Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed delivered a real “shot heard around the world” last week when he demonstrated an operational 3D printed gun. As profound as this event is, the future is about to become even stranger–and more frightening. This is because researchers at Duke University have just created a simple invisibility cloak using a [...]
Wouldn’t it be cool if you had your very own chauffeur? Sounds unlikely, right? Well, don’t be so sure. As I’ve written before (here and here), the future may be more affordable than you suspect. Scientists at Oxford University have recently developed a system which can be fitted onto your existing automobile and will convert [...]
The air leaking out of the higher education bubble has just increased from a faint whisper to an audible hiss. Yesterday, the American Council of Education announced it will begin offering college credit for five different MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). This is significant because what makes MOOCs so unique is that they are offered [...]
In my latest book, Foresight 20/20: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow, I devote an entire chapter to how 3D printing will transform not only the manufacturing sector but everyday life. To understand how rapidly 3D printing is advancing, consider just these three unrelated developments from the world of music: 1. Bloomberg News is [...]
Last week, I shared with you 10 ways Google’s new “Project Glass” might change the world around us. Smithsonian is now reporting that some clever innovators are already experimenting with the technology to deliver real-time foreign voice translation. The video below is a little slow and the wearer’s googles look quite unappealing but I encourage [...]
The accelerating pace of change is often difficult for the average person to comprehend. As a futurist, business forecaster and frequent conference speaker, I have often use recent history to remind people of how much we’ve lived through in the past few years. For example, Google is only 13 years-old–a mere teenager. Facebook is just [...]