September 01, 2008 - September 07, 2008

September 01

Technology Prediction General

Nanotech wonders hyped at Wash. DC conference by futuretalk | 4 Comments | 6 Votes | pelletier, dickpelletier, futuretalk, positive, positivefuturist, positivefuturistcom, nano, nanotech, nanotechnology

September 02

Metaverse Product General

Google's battle vs. Apple begins: Killer Android Apps by Garry Golden | 4 Comments | 3 Votes | mobile, metaverse, geolocation, locative, maps

September 03

Social Media Research 2008	Toward One Degree of Separation? by Alvis Brigis | 3 Comments | 3 Votes | connections, socialnetworks, socialnetwork, connectivity
Other Prediction General	Voice-enabled ID chips will soon make our lives more efficient by futuretalk | 3 Comments | 1 Votes | pelletier, dickpelletier, id, rfid, chip, chips, idchip
Other List General	Self-Taught Robots, Programmable Matter & the Universe 2015 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Other Prediction General	Brain-machine interface connects disabled to computers by futuretalk | 10 Comments | 5 Votes | telekinesis, brainmachine, interface, thoughtcontrol, mindcontrol

September 04

Security Research General	Your Brain: the War Machine by John Heylin | 4 Comments | 3 Votes | military, telekenetic, brain, messages
Social Media Prediction 2009	Which Virtual World Will Rule 1 Year From Now? by Christina | 1 Comments | 3 Votes | virtualworld, secondlife, lively, vivaty
Other List General	Google in a Decade, Algae Aviation Fuel & Your Face on an Avatar by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Technology Speculation General	The Vicious Tech Adoption Cycle by John Heylin | 3 Comments | 5 Votes | tech, robotics, body, enhancements, vision, mechanical

September 05

Health & Medicine Speculation General	Revised Thoughts on the Demise of Death by Mielle Sullivan | 9 Comments | 7 Votes | lifeextension, aging, death, health, tanshumanism, nanotech, biotech
Technology Product Release General	Gadgets that Nag by John Heylin | 3 Comments | 6 Votes | ai, gadget, gadgets, artificialintelligence, intelligence
Other List General	Robot Spiders, Road Kill Prevention & Off-the-Grid African Electricity by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Energy Prediction General	Energy independence will take commitment like space race by futuretalk | 1 Comments | 9 Votes | america, unitedstates, us, energy, energydependence, energyindependence, alternativeenergy

September 06

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

September 08, 2008 - September 14, 2008

September 08

Entertainment Prototype 2008	Smart Technologies to Enable a Musical Revolution by John Heylin | 4 Comments | 10 Votes | compose, music, device, write, notes, record
Technology News 2008	Bob Woodward: U.S. has deployed Revolutionary Secret Tech in Iraq, ... by Alvis Brigis | 14 Comments | 8 Votes | woodward, bobwoodward, secret, topsecret, military, us, unitedstates, iraq

September 09

The Web Product Release 2008	Retro-Quant Industry Makes a Big Leap Forward: Google News Archive ... by Alvis Brigis | 3 Comments | 15 Votes | google, goog, quant, retroquant, qunatification, info, information, archive, news, search
Culture Landscape General	Amethyst Initiative — The Future of American Alcohol Consumption? by John Heylin | 6 Comments | 11 Votes | drinkign, age, amethyst, initiative, presidents, college
Social Media News 2014	Augmented Reality goes prime time! Thanks ESPN! by Garry Golden | 2 Comments | 7 Votes | virtual, reality, 3d, gaming, worlds, augmented, augmentedreality
Other List General	Facebook Spies, Concept Cars & Seeing Through Objects by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

September 10

Technology Funny General	Your Fingertips -- Micro Tech Hubs of the Future by John Heylin | 6 Comments | 7 Votes | finger, fingers, fingertips, power, technology, reader
Technology Product Release 2008	Swype Makes Forgivable Interfacing Even More Forgivable, Ups Commun... by Alvis Brigis | 3 Comments | 5 Votes | swype, interface, touchscreen, t9, swipe, forgivableinterface
Other List General	Virtual Goods, Smart Lenses & a 6-Legged Rescue Spider by Marisa Vitols | 1 Comments | 1 Votes
Security Speculation 2008	Might Bob Woodward's Big Secret Be Tiny Unmanned Aerial Drones? by Alvis Brigis | 13 Comments | 6 Votes | woodward, bobwoodward, iraq, alquaida, middleeast, secret, theory, weapon, weapons, speculation, operation, operations, operationalcapabilities
Other List General	Virtual Preschool, Military Exo-Suits & Stem Cells on the Battlefield by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

