The Past, Present and Future of Technology as told by Kevin Kelly [Videos]

Professional Futurists who work with clients are familiar with the perception pitfalls associated with forecasts and scenarios that deal with the impact of technology. This is why framing forecasts and scenarios around demographics (life stage), cultural (lifestyle) and market structure transitions are more digestible frameworks for getting clients to challenge their assumptions about transformational changes to [...]

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Future of Auto Industry Telematics and Connected Cars Will Transform the Driver into Captain

Forecast & Outlook:  The value chain associated with the human driving experience is about to be transformed – and within a decade I suspect most people will no longer see themselves as frustrated drivers but empowered Captains and navigators of complex transportation networks. The coming age of digitally ‘connected cars’  and robotic (autonomous) vehicles will [...]

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Bloom Energy CEO Interview Focuses on Future of Fuel Cell Energy

Bloom Energy CEO KR Sridhar gives a wonderful 101 style interview with Fresh Dialogues in which he explains the fundamentals of fuel cell energy and why it is a very smart bet on the future of energy across electricity power generation and vehicle electrification. Fuel cell based Power Generation: Bridge & End Destination: Despite the failure [...]

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Future of Game-based and Social Learning Will Reshape Role of Personal Data, Feedback Loops and Reflection Tools

The good news is that the perceived value of ‘games-based learning‘ and ‘social learning‘ is starting to gain mainstream traction as a way of reconciling and bridging the worlds of formal (institutional) and informal learning that stretches from learner experiences within schools and workplaces – to our activities at home and while we are within the physical [...]

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Bloom Box and the Very Disruptive Future of Distributed Energy [Video]

‘Holy Grail’ vs ‘Disruptive’ Bloom Energy is helping to shake up the conversation about the future of distributed energy systems.  But let’s be clear…!!!   There is no Holy Grail solution for global energy market!  There is no silver bullet! The spectrum of energy demands is too wide and varied across applications to have one single [...]

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Personal power systems via micro fuel cells might be the most disruptive idea for the future of energy!

Forecast and Outlook:  The vision of personal power systems based on fuel packets and micro fuel cells is arguably the most disruptive concept of future energy systems in the world today.  And yet it remains completely off the radar of most conversations about the future of energy. The disruptive vision of energy access to anyone, anywhere [...]

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Are we seeing a more Enlightened US Consumer, or is this just the Aging of Baby Boomers?

Every time I see a reference about the new American consumer I think of a post 9/11 The Onion article:  A Shattered Nation Longs to Care about Stupid Bulllshit Again. Events like 9/11 and the recent economic collapse can certainly alter consumer sentiment- especially in the short term.  But life stage transitions matter more!  And [...]

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World Economic Forum Scenarios Explore the Future of Mining and Metals in 2030

The World Economic Forum (sponsor of the annual Davos gathering) has released a short set of scenarios highlighting broad implications around plausible outcomes for the ’Future of Future of Mining and Metals in 2030‘. WEF’s scenarios demonstrate the value of foresight and futures thinking for public and private sector leaders interested in exploring uncertainties about global change (and [...]

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My trip to see the final night launch of the NASA Space Shuttle program [10+ Videos]

One Final Night Launch… Last week I fulfilled a lifelong dream of seeing the Space Shuttle liftoff- in what will likely be the last night launch of the NASA Shuttle Program.  Now that the International Space Station is nearing completion NASA will retire the reusable Shuttle fleet in September, and move towards lower cost expendable rockets that might [...]

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Want to see the future of car design and manufacturing? Watch Trexa, Local Motors and Riversimple

Forget about trying to displace oil, the target for disruption is the internal combustion engine! If you want a sneak peak at the most revolutionary ideas in how we design, build and experience cars visit: Local Motors, River Simple, Commn, and Trexa (Image). These companies are rethinking platform-based vehicle design to support manufacturing and business model innovations that [...]

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