Blogs Posts on "Future"

Musicfying Your House Via Your iPhone by Jump Into Tomorrow on Nov 20, 2009Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s a tremendous-sounding wireless speaker that gets its music from your iPhone or computer. Now, you can have a very expensive music system in every room minus the very expensive part. The Story: Sonos, Inc., th...

Running for life by Landscapes of strategy on Nov 20, 2009Trying to catch up with the truck, heading for town, Free cartoon illustration by Frits...

Having a bad year? How to re-birth for 2010 by Better Corporate Life on Nov 19, 2009I remember my first bad year in sales, I wasn’t alone so it was market based but I felt like the whole world was caving in – I wanted to run away from the situations and feelings that I was facing. My confidence had dropped and I really questione...

Blu Is The New Green by Jump Into Tomorrow on Nov 19, 2009Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s a home that uses more environmentally-friendly elements that’s transported by truck and literally unfolds when it’s built. This takes the concept of the Green home and makes it Greener. The Story:...

Calling All Stethoscopes by Jump Into Tomorrow on Nov 18, 2009Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s an iPhone App that converts your phone into a stethoscope. Now you can capture your heart rate and even see it as a phonocardiograph display. The Story: iPhone apps just keep getting better and better. This on...

Žižek on Apocalypse, on the Future, and on Obama by Per Crucem ad Lucem on Nov 18, 2009In an earlier post, I suggested that few will embrace every element of Žižek’s compassionate-Marxist panacea, but that his analyses of history’s big movements nevertheless remain insightful, often compelling, and usually fascinating. I̵...

Giving Amputees A Helping, Feeling Hand by Jump Into Tomorrow on Nov 17, 2009Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s an artificial robotic hand with built-in sensors that can actually enable the user to “feel” objects and sensations. The Story: Motorized prosthetic hands are not brand new, though they’re st...

Your Story Boils Down To One Joke by Julie Bush: Story on Nov 17, 2009Your story is one joke. Even if it lasts 10 seasons. It’s one joke. At least — it should be if your Prius is running on all fuel cells. Whether you’re writing comedy or drama, your entire premise boils down to “. . . but the j...

Survival of the frailest: what will my community look like in 2020? by St. Aidan to Abbey Manor on Nov 17, 2009Via Christian Research. Something useful from the government!!!The government has provided researchers with a very useful online tool for calculating the UK population for any year between 1992 and 2031. The website provides an interactive map that g...

Taking An Oil Spill Mulligan by Jump Into Tomorrow on Nov 16, 2009Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s a sponge that absorbs 180 times its weight in toxic sludge, yet doesn’t absorb any water making it perfect for oil spills or other disasters that threaten water and sea life. The Story: This is yet anoth...