September 11

Government Interview General	Jack Uldrich on Senate Run and Need for Foresight in Government by Jeff Hilford | 1 Comments | 8 Votes | jackuldrich, minnesota, ussenate, senator, campaign, acceleratingchange, climatechange, energy, healthcare, socialsecurity
Social Issues Speculation General	Combating Big Brother — How Far Will You Go? by John Heylin | 5 Comments | 5 Votes | privacy, future, concerns, big, brother, methods, protection
The Web Product 2008	Footnote.com - Wikipedia + Facebook for the Dead, Yet Another Power... by Alvis Brigis | 2 Comments | 4 Votes | footnote, footnotecom, quant, quantification, retroquant, retroactive, history, socialmedia, web20
Other List General	Quantum Dots, Future Terrorism & Neurally Controlled Limbs by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

September 12

The Web Prototype 2008	The Future as Revealed by OLED - 5 Videos that Will Change the Way... by Alvis Brigis | 0 Comments | 6 Votes | oled, organiclightemittingdiode, interface, screen, computerscreen, screens, display
Entertainment Product Idea General	10 Future Reality Shows Enabled By Alternate Reality Gaming by Alvis Brigis | 2 Comments | 4 Votes | arg, alternaterealitygaming, alternaterealitygame, alternaterealitygames, games, game, realitytv, television, tv, broadcast
Other List General	Solar Chargers, Social Networking Tots & Mobile Emergency Relief Ports by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

September 13

Entertainment Prototype 2008	The Pico Micro Projector in Action, Expect This in Your iPhone Soon by Alvis Brigis | 0 Comments | 2 Votes | projector, picoprojector, microprojector, smallprojector, miniprojector, image, digital, digitalimage, led
Other List General	Future Scanner Weekly Top 10 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Other Other General	And the weekly MemeBox awards go to... by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes

September 15, 2008 - September 21, 2008

September 15

Economics Speculation General	What's Holding Back Enterprise Prediction Markets? by Alvis Brigis | 2 Comments | 4 Votes | predict, prediction, predictionmarket, predictionmarkets, market, forecast, masse, chrismasse, google
Government Landscape 2008	Robotic Hornets and Big Brother by Jeff Hilford | 2 Comments | 6 Votes | surveillance, bigbrother, military, video, google, googlestreet, drones, aerialdrones, robots, facialrecognition, behaviorquantification, behavioralquantification

September 16

Economics Speculation 2008	Are We Heading Into an Economic Depression? by Alvis Brigis | 4 Comments | 3 Votes | paulson, obama, crisis, depression, economy, stock, stockmarket, meltdown, fourthturning
Other List General	Home Wind Power, US Cyber Initiatives & a Paperless World by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Other Event 2008	Future Conference Beat by memebox | 0 Comments | 3 Votes | conference, conferences

September 17

Energy Event 2011	GM’s Plan to Reinvent the Automobile: R.I.P. Combustion Engine by Garry Golden | 7 Comments | 12 Votes | car, transportation, automobile, energy, electricityhydrogen, fuel, cells, battery
Environment Prediction 2018	YouTube Co-Founder Chad Hurley's 10-Year Web Video Market Predictions by Alvis Brigis | 3 Comments | 5 Votes | chadhurley, youtube, google, gootube
Other List General	Music 2.0, Online Artifacts & Reflective Nano-particles by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 2 Votes

September 18

Business & Work Forecast General	Businesses' Newest Tool: The Supercomputer by juldrich | 1 Comments | 6 Votes
Business & Work Forecast General	A MAV-erick Defense Policy by juldrich | 1 Comments | 6 Votes | uav, microdrone, military, plane, airplane, robotic
Other List General	Smart Desks, Graphene-Based Energy & Robotic Air Force Drones by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Culture Speculation General	The Future of Violent Sports by John Heylin | 3 Comments | 7 Votes | dangerous, sports, future, thunderdome, violent, violence, violentsports

September 19

Other List General	Looming Tech Meltdown, Google-GE Energy Team & White as the New Green by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
Business & Work Forecast General	The Future of Google: Golden City of Innovation or Corporate Black ... by Mielle Sullivan | 3 Comments | 9 Votes | google, jaiku, grandcentral, blogger, twitter, ericschmidt, innovation, mobilesearch, android, marketshare, privacy

September 20

Other List General

Future Scanner Weekly Top 10 by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 2 Votes

September 21

Energy Forecast 2020	A Futurist's Guide to the Cars of 2020 (Part 1) by Garry Golden | 2 Comments | 7 Votes | energy, transportation, electricity, hydrogen, batteries, fuel, cells
The Home Forecast General	Technology as a better building block for the future by TonyManfredi | 1 Comments | 6 Votes | homeownership, housing

