Industries: Automobile/Aerospace

Oct
29

20-Somethings to Drive Future Change

A series of recent articles suggest that future earnings for “20-somethings” may be depressed in the future. That might very well be the case, but economists are historically awful at predicting how future technologies will disrupt old industries and jobs, create entirely new ones as well as change human behavior in some unexpected ways. Regardless [...]

Jun
15

A Cool Vision of the Future

Airbus has recently revealed its vision of flying in 2050. In addition to the cool photo (to the right), the company expects “personalized zones” to replace the traditional cabin classes. (Unfortunately, it appears as though the overhead luggage bins will completely disappear in the future. No word on whether the peanut packages will get bigger [...]

Jun
10

Kwik Trip Charges into the Future

Kwik Trip (a convenience store in the Midwest) recently announced it would be installing free electric vehicle charging stations at 25 stores in three states. Critics were quick to point out the outlets only provide 110 volts—which won’t power a call for very long. This is true but it misses the broader point. Both rechargers [...]

Apr
5

Cruising Ever Faster into the Future

Back in December 2007, I wrote this post on self-driving cars. At the time, I wrote that self-driving cars were not impossible but they were unlikely to be readily adopted. I still believe that many middle-aged drivers will only reluctantly turn over control of the steering wheel and that lawsuit-happy lawyers will slow the adoption [...]