August 01, 2008 - August 03, 2008

August 01

Energy Forecast 2012	2012: The year your electric meter gets smart by Antonio Manfredi | 1 Comments | 6 Votes
Government Other General	Where McCain and Obama stand on Science and Technology by justinelee | 6 Comments | 2 Votes | barack, obama, john, mccain, technology, science, google, internet, policy, debate, 2008, americas, economy
Environment Roadmap General	Stop worrying about ‘peak oil’ production, focus on ‘peak demand’! by Garry Golden | 4 Comments | 6 Votes | transportation, energy, fuel, cells, hydrogen, nanotechnology, oil, manufacturing

August 03

Other Interview General

The Future of Travel: Clones, Drunken Flying, and Porn by John Heylin | 0 Comments | 3 Votes | drunk, flying, cars, porn, space, travel, spacetravel

August 04, 2008 - August 10, 2008

August 04

Other Prediction General

Singularity by 2045 - incredible life in a tamed world by futuretalk | 9 Comments | 4 Votes | singularity, health, acceleratingchange, kurzweil, kardashev

August 05

Other Prediction General	Exercise pill: burn fat, boost endurance without moving a muscle by futuretalk | 4 Comments | 6 Votes
Education Prediction General	Machines will revolutionize education by futuretalk | 10 Comments | 13 Votes
Energy Forecast 2018	Dear Al Gore, Did you forget about harvesting carbon for bioenergy?! by Garry Golden | 3 Comments | 16 Votes | energy, fuel, cells, hydrogen, nanotechnology, power
Transportation Research General	MIT’s solar hydrogen storage ‘breakthrough’ – What’s all the fuss a... by Garry Golden | 5 Comments | 5 Votes | energy, fuel, cells, hydrogen, nanotechnology, power
Other List General	Electronic Tongues, Fish Armor & Universe Expansion by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

August 06

Transportation Forecast General	All Aboard! Why the future is pointing to Transit Oriented Development by Antonio Manfredi | 3 Comments | 6 Votes
Entertainment List 2009	10 Ways to Interact With Computers in the Near Future by jcchan | 0 Comments | 5 Votes | human, computer, interface, minority, report, phallic, mouse, keyboard
Other List General	Shanghai 2020, Future Playgrounds & Bottle-brush Robots by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Business & Work Forecast General	IBM's Business Card of the Future by John Heylin | 0 Comments | 6 Votes | ibm, business, card, future, awkward, situations, businesscard

August 07

Space Forecast Beyond	Space Exploration and Colonization 2008 - 2040 by Mielle Sullivan | 3 Comments | 4 Votes | spacetravel, spaceexploration, mars, moon, mannedmission, asteroidmining
Security Forecast General	Personal Data: The New Gold Rush by John Heylin | 1 Comments | 4 Votes | online, security, hacking, safe, future, data
Other List General	Space Sports, Future Firefox & US Droid Army by 2020 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Space Media General	Our Planet: Views From Space by justinelee | 0 Comments | 3 Votes | space, nasa, bdh, earth, views, planet, bbc, satellite

August 08

Government Landscape 2020	Scenario 2012: A Babelicious Reality by AJ0111 | 5 Comments | 3 Votes | babel, language, translation, translate, translator, languagetranslation, globalization
Government Product General	Is Google The Ultimate Context Miner, Refiner, and Producer? by justinelee | 2 Comments | 4 Votes | youtube, google, blinkx, american, defense, 911, everyzing, delve, video, search, engine
Other Prediction General	Scientists take aim at body's killers by futuretalk | 8 Comments | 4 Votes | pelletier, dickpelletier, futuretalk, positivefuturist, positivefuturistcom, virus, health
Other List General	Neanderthal Genome, Maggot Juice, & Human Remote by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

August 09

Business & Work Prototype General

Office Online: Too Little, Too Late by John Heylin | 4 Comments | 3 Votes | microsoft, office, online, google, documents, googledocs

August 10

Other List General	And the weekly MemeBox awards go to... by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Other List General	Future Scanner Weekly Top 10 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

August 11, 2008 - August 17, 2008

August 11

Technology Prediction General	Nanotechnology: healthier, longer lifespan coming soon by futuretalk | 8 Comments | 7 Votes
Other Prediction General	Earth 2050 - powerful bodies, minds; exciting opportunities by futuretalk | 6 Comments | 3 Votes

August 12

Entertainment Forecast General	Teaching Computers Through Gameplay by justinelee | 3 Comments | 3 Votes | gwap, games, with, a, purpose, carnegie, mellon, luis, von, ahn, online, image, labeler, images, google, search, video, human, computation, intelligence, computer
Other Prediction General	Longer, more exciting life ahead for everyone by futuretalk | 11 Comments | 7 Votes | pelletier, dickpelletier, magicalfuture, futuretalk, positivefuturist, futurism
Other Speculation General	Would Techno-Utopia be Hell on Earth? by John Heylin | 5 Comments | 5 Votes | future, hell, utopia, immortal, forever, torture

August 13

Biotechnology Forecast General	The Convergence of Humans Into Products by Antonio Manfredi | 4 Comments | 11 Votes
Communication Prediction General	Our quantum world promises a future filled with miracles by futuretalk | 6 Comments | 5 Votes
Other List General	Flying Cars, E-skin & Augmenting Reality by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