September 22, 2008 - September 28, 2008

September 22

Energy News General	MemeBox Launches The Energy Roadmap Blog by memebox | 2 Comments | 5 Votes | golden, garrygolden, energy, future, futurist, blog, newblog, memebox, futureblogger
Security Funny 2020	Thought Helmets for Future Soldiers by John Heylin | 6 Comments | 15 Votes | thought, controlled, armies, telekinetic
Communication Product Release 2008	How Android will Change Everything (in the mobile phone space) by John Heylin | 4 Comments | 6 Votes | google, android, release, iphone
Energy Forecast 2018	Unplugging our Gadgets? The Future of Portable Power by Garry Golden | 9 Comments | 11 Votes | energy, batteries, fuel, cells, micro, methanol
Technology Forecast General	Will the CERN Proton Smasher Smash Us? - The Spirit of Prometheus L... by TonyManfredi | 12 Comments | 4 Votes | cern, atom, smash, smasher, atomic, atomsmasher
Environment Scenario 2018	How do you see the Future of Energy? (Poll) by Garry Golden | 1 Comments | 3 Votes
Environment Other 2008	Energy Grand Challenges for the 21st Century by jvarden | 2 Comments | 7 Votes | energy, grand, challenge, environment, transportation
Economics Forecast General	Looking for a powerful future economy? Look no further than the Lan... by TonyManfredi | 5 Comments | 8 Votes | japan, japanese, risingsun

September 23

Security Speculation General	8 Useful Creatures that Military Robots Could Mimic to Devastating ... by John Heylin | 5 Comments | 3 Votes | robotic, military, creatures, insects, animals, robot, robotics, robo, biomimic, biomimicry, heylin, johnheylin
Other Event 2008	Future Conference Beat by memebox | 0 Comments | 2 Votes | conference, conferences
Communication Forecast General	A Penny for Your Thoughts by juldrich | 10 Comments | 3 Votes | jackuldrich, alvisbrigis, bci, brain, braincomputerinterface, interface, communication
Environment Media General	Is Carbon 'the Al Qaeda' of Elements? by Garry Golden | 3 Comments | 4 Votes | book, review, carbon, hydrogen, energy
Biotechnology Forecast General	Personalized Medicine's Accelerating Future by juldrich | 1 Comments | 5 Votes
Environment Forecast General	Biofuels, Home solar panels, China plug-ins, and Smart grid by Garry Golden | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
The Web Theory General	Nova Spivack's "Web as World" Observation Leads Us Further Down the... by Alvis Brigis | 4 Comments | 4 Votes | innerspace, outerspace, mestcompression, nanotech, web, spivack, johnsmart, novaspivack, twine, evodevo, bostrom, globalbrain
Other List General	Decentralization Trends, Nanotube Supercapacitors & Ads Via Facial ... by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes
The Web Event 2008	What's a Singularity? What's the Singularity Summit? by Alvis Brigis | 4 Comments | 1 Votes | jonaslamis, lamis, singularitysummit, scivestor, singularity, kurzweil, vinge, cascio, tyleremerson, emerson

September 24

Culture Speculation General	How Non-Lethal Weapons Will Kill Public Protest by John Heylin | 10 Comments | 5 Votes | public, protest, technology, killed, non, lethal, weapons
Technology Research General	Non-Lethal Weapons Currently in Use or Development by John Heylin | 2 Comments | 2 Votes | non, lethal, weapons, development, nonlethal
Social Media Trend 2018	Contests as Economic & Social Drivers of the Future by Alvis Brigis | 1 Comments | 4 Votes | contest, contests, game, gaming, gameoflife, innovation, innovating
Environment News 2010	Detroit to World: Nobody has Killed the Electric Car by Garry Golden | 2 Comments | 11 Votes | cars, transportation, batteries, fuel, cells, detroit, automobile
Transportation Forecast 2012	The Progressive Automotive X Prize race begins in one year! by Garry Golden | 0 Comments | 3 Votes
Energy Forecast General	Energy Scanner: Electrification of cars; Low cost solar and storage by Garry Golden | 0 Comments | 2 Votes | energy, transportation, electricity, batteries, solar, storage
Other List General	Bionic Contact Lenses, Underwater Power Generating Anacondas & New ... by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes | top5, icecore, anaconda, contactlens
Social Issues Forecast General	Let's use rewarding deep brain stimulation to help the baby boomers... by iPlant | 0 Comments | 3 Votes | iplant, brain, implant, dopamine, exercise, reward, neurodegeneration, alzheimers, neuroscience, programming, motivation

