Archive for the ‘futurism’ category: Page 854
May 13, 2019
Watch Future Mars Settlers Ride a Space Elevator in This ‘Aniara’ Sci-Fi Film Clip
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: futurism, space
May 13, 2019
Piëch doubles down on its outrageous sub-5-minute EV charging claims
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
People will stop complaining about EV range the minute fast charging is a reality, and new startup Piëch reckons it’s got the goods to deliver an 80 percent charge on a 311-mile (500 km) range battery in four minutes, 40 seconds, which is vastly quicker than anything else on the market. Why not just launch the battery, then?
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May 13, 2019
The Future of Work & Automation
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
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Will technology displace millions of workers, or will it create more powerful tools to change the world?
A new VICE Special Report: The Future of Work premieres April 19 on HBO.
#HBO #VICEonHBO
May 12, 2019
Blue Origin kicks off kids’ space club with offer to launch postcards
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: futurism, space travel
Jeff Bezos is adding another title to his credit: space postmaster.
The Amazon CEO and founder of Blue Origin on Thursday (May 9) announced that his private spaceflight company has created a new program to inspire today’s youth to think about their future in space. To get them started, Bezos plans to launch and return 10,000 stamped postcards with students’ visions for humanity beyond Earth.
“One of the things we have to do is inspire the future generations,” said Bezos during a press event where he also unveiled his own far-reaching vision for space settlement, including Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander. “So today, I am announcing that Blue Origin is founding the Club for the Future, whose mission is to inspire young people to build the future of life in space.”
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May 11, 2019
ConsenSys CEO Predicts Trump Re-Election, Facebook Breakup and Crypto Revival
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: futurism, internet
To close out the 2019 Ethereal Summit in Brooklyn, he foresaw a future where assets had all been tokenized, the web was completely decentralized and networks organized around topical interests had become roughly as important to human life as nation states.
Notably, Lubin predicted President Donald Trump would win a second term in 2020.
He foresaw those following four years as marking a downturn in American civilization, marked by an increase in radical divisions and even hate crimes. The turnaround would only arrive, he predicted, when Facebook, “finally admitting its role in global radicalism,” broke itself into “Facebook Media” (the news feed) and “Open Book,” a decentralized social web that any startup could tap into.
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May 11, 2019
Human lifespan could soon pass 100 years thanks to tech, says BofA
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
May 11, 2019
How DARPA’s Experimental R3D2 Satellite Was Built Super Fast
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
May 11, 2019
Digest note: This post is being updated and is under construction for May 12
Posted by Paul Battista in category: futurism
Note: This post is being updated and is under construction for May 12. Thanks for your patience!
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May 11, 2019
Club for the Future powered by Blue Origin
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: futurism, space travel
Club for the Future is for you, the dreamers of tomorrow.
Club members’ ideas combined with a foundation of affordable, frequent, and reliable access to space, will help spark a future without limits. Dream. Experiment. Build. As we grow, look out for new activities, content, and opportunities to access space.
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