nerger, vice president of advanced services and applications at dotMobi.
KurzweilAI.net features the big thoughts of today's big thinkers examining the confluence of accelerating revolutions that are shaping our future world, and the inside story on new technological and social realities from the pioneers actively working in these arenas. We are witnessing intersecting revolutions in a plethora of fields: biotechnology, nanotechnology, molecular electronics, computation, artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, virtual reality, human brain reverse engineering, brain augmentation, robotics, and many others. The leading visionaries represented on this site examine these transforming trends and their profound impact on economics, the arts, politics, government, warfare, medicine, health, education, disabilities, social mores, and sexuality
2008 Digital Future Report The Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School is pleased to present the results of the seventh year of our project, "Surveying the Digital Future." The seven years of longitudinal research comprise an absolutely unique data base that completely captures broadband at home, the wireless Internet, on-line media, user-generated content and, now, social networking. This year's report contains a large module looking at on-line communities and social networking in great detail. Readers can compare the social networking data and correlate it to seven years of attitudes and behaviors on-line. As usual, the report continues to track off-line media use, purchasing both off-line and through e-commerce, social and political activity and a wealth of other data.
CouchSurfing seeks to internationally network people and places, create educational exchanges, raise collective consciousness, spread tolerance and facilitate cultural understanding. As a community we strive to do our individual and collective parts to make the world a better place, and we believe that the surfing of couches is a means to accomplish this goal. CouchSurfing is not about the furniture, not just about finding free accommodations around the world; it's about making connections worldwide. We make the world a better place by opening our homes, our hearts, and our lives. We open our minds and welcome the knowledge that cultural exchange makes available. We create deep and meaningful connections that cross oceans, continents and cultures. CouchSurfing wants to change not only the way we travel, but how we relate to the world! Participate in Creating a Better World, One Couch at a Time
Computer club to hold 'nerd auction' for dates Forget about geeks not getting dates! The Linux Users Group at Washington State University put their clever minds together and came up with the nerd exchange. Ready to date beyond cyberspace, they decided to use their computer smarts to their advantage. In the past, geeks were suckered into fixing computers for beautiful, flirtatious girls, only to be completely ignored by them after they got what they wanted. Not the Linux Users Group. “You can buy a nerd and he’ll fix your computer, help you with stats homework, or if you’re really adventurous, take you to dinner,” the group president said. The group is soliciting help from sororities in an attempt to spruce up their image. Unfortunatley, no one has taken the bait and they have yet to put their epic challenge to the test. Hey, props to these guys, even if it never works out, good on them for getting creative.
Conference Call Company - A company dedicated to bring the newest technology in conference calling and voice mail to small and large business world wide.
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Trendsbridge is a site about various trends and the connections and cross-fertilization between trends
Future Orientation - FO is a magazine published six times a year by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies. It is written by the Institute’s analysts and by external experts from the private sector and the world of international research. FO has been on the Danish market for 30 years now, and in recent years the readership has been growing rapidly.
FastChangingPlanet.com the site about the rapid changes in the Global environment and Planet Earth.
Welcome to the SL4 Wiki! "SL4" stands for Shock Level Four, referring to a set of categories for grouping technologies and ideas according to the amount of future shock they generate. (See SL4's [home page], and the [original essay] on future shock levels.)
Introducing 3D Image Search Finding a needle in a hay stack is nearly impossible. But finding a picture in SpaceTime's™ visual stacks is easy. Now you can search Yahoo! Images and Google Images and take advantage of your computer's high powered graphics and fast broadband connection as SpaceTime™ displays thousands of images at once. Enter your search term and SpaceTime™ displays your search results in their own visual stack. Enter another search and SpaceTime™ displays your second search results next to your first.
ShoppingFuture.comis a site about new and emerging trends in shopping and online shopping, e-commerce and retail. About current and future trends in the fast changing world of online shopping and on the Internet.
Future of the Book: The $100 Laptop On-demand technologies and desktop publishing were supposed to revolutionize the book industry. The $100 laptop might trump everything.
WATERTOALL - In 2002, during his professorship for new media art at the State School of Art and Design in Karlsruhe, artist Uwe Laysiepen (Ulay) initiated the multidimensional art project . At the heart of this project lies Laysiepen's desire to visualise a range of aspects connected with drinking water, e.g. the management and use of water, the availability of pure drinking water for people worldwide, alternative methods of collecting and distributing water, and last but not least cultural values and rituals concerning water.
Superbugs - The Real Millennium Bugs: Immune to antibiotics - Bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antiobiotics.
CommunitiesWorld
CommunitiesWorld.com is a site about online communities, virtual communities and social networking.
IBM's Genographic Projectexplores early human migration and deep ancestry via ...Project collects thousands of DNA samples during the next few years. ...
BBC News- Future travel: How will we get around? - Can other forms of transport keep up? ... Cars of the future will do far less damage to the environment and will be equipped with futuristic safety devices ...
International Energy Agency (IEA) - An international forum for countries committed to advancing global energy security, policy and technology through co-operation.
Planetary Defense Conference 2007 - The conference will follow a systems approach to planetary defense, similar to that followed for the 2004 Planetary Defense Conference. ...
Current Future Science & Technology Trends Articles. National Defense July 2006 Stew Magnuson, Wars Giving Boost To Cutting Edge Technologies If history is ... www.magportal.com/c/sci/future/
RAND | Research Areas | Science & Technology -Find research and content about science and technology issues and policy. ... In 2020, areas of particular importance for technology trends will include ...
Gyre.org : Asteroid Defense- A team of researchers have come up with an asteroid defense concept that would use a swarm of nuclear-powered robots to drill into an approaching asteroid...
How to Cool a Planet (Maybe) - The New York Times - their proposals were relegated to the fringes of climate science. ... Wall St. Develops the Tools To Invest in Climate Change (May 24, 2006) ...www.nytimes.com/2006/06/27/science/earth/27cool.html
Pew Internet -The Future of the Internet - The Future of the Internet: In a survey, technology experts and scholars evaluate where the network is headed in the next ten years ...
Nerds 2.0.1 - The Future of the Internet - As for the future of the Internet, most people admit it is uncertain, but everyone must agree that it will certainly be interesting and remain an important ...
The Dynamic Unity of Reality - Philosophy Physics Metaphysics of Space and the Wave Structure of Matter, http://www.spaceandmotion.com/
The Law of Accelerating Returns -The Singularity is technological change so rapid and so profound that it represents a ...The Singularity results not from the exponential explosion of ... www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0134.html?printable=1
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The Future of Health & Wellness. Joe Bucherer ... The Hartman Group, an expert in health and wellness, provides current consumer trends that affect consumer ...
Space travel firm plans its next giant leap - The New Space Race -Eric Anderson, president and CEO of Space Adventures, is looking for passengers willing to pay $100 million per seat to travel around the moon. ...
Economic Strategy Institute - Analysis and coverage of international trade, ... and profoundly unsettling look at America's and the world's economic future,
THE FUTURIST is a bi-monthly magazine published since 1967 by the World Future Society and is a principal benefit of membership, read by 25000 members ...