September 25

Technology Other General	Battling the Future — Big Business Weighs In by John Heylin | 2 Comments | 3 Votes | comcast, limits, bandwidth, user, fcc
Biotechnology Forecast Beyond	Will I Die? by juldrich | 3 Comments | 3 Votes | die, dying, jackuldrich, longevity, lifespan, death, life
Environment Media General	'Growing Energy' - TED Talk by Juan Enriquez by Garry Golden | 0 Comments | 4 Votes | bioenergy, biofuels
Environment Product Release 2012	Consumers looking to cleantech startups by Garry Golden | 1 Comments | 4 Votes | solar, wind, electricity
Environment News General	Energy Scanner: Wave power, Smart Grids, Solar Thermal & Tax Credits by Garry Golden | 0 Comments | 2 Votes | solar, wind, ocean, wave, taxes, regulation, government
Other List General	Pre-Crime Detection, Brain-controlled Mobile Apps & Big Tech Lay-of... by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 2 Votes | top5

September 26

Environment Product General	2 wheels better than 4? ZeroX Electric Motorcycle by Garry Golden | 3 Comments | 4 Votes | transportation, electricity, energy
Economics Forecast 2008	Houston, we have a problem! Energy storage by Garry Golden | 2 Comments | 2 Votes | energy, electricity, storage, batteries, fuel, cells, hydrogen
Business & Work Forecast 2011	A Wave to the Future by juldrich | 0 Comments | 6 Votes
Technology Future Fiction 2017	Robots Rescue and Fix Trapped Victims by John Heylin | 1 Comments | 5 Votes | search, rescue, robot, snake, earthquake, surgery
Environment Media General	Interactive US Energy Map by Garry Golden | 3 Comments | 6 Votes | energy, solar, wind, natural, gas, electricity, biomass, wave
Energy News General	Here comes Big Biopower - What it means for Solar & Wind by Garry Golden | 5 Comments | 8 Votes | bioenergy, biofuels, electricity, energy

September 27

Other List General	Future Scanner Weekly Top 10 by memebox | 0 Comments | 2 Votes
Information Funny General	Video: Memeboxing by VenessaMiemis | 1 Comments | 7 Votes | memebox, memeboxing, video, robots

September 29, 2008 - September 30, 2008

September 29

Social Issues Roadmap General	Learning from the LHC or: How I Stopped Worrying and Started Loving... by Mielle Sullivan | 0 Comments | 6 Votes | largehadroncollider, lhc, google, particleaccelerator, stevenhawking, godmachine, higgsboson, blackhole
Security Funny General	Why Future Guns Won't Look Threatening by John Heylin | 0 Comments | 3 Votes | rubber, band, gun, metal, homemade, rubberband, toygun
Energy Product Idea 2008	Dust Off those Notebooks — Treasure Abounds by John Heylin | 3 Comments | 10 Votes | einstein, refrigerator, invention, old, technology
Transportation News General	The Personal Jetpack — Old Dreams Die Hard by John Heylin | 3 Comments | 6 Votes | yves, rossy, jetpack, channel, crossing
Energy Event 2012	Steve Jurvetson: Biology and Energy are Converging & Accelerating (... by Garry Golden | 0 Comments | 4 Votes | bioenergy, biofuels, electricity, energy
Energy News 2009	The uncertain future of cleantech subsidies by Garry Golden | 2 Comments | 5 Votes | government, politics, tax, energy, production
Energy Product Release 2010	Moving Toward Zero Energy Homes by Garry Golden | 3 Comments | 8 Votes

September 30

The Web Forecast 2012	The Future is Wireless by John Heylin | 1 Comments | 5 Votes | wimax, wireless, internet, slow, speeds, us, baltimore
Energy Event General	Steve Jurvetson (& Bill Green): Biology and Energy (Part 2) by Garry Golden | 0 Comments | 2 Votes | bio, energy, biofuels, algae, hydrogen, scalability, biology, chemistry, venture, capital
Economics Speculation 2008	Our Economic Problem is Deeply Systemic, So Too Must Be the Solutions by Alvis Brigis | 1 Comments | 5 Votes | economy, global, globaleconomy, depression, fourthturning, generationaldynamics
Environment Roadmap General	Warren Buffet invests in Chinese battery & electric car maker by Garry Golden | 2 Comments | 4 Votes | cars, transportation, batteries, fuel, cells, detroit, automobile, china
Other List General	Robotic Futures, Cloud Computing & Personal Nuclear Power Plants by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments | 1 Votes