future

The future: what will it bring? That's a concern that's been obsessing scientists, sociologists and the specialists, futurologists, for a very long time.

Bloggers are no exception to that concern: they can be writing about the future of almost anything imaginable, from technology to geographical locations, from endangered animals to financial planning.

But one thing's for sure, whoever's doing the writing: "the future's not ours to see" - all we can offer is a best guess. At least until someone invents a time machine.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “future”

• in Business
  The Future of Retail Is Now
  A look back at Nicholas Negroponte's 1998 predictions for the future of retail and the realities of today's markets.
  by Retailprophet / on Nov 7, 2009

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  This photo shows the Ion Tiger in flight. The 550-watt fuel cell is show in the box in the lower left corner. Credit: Naval Research Laboratory From Live Science: Robot spy planes are harnessing alternative energy to make them more covert and longer lasting than ever. Such drones could also find use in civilian ...
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• Wherein Fr. Z rants about our Catholic identity and dangerous times

  
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• Is This What Life Is Coming To?

  
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• The Manhattan Declaration

  
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• Odds and ends, redux

  
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• Possibility

  
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• Intel: Chips Implanted In The Brain Will Control Computers By 2020

  
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