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

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “future”

• Reports of Yousuf calling Younis Khan false

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Islamabad, Dec.23 (ANI): Sources close to former Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan have rejected reports that incumbent skipper Mohammad Yousuf had called Khan to discuss his return to the national team for the Australia series.According to reports, there has been no such conversation between Yousuf and Khan in the ...
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• F1B Downshift #9 ~ Allan McNish Interview: Jim Russell Future Driver Search winners!

  
  Formula 1 Blog.com — Authority: 488
  The Jim Russell Future Driver Search 2010 is over and it wouldnt be complete without an interview with none other than Allan McNish the top judge of the competition. Hear Allans take on the weekend and just what he discovered in the hills of Sonoma.The result are in and here is the final press release from the event ...
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• BILL KING SAYS MAYOR BILL WHITE AND CONTROLLER ANNISE PARKER ADMITS MAJOR PROBLEMS AHEAD FOR THE CITY!

  
  ISIAH CAREY'S 'INSITE' — Authority: 140
  IS HOUSTON FACING A DARK FINANCIAL FUTURE? Heres an article written by Bill King. He says the city is facing a very dark financial future. He says city leaders are actually concealing the truth from the public and Houston could end up deep in the hole in 2010. What do you think? Heres what King has written: ...
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• Rapper T.I. Released From Arkansas Prison

  
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  Atlanta rapper TI has been released from a federal prison in Arkansas and is headed to a halfway house in Georgia. A lawyer for TI said the rapper was released Tuesday morning. (Dec. 22)
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• Bride Marries Arriving Groom at Texas Airport

  
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  An engaged woman dressed in a wedding gown surprised her future husband at Corpus Christi International Airport. They got married moments after he got off a plane. (Dec. 22)
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• Brisbane Independent – Lise O’Kane

  
  Moving On Up a Little Higher — Authority: 123
    On December 3, 2009, Lise O’Kane of Brisbane, Australia officially resigned from the Church of Scientology explaining, “I was absolutely disgusted with what David Miscavige has done to our precious technology. With Reverse Dianetics and Reverse Scientology destroying so many lives worldwide,  I realized ...
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• The Joy of New Years Resolutions

  
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  Most advice about New Years Resolutions misses the point. How to enjoy yours, guilt-free. The average New Years resolution is abandoned before the Christmas credit card bills arrive. Whether or not you think this is a problem depends on how you view resolutions. There is no shortage of experts offering advice on ...
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• Future Shop Canada: Boxing Day Flyers Futureshop.ca

  
  Dealcetera.com - Canadian Freebies, Deals, Coupons, Boxing Day Flyers, Contests Canada — Authority: 144
  
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• The Future Is Now, Vol LXXVIII: Waking Up the Stem Cells

  
  bottlerocketscience — Authority: 129
  Amy Wagers wants to isolate the wound healing factors that are present in young animals that promote rapid healing and recovery. Recently she has discovered a “partial pathway,” previously undescribed in the blood system, that is involved in the process of repair. “The reason we thought the factor that ...
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• Subcycles Multitouch music controller and interactive sound visuals

  
  DJViBE.com — Authority: 116
  Subcycles is a sound controller application that [Christian] is using on the third multitouch display that he built. The screen is a sheet of acrylic in an aluminum frame. The image is rear projected onto an area covered with Digiline dispersion film . As with other projects that use the Community Core Vision ...
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• Tiny nano-electromagnets turn a cloak of invisibility into a possibility

  
  Next Big Future — Authority: 603
  A team of researchers at the FOM institute AMOLF has succeeded for the first time in powering an energy transfer between nano-electromagnets with the magnetic field of light. This breakthrough is of major importance in the quest for magnetic meta-materials with which light rays can be deflected in every possible ...
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• Electron-Cyclotron Resonance Thruster

  
  Next Big Future — Authority: 603
  Experimental ECR-GDM Thruster As a Model for Fusion Propulsion by . Jerome J. Brainerd and Al Reisz A small experimental electric thruster, in which power is supplied via Electron-Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) absorption of microwaves by the propellant gas, has been tested at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center ...
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• Study: America’s Most Literate Cities; Also Compares Quality-of-Life Indicators

  
  The X-Journals — Authority: 140
  A national survey announced today in USA Today measures a key component in America’s social health by ranking the culture and resources for reading in America’s largest cities.
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• Future Shop Boxing Day In-Store Handout

  
  Daily-Free.com — Authority: 158
  We’ve got a lot of the big Boxing Day and Boxing Week flyers already available in the RedFlagDeals.com Boxing Day Section, but there’s still more to see! If you haven’t already seen it, we have the Future Shop Boxing Day In-Store Handout (also available in French ). From the looks of it, it has a few offers ...
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• Trailer for "Hana no Ato" starring Keiko Kitagawa

  
  Nippon Cinema — Authority: 496
  Toei has released a 1-minute trailer for Kenji Nakanishi ‘s Hana no Ato , a jidaigeki film based on a short story by Shuhei Fujisawa (The Twilight Samurai, Love and Honor, et al.) Keiko Kitagawa stars as Ito, a member of a small clan in the Tohoku region. One day, with cherry blossoms in full bloom, she meets ...
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• Top blog posts of 2009: Enterprise 2.0 and organizational effectiveness

  
  Trends in the Living Networks — Authority: 507
  Continuing my series of my blog posts that have attracted the most interest in 2009, here is my selection of 10 posts on Enterprise 2.0 and organizational effectiveness . 1. Why ‘critical mass’ is intensely relevant to Enterprise 2.0 user adoption What the diffusion curve means for Enterprise 2.0 adoption ...
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• Chrysler to show early Lancia, electric Fiat

  
  Allpar Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep News — Authority: 135
  Automotive News claims that Chrysler will show two new cars or prototypes at the Detroit Auto Show, though no press conference has been scheduled. One is an electric Fiat 500, which could be an existing Fiat prototype, a mockup, or a quick adaptation of Chrysler’s “universal fit” electric motor system. The other ...
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• Tonight on Fast Forward Radio

  
  Next Big Future — Authority: 603
  Economist Robin Hanson and futurist Brian Wang join us as we continue our special series leading up Foresight 2010. The conference, January 16-17 in Palo Alto, California, provides a unique opportunity to explore the convergence of nanotechnology and artificial intelligence and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ...
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• Add These Glorious Cinematic Gifts To Your Christmas Wish List

  
  MTV Movies Blog — Authority: 710
  Christmas is almost upon us, and if you havent checked everything and everyone off your holiday shopping list, youre a terrible person. We kid! But seriously: nothing says "Youre important to me" like a last-minute trip to the mall for scented candles or your third consecutive pair of Christmas mittens. Weve all ...
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• Ghost Recon 4: Future Soldier subtitle trademarked by Ubisoft

  
  Video Games Blogger — Authority: 444
  Ghost Recon 4: Future Soldier looks like it’ll be the title for the next proper game in the Ghost Recon franchise. Ubisoft has trademarked the name above as discovered by Superannuation for the previously announced Ghost Recon 4, which has seen little information or news released since the announcement that they ...
  12 hours ago

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