Virtual Goods, Smart Lenses & a 6-Legged Rescue Spider

September 10 2008 / by Marisa Vitols
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 serves to highlight 5 of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the last 24 hours.

• Virtual Goods
  - Scanned by SwankyJ

• Lawmakers urge FCC to move forward with ‘free’ plan
  - Scanned by SwankyJ

• A Bridge Between Virtual Worlds
  - Scanned by justinelee

• Invisibility update
  - Scanned by AJ0111

• Smart Contact Lenses
  - Scanned by AJ0111

• A Six-Legged Rescue Spider
  - Scanned by jvarden

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And the weekly MemeBox awards go to...

August 10 2008 / by Marisa Vitols
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

Here at MemeBox, Sunday is the day we look back at all of the Future Blogger posts and Future Scanner scans in an effort to distill and recognize the best of what you, the community, have contributed to the site throughout the previous 7 days.

Future Scanner of the Week: justinelee for scans including for scans including Jill Tarter on Life Beyond Earth and Could Vitamin C Injections Slow Cancer Growth.

Future Blogger of the Week: jheylin for posts including Personal Data: The New Gold Rush and IBM’s Business Card of the Future.

Future Scan of the Week: U.S. Droid Army by 2020
- Scanned by AJ0111

Future Blogger Post of the Week: Machines will revolutionize education
- Written by futuretalk.

Congratulations, winners!

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Future Scanner Weekly Top 10

August 10 2008 / by Marisa Vitols
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

In addition to our weekly awards, every week MemeBox releases a Top 10 List of the most interesting and useful Future Scans posted the during the preceding week. This list is a great way to get acquainted with what the Future Scanner has to offer and to quickly digest some great information.

• First complete Neanderthal Genome Sequenced
  - Scanned by Mielle

• Designers on Quest to Build $12 Computer
  - Scanned by Mielle

• Human remote control may spell end for teachers
  - Scanned by AJ0111

• U.S. Droid Army by 2020
  - Scanned by AJ0111

• The Future of Space Sports
  - Scanned by SwankyJ

• Kitchens Go All Multi-Touchscreen
  - Scanned by martymcfly

• Simulation of Shanghai 2020
  - Scanned by jheylin

• Yaaay! We’re doomed!
  - Scanned by jcchan

• Electronic tongue tastes wine variety, vintage
  - Scanned by Christina

• Fish Armor Would Protect Soldiers With Scales
  - Scanned by martymcfly

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Neanderthal Genome, Maggot Juice, & Human Remote

August 08 2008 / by Marisa Vitols
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 serves to highlight 5 of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the last 24 hours.

• UCSB researchers make quantum mechanics discovery
  - Scanned by Christina

• First complete Neanderthal Genome Sequenced
  - Scanned by Mielle

• Designers on Quest to Build $12 Computer
  - Scanned by Mielle

• Human remote control may spell end for teachers
  - Scanned by AJ0111

• New Maggot Juice May Save Your Life
  - Scanned by therae

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Space Sports, Future Firefox & US Droid Army by 2020

August 07 2008 / by Marisa Vitols
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 serves to highlight 5 of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the last 24 hours.

• U.S. Droid Army by 2020
  - Scanned by AJ0111

• The Future of Space Sports
  - Scanned by SwankyJ

• Pressure-Sensing Contact Lenses
  - Scanned by victoria15

• Kitchens Go All Multi-Touchscreen
  - Scanned by martymcfly

• Video: Firefox of the future will amaze you
  - Scanned by AJ0111

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Shanghai 2020, Future Playgrounds & Bottle-brush Robots

August 06 2008 / by Marisa Vitols
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 serves to highlight 5 of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the last 24 hours.

• Simulation of Shanghai 2020
  - Scanned by jheylin

• Kites Could Become Major Source Of Wind Power
  - Scanned by jcchan

• The Future of Playgrounds
  - Scanned by Christina

• Yaaay! We’re doomed!
  - Scanned by jcchan

• Bottle-brush robot to clear dirty pipelines
  - Scanned by martymcfly

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Electronic Tongues, Fish Armor & Universe Expansion

August 05 2008 / by Marisa Vitols
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 serves to highlight 5 of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the last 24 hours.

• Caught in the Act: Dark Energy Expanding the Universe Itself
  - Scanned by therae

• Will Iran help doom $100B space station?
  - Scanned by jcchan

• Electronic tongue tastes wine variety, vintage
  - Scanned by Christina

• ‘Office of the future’ environment study
  - Scanned by AJ0111

• Fish Armor Would Protect Soldiers With Scales
  - Scanned by martymcfly

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Future of Education, Telomeres, & Alien Contact in 2 Decades

July 31 2008 / by Marisa Vitols
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 serves to highlight 5 of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the last 24 hours.

• The Multi-Cultural Challenge to the Future of Education
  - Scanned by SwankyJ

• Houston doctors say they may have found a way to destroy HIV
  - Scanned by justinelee

• Humans Predicted to Make Alien Contact in Two Decades
  - Scanned by jcchan

• More than Meets the Eye – The LED Contact Lens
  - Scanned by AJ0111

• No end to telomeres: a glancing review of recent literature
  - Scanned by mycophage

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Jetpacks, Kevin Kelly's Predictions & Virtualization of Africa

July 30 2008 / by Marisa Vitols
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 serves to highlight 5 of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the last 24 hours.

• World’s First Zero-Waste, Zero-Carbon City Gets Financial Backing
  - Scanned by fantasywriter

• Kevin Kelly: Predicting the next 5,000 days of the web
  - Scanned by loafarcher

• Virtualization for the African Enterprise
  - Scanned by Mielle

• Prosthetic Limbs that Fuse with Your Skeleton
  - Scanned by martymcfly

• The Jetpack is Here!-
  - Scanned by justinelee

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Fish Armor, Space Jet & US Record Deficit in 2009

July 29 2008 / by Marisa Vitols
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 serves to highlight 5 of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the last 24 hours.

• Cool Futuristic/Concept Gadgets
  - Scanned by jheylin

• Branson Unveils Space Tourism Jet
  - Scanned by Mielle

• By 2020, Droids Could Explore Space For Us
  - Scanned by SwankyJ

• White House projects record deficit for 2009 – CNN.com
  - Scanned by Alvis

• Incredible Fish Armor Could Suit Soldiers
  - Scanned by jcchan

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