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Here Comes the Future!

Here Comes the Future!

http://avoidingdystopia.blogspot.com

"Here comes the future! Avoiding dystopia." is a (mostly) optimistic blog about the future... not an individual's future, but THE future... the one we were promised in the 50s and 60s. It checks in on the progress that we're making with visions that have stemmed from famous science fiction and post-war optimism. It explores how close we are to THAT future, and how we might gain on it faster.

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  • Fox News\' science and technology headlines are shady

    Posted on Saturday October 24th, 2009 at 15:57

    I have included the headlines, with Foxy clarifications, which were not originally provided. The exclamation marks have also been added by me to highlight the implied sensationalism. You're welcome.Japanese Lunar Orbiter Slams into Moon! (Intention...

  • The Google Lunar X-Prize

    Posted on Saturday October 24th, 2009 at 15:18 in x-prize, space research, lunar x-prize

    Team Stellar seems like a silly name for a lunar mission team. Am I wrong?Go choose your favorite team at Google's Lunar X-Prize page now!May the best team win....

  • Popular Science's new show

    Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 20:16

    Cheesy commercial, maybe even a cheesy show, but I'd watch it. Popular Science's "Future of"...

  • Recycling of Infrastructure: The Urban Mole

    Posted on Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at 20:39

    File this one under good ideas. The Urban Mole is a concept from designer Phillip Hermes, who suggests putting old city infrastructures (such as out-of-commission sewers) to work, with a railed, unmanned delivery system. Specifically, the idea is t...

  • Siftables AKA Questionables

    Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 20:41

    Any ideas for what applications this may truly have? Because they're making a big deal out of 'em and so far, all I see before me is a toy. An alright toy... but still. I'm curious to see where MIT goes with this....

  • The Vélib' Bike System

    Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 20:38

    This is old news... like... two years old... but I just learned about it so maybe some others haven't heard.The Vélib' Bike System is Paris' mass transit system that relies on bike borrowing. Thousands of bikes, and thousands of little parking stat...

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