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Fabulist Ray Kurzweil Tackles Transportation Problem with Nanobots

BY Cliff Kuang
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Thu Apr 9, 2009 at 9:27 AM

The new issue of GOOD magazine is a timely one, dedicated entirely to transportation. It includes an interactive, before and after graphic showing exactly how urban planners would go about making a forbidding city street ...READ»

SINGULARITY UNIVERSITY | 2 comments

Helping a Billion People in 10 Years: Singularity U's First Graduating Class

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 70
Fri Aug 28, 2009 at 8:45 AM

How would you tackle the problem of helping a billion people in ten years? That was the question posed to Singularity University's first graduating class, who formed four teams to tackle it. Their visions have just been unveiled, and ...READ»

INNOVATION | 4 comments

2008 Trends

BY Richard Watson
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Tue Jan 1, 2008 at 12:02 AM

Here is my list of top 10 trends for 2008. The list is neither exhaustive nor 100% serious. It is merely a list of a few emerging trends that could impact on our lives in 2008 and beyond. They are conversation starters - especially ...READ»

FUTURISM | Comment

Future Science Now

BY Kevin Ohannessian
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Wed Nov 19, 2008 at 11:46 AM

CNN reported today that a woman successfully received a transplant of a section of trachea made from her own stem cells. Scientific progress of the future has arrived.READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

Zero-002

BY Mark Zorro
Relevancy Score: 63
Wed Apr 9, 2008 at 6:59 AM

ZPURPOSE - ZPAST - FCBIO Session Time: 41 Minutes Wake Up Call: A great designer makes his design comprehensible Improve management of all transition points Focus on being grounded when abstraction ...READ»

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Technology Tomorrow

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 53
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:39 AM

How scientists and engineers will transform the way we work and play through bots, artificial intelligence, and Jetsons-inspired gizmos that are limited only by their creators' imagination.READ»

FC CALENDAR | Comment

Second Life Community Convention

BY Clay Dillow
Relevancy Score: 53
Sat Aug 15, 2009 at 1:00 AM

Though it might seem counter-intuitive, the Second Life Community Convention hosts a real-world meet-up for participants in SL’s virtual world. Grappling with issues like “how can virtual reality make us healthier?” and “real ...READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

Why the Future Keeps Catching Us Out

BY Richard Watson
Relevancy Score: 51
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:49 PM

Why is it that some innovations score a home run, whereas others leave the field almost as soon as they walk on? Two culprits are timing and the irrational behavior of human beings.READ»

INNOVATION | 11 comments

Future Shock

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 31
Fri Jan 13, 2006 at 3:58 PM

The New York Times is reporting (free registration required) that the Census Bureau targets October as the month when the 300-millionth American will be born. What I find most interesting is the outlook from 1967, when the ...READ»

SEVEN THINGS | 1 comment

Seven Big Names to Watch This Week

BY Chris Dannen
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Fri Jun 5, 2009 at 2:17 PM

Stephen Colbert Goes Iraqi Late night faux-newsman Stephen Colbert will be broadcasting four shows from Baghdad, Iraq next week in a USO tour entitled, "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando." Colbert is ...READ»

JAMAIS CASCIO | 4 comments

The Singularity and Society

BY Jamais Cascio
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Tue Sep 29, 2009 at 1:54 PM

If the Singularity proponents are right, the world is going to get really weird--but not in the way they expect.READ»

SCHOOL REFORM | Comment

The Promise of Fast Education

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 17
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:39 AM

Roger Martin Roger Martin is the dean of the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He was appointed to a seven-year term beginning on September 1, 1998. A Canadian from Wallenstein, Ontario, Martin was ...READ»

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Fast Company Library

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 16
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:41 AM

Books previously featured in Fast Company (2001)READ»

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