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Build Your Own Personal Submarine And Explore The Ocean

OpenROV is an open-source ocean exploration vehicle that you can build on your kitchen counter, letting anyone be an undersea adventurer from the comfort of their computer.

Build Your Own Personal Submarine And Explore The Ocean

We Are Living In The Imagination Age–And We Can Shape Our Own Future

Futurist Rita J. King says that the goal of future thinking is to cut through the crush of technological change to help people imagine a better future.

We Are Living In The Imagination Age–And We Can Shape Our Own Future

In The Future, The Whole World Will Be A Classroom

Futurist Marina Gorbis discusses the future of education and how a new “socialstructured” world will change how everyone–children and adults–learns.

In The Future, The Whole World Will Be A Classroom

Futurists Don’t Predict The Future, They Drive Us Toward Better Ones

In this video from our Futurist Forum, Dave Evans says that the role of the futurist isn’t to know exactly what will happen 100 years from now.

Futurists Don’t Predict The Future, They Drive Us Toward Better Ones

Join Us To Hear About The Future Of Education

As part of our Futurist Forum, we’re hosting a talk with Institute For The Future Executive Director Marina Gorbis about the changing ways we learn.

Join Us To Hear About The Future Of Education

How You Will Work In The Future

Futurist Glen Hiemstra discusses how our jobs–and even the idea of having a job–will change.

How You Will Work In The Future

To See The Future Of Technology, Look At The People Using It For Crime

In this video from our Futurist Forum, Jamais Cascio says that the people hacking a tech to make it serve more shady purposes (or to help them have sex) might be the best window into how it works.

To See The Future Of Technology, Look At The People Using It For Crime

Join Us To Hear About The Future Of Work And Jobs

As part of our Futurist Forum, we’re hosting a free online discussion with futurist Glen Hiemstra about how our work life is going to evolve.

Join Us To Hear About The Future Of Work And Jobs

The End Of The Future And The Rise Of The Present

Present Shock author Douglas Rushkoff talks about how the digital revolution can change our concept of time and reinvent how we live and work–if we embrace it correctly.

The End Of The Future And The Rise Of The Present

U.S. Artists Fly To Gaza To Create Murals About An Unnoticed Part Of The Conflict: Water

In its most ambitious undertaking since launching their Water Writes campaign last March, artists from the Oakland-based Estria Foundation (joined by those from the Olympia-Rafah Mural Project) headed to Gaza last month to paint murals on elementary schools housing water filtration and desalinization units, and publicize its need for clean drinking water and upgraded sewage removal.

U.S. Artists Fly To Gaza To Create Murals About An Unnoticed Part Of The Conflict: Water

Impact

Between 2020 and 2021, the Earth’s vital signs got worse

The Little Ice Age shows that small climate changes can have devastating consequences

This startup ensures that forestry-based carbon offsets deliver on their promises

News

Money on the table: Millennials are the most likely generation to leave gift cards unused

Facebook recall: What to do if you ordered an Oculus Quest 2 VR headset

Forget the IRS: These states are sending ‘thank you’ stimulus checks to teachers

Co.Design

RV camping goes mainstream. Airstreams now come with Pottery Barn furniture

Your next paid job might be playing a video game

The Olympic caldron is absolutely stunning. Meet the Japanese design firm behind it

Work Life

One reason people don’t listen to you (and how to easily fix it)

This is the new battleground in the fight to retain employees

If you really value creatives, then pay them that way