Here are five indicators, observations or articles that caught the eye of FA futurists today. Drone delivery? A Philadelphia dry cleaner used an off-the shelf drone to successfully deliver 2 shirts to a nearby customer in a promotional gimmick. Current commercial technology requires a pilot for the drone and a spotter at the delivery site, but both…
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Here are five indicators, observations or articles that caught the eye of FA futurists today. UK artist Agatha Haines’ latest project explores the idea of using human-animal hybrid organs to prevent disease in humans. For example, her Electrostabilis Cardiumposits fusing genes from an electric eel with cardiac tissue that could deliver a shock to stabilize a cardiac arrhythmia.…
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Here are five indicators, observations or articles that caught the eye of FA futurists today. Toyota, GM, and other auto manufacturers are once again developing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, as technology improvements are reducing costs and calculations indicate that the cars will significantly out-perform internal combustion vehicles on emissions, even when emissions from the production of…
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Back from a summer break, here are five indicators, observations or articles that caught the eye of FA futurists today. The head of the Federal Trade Commission has called for an investigation of the impact of “patent trolling” activities because there is little hard data about the costs and benefits of such activities, including their impact…
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Here are five indicators, observations or articles that caught the eye of FA futurists today. Social media sites are continuing to pursue advertising as a way of increasing revenue. But what are social media’s obligations to the advertisers they attract? As companies and organizations continue to advertise both in general and to targeted audiences, the…
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Here are five indicators, observations or articles that caught the eye of FA futurists today. An opinion piece for MIT Technology Review notes that while “big data” has the potential to enable economic and social progress, we must be careful not to become so enamored of data that we “fail to appreciate its inherent ability to mislead,” e.g., by drawing…
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Here are five indicators, observations or articles that caught the eye of FA futurists today. Aspiration and reality, while many people have a goal of healthier eating and avoiding high calorie fats, the truth can be quite different. McDonald’s has admitted that while salads make up a large part of image enhancement into healthy food,…
DetailsHere are five indicators, observations or articles that caught the eye of FA futurists today. Anton Walhman speculates about the future of Google’s Chrome operating system. According to Walhman, Google is likely to expand the range of tablets and smartphones that are powered by Chrome, providing consumers with an OS that can be controlled by Google…
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Here are five indicators, observations or articles that caught the eye of FA futurists today. An effort by ExxonMobil and Craig Ventner’s Synthetic Genomics to develop algae based biofuels is heading back to the drafting board. As a general rule, alternative biofuel technologies that look promising in the laboratory tend to fail when scaled up to…
DetailsHere are five indicators, observations or articles that caught the eye of FA futurists today. Intel is talking about making personal data economically valuable to individual consumers. The New York Times reports that the High Plains Aquifer that stretches from Wyoming and South Dakota to Texas is drying up as the contents are tapped for irrigated agriculture. Farmers are…
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