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TechCast presented at this DoD Program on National Security |
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
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Employee ownership has been around a while but rarely caught on. Bryce Smith surveyed employee owners and finds high motivation and improved corporate performance. Time for a change? |
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RFID tags promise to revolutionize product labeling but the technology must overcome obstacles in cost, usage, and acceptance. Mat Meyer explores two scenarios that RFID could take and shows that trends suggest it is likely to be used everywhere about 2015. |
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The NewSpace 2000: Accelerating Change Conference is coming to Washington, DC, July 18-21. This is a great chance to see astronauts, engineers, scientists, and philsophers discuss the exploding future for space travel. |
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Interested in where Second Life is going? Read this study by Mateo Fernandez outlining how Second Life, There, and other virtual systems are forming a larger cybernetic world where "virtual life" takes place. This emerging "Metaverse" will allow anyone to interact with anyone else in 3D, fully immersive cyber-reality, extending most aspects of real life through space and time. |
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TechCast presented at the Discovery 7 Conference, but was happily upstaged when Ray Kurzweil appeared live via hologram. At one point, the moderator was holding a conversation with Kurzweil, and it looked like an ordinary chat between 2 people. |
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TechCast was invited to present results of its space forecasts at an international conference sponsored by the National Defense University at Fort McNair, Washington, DC. |
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We are pleased to announce the fifth generation of TechCast’s website is now being constructed and is expected to be working by fall of this year. |
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It's hard to imagine we are still fighting office bullies in a high-tech society, but Erica Hulsman's studies show this has become a serious problem worldwide. Learn why Erica finds this to be happening more frequently and what to do about it. |
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Great article in Science & Spirit magazine. |
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TechCast Participates in “Emerging Technologies that Could Change the World” Conference held by the U.S. Director of National Intelligence. |
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TechCast participated in a study conducted by the Corporate Executive Board |
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TechCast was a topic of discussion at the Global HR Forum, the Korean Parliament, and other venues. You may be interested in Bill Halal's "open letter" to the Korean people offering his thoughts on opportunities for technology in Asia. |
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Aaron Druck has been fascinated with virtual realty, like most of us, so he conducted a study to forecast its future use. Aaron explores the obstacles to VR in this article. He also presents results of a survey to estimate when it will be commercially available, the applications people favor, and how much they will pay. |
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The FTC's Tech-Ade Program enlists a TechCast blog to respond to questions on technology. |
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TechCast has established a more sophisticated level of technology forecasting. By pooling the knowledge of 100 experts online, we offer the most authoritative forecasts available covering the full span of science and technology. You are invited to browse |
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Highlights of the TechCast Project were published in the Futurist containing bubble charts for all seven fields, summaries of selected breakthrough analyses, and decade-by-decade scenarios. |
Web 2.0
Thursday, September 21, 2006
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The Internet is Moving to a Bottom-Up System |
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Report of a Panel Discussion at the World Future Society Meeting of 2006 in Toronto, by Bill Halal, Kelly Carnes, Ted Gordon, and Ian Pearson |
KM WORLD
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
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TechCast describes its model of "ONLINE LEARNING SYSTEMS" to the readers of KM WORLD, a top magazine in the critical field of Knowledge Management. |
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Whitney Tull produced this fine study of genetically modified foods, focusing on why some people seem to accept them just fine and others abhor the idea. We think she's discovered why great conflicts often rage over technological issues. |
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TechCast presents to NASA scientists and engineers |
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TechCast was interviewed recently for an article in Playboy forecasting the top five technologies that are likely to dominate the next few years. |
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Alternative sources are growing as oil begins to peak. |
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The world of the infinitely small promises huge advances everywhere. |
Smart Robots
Monday, October 15, 2007
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THis photo showing Honda's Asimov walking down stairs highlights the impressive capabilities of robotics today. And with Japanese and Koreans expectingto have robots in homes by 2010, this is getting serious. |
Telemedicine
Monday, October 15, 2007
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IT systems could make healthcare convenient and affordable. |
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B2B to connect 30% of all commercial transactions soon |
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Applications are appearing already and the prospects are vast. |
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With IBM support, this is coming soon. |
Wireless
Monday, October 15, 2007
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WiFi, WiMax, and EvDo should make this the next big breakthrough. |
Hybrid Cars
Monday, October 15, 2007
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Suddenly, even SUVs are going hybrid. |
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Techcast's Latest Strategic Analyses:
Transportation
A wave of breakthroughs is likely to revolutionize transportation over the next 20 years.
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