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Four visions of city life in 2040
A group called Forum for the Future has partnered with companies like Vodafone and GM to consider what the future might imply for transportation and urban living, and they've created four conceptual videos exploring different ideas of how things might turn out.
future  urbanplanning  citylife  upb 
january 2011 by patrix
CÉDRIC DELSAUX
Star Wars props and characters set in real-world settings. Oddly, they do not appear out of place.
starwars  photography  future  pb 
february 2010 by patrix
The Future of Computing
The bet is roughly that the future of computing:

has a UI model based on direct manipulation of data objects
completely hides the filesystem from the user
favors ease of use and reduction of complexity over absolute flexibility
favors benefit to the end-user rather than the developer or other vendors
lives atop built-to-specific-purpose native applications and universally available web apps
2010  apple  computers  future  ipad  pb 
january 2010 by patrix
Zimbabwe to print first $100 trillion note
One note is all it takes to be a trillionaire. And it is worth only 300 USD
nefa  economy  inflation  future  africa  globalization  fordesipundit 
january 2009 by patrix
Cool Futuristic/Concept Gadgets That Really Inspire
These concept gadgets you see before you today, have extremely high chance of getting into production anywhere in the future.
gadgets  future  design  technology  inspiration  computers  amazing  cool  nefa 
july 2008 by patrix
A Motorcycle You Can Wear
This motorized exoskeleton concept looks like the lovechild of Ironman and a Segway—but is it the future of transportation?
vehicles  exoskeletons  future  science  trends  NEFA  motorcycles 
june 2008 by patrix

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