August 14

Culture Speculation General	Living Longer - A World of Wisdom? by StuartDobson | 1 Comments | 6 Votes | singularity, ideas, solutions, longevity, immortality, wisdom
Other Prediction General	Scientists debate human future: biotech vs. nanotech by futuretalk | 3 Comments | 7 Votes
Other Prediction General	Experts believe death could be conquered by the 2040s by futuretalk | 12 Comments | 6 Votes
Other List General	Biomimicry, Children GPS & Ice Vehicles by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Technology Product Idea General	The Aurora Concept Browser: Is this the Future of the Computing Exp... by Mielle Sullivan | 4 Comments | 6 Votes | auroraconceptbrowser, semanticweb, timbernerslee, novaspivak, kevinkelly

August 15

Other List General

i-9/11, Mobile Diffusion & Rat-Brained Robots by Marisa Vitols | 1 Comments | 1 Votes

August 18, 2008 - August 24, 2008

August 18

Entertainment Prediction General	Future entertainment becomes simulated reality by futuretalk | 3 Comments | 6 Votes
Social Issues Prediction General	Invisibility Cloak: What for art thou? by John Heylin | 1 Comments | 5 Votes | invisibility, cloak, privacy, concerns
Business & Work Forecast General	The Future of War by juldrich | 1 Comments | 6 Votes
Technology Prediction General	Life in the 2020s - nanotech miracles are everywhere by futuretalk | 11 Comments | 6 Votes
Other List General	Future Scanner Weekly Top 10 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Other List General	And the weekly MemeBox awards go to... by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

August 19

The Web Forecast General	Today's Luxury Interfaces Will Soon Be the Norm by John Heylin | 1 Comments | 5 Votes | personal, workstations, future, ergonomic, internet, surfing
Other Prediction General	Civilization: from crude beginnings to a promising future by futuretalk | 2 Comments | 4 Votes
Entertainment Forecast General	Mapping the Body: the New Marketplace by John Heylin | 1 Comments | 4 Votes | body, mapping, software, home, lessons, classes, dancing, karate

August 20

Other Prediction General

Changes to expect by 2020 by futuretalk | 2 Comments | 3 Votes

August 21

Security Speculation General	Doomsday Scenario: The EMP by John Heylin | 4 Comments | 4 Votes | emp, pulse, military, generator, cities, attack, blackout
Environment Trend 2008	Rinse your mouth, it's Greenwash! by jcchan | 4 Comments | 3 Votes | greenwash, ge, recycling, pollution, green, advertising, starbucks, hybrids, coal
Security Prediction General	Deadly Armies of Robotic Children by John Heylin | 1 Comments | 4 Votes | killer, military, robots, harmless, friendly, children
Technology Scenario General	The Technology Waiting Game by John Heylin | 5 Comments | 5 Votes | old, technology, outdated, investment, costly

August 22

Culture Prototype General	Future Centers: Prototyping the Office of Tomorrow? by Mielle Sullivan | 0 Comments | 7 Votes | futurecenters, space, work, collaboration, ideation, brainstorming, thinktank
Social Issues Speculation General	How Lazy Are We Going to Get? by John Heylin | 4 Comments | 4 Votes | lazy, future, fat, pointless, life, depressed, decadent, decadence
Technology Speculation General	The Computer of the Near Future? by John Heylin | 2 Comments | 4 Votes | computer, future, laser, display, pen
Technology Prediction General	Robots: are we planting the seeds of our next evolutionary step? by futuretalk | 2 Comments | 9 Votes

August 25, 2008 - August 31, 2008

August 25

Other Prediction General	Most jobs could be lost to automation in near future by futuretalk | 6 Comments | 4 Votes
Social Media Interview General	Nova Spivack on the Future of Twine and the Intelligent Web by memebox | 3 Comments | 6 Votes | spivack, twine, novaspivack, radarnetworks, semantic, semantics, semanticweb, web, futureoftheweb
Culture Other General	My Thoughts on the Demise of Death by Mielle Sullivan | 18 Comments | 7 Votes | death, extremelifeextension, regenerativemedicine, stemcells
Communication Prediction General	Avatars will soon be everywhere by futuretalk | 5 Comments | 6 Votes | avatars, microsoft, billgates
Other List General	And the weekly MemeBox awards go to... by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
The Home Product General	Would Styrofoam Housing Work? by John Heylin | 3 Comments | 6 Votes | styrofoam, housing, dangerous, environment

August 26

Social Issues Speculation General	When Panhandling Meets Digital Currency by John Heylin | 2 Comments | 4 Votes | homeless, scanning, reader, credit, card, debit
Security Scenario General	Is the Right to Bear Arms Totally Moot? by John Heylin | 3 Comments | 3 Votes | 2nd, amendment, old, useless, military, robotics, fight

August 27

Government News 2008	Accelerating Change Meme Hits the National Stage by Alvis Brigis | 4 Comments | 5 Votes | markwarner, obama, mccain, president, us
Health & Medicine Prediction General	Gene discovery could cure human diseases by futuretalk | 0 Comments | 5 Votes
Other Prediction General	Our future brain: damage-resistant with unique new abilities by futuretalk | 8 Comments | 8 Votes

August 28

Other List General

Nanotech Tunes, Quantum Cryptography & Life-Changing Pills by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

August 29

Other Prediction General	From a struggling past to a glowing future by futuretalk | 19 Comments | 6 Votes
Social Issues Roadmap General	Expanding the Future by Contracting the City by John Heylin | 1 Comments | 3 Votes | sprawl, sb, 375, california, urban, planning
Other List General	Nano Heating, Futuristic Fridges & Slower Brain Aging by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Space Prediction General	New hyperspace engine could roundtrip Mars in 5 hours by futuretalk | 7 Comments | 10 Votes | mars, hyperspace, spacetravel, space

August 30

Other Other General	And the weekly MemeBox awards go to... by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Other List General	Future Scanner Weekly Top 10 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes