news from the future

14/02/2020 14/02/2020

The Next Big Thing(s)

What is 5G for? What replaces the smartphone? What is the next big thing? Perhaps these questions don't have singular answers.

26/03/2019 26/03/2019

What Apple’s announcements mean for the future of TV

Apple's big name content signings have caught all the headlines, but its move into curation is much more important for the future of TV

23/01/2019 23/01/2019

When recycled material is better than new

Adding single layer materials like graphene to recycled plastics can create a range of new materials with properties perfectly suited to their application

01/02/2018 01/02/2018

Who answers the questions that futurism raises?

The processes of applied futurism raise more questions than I can answer. So I seek smart partners to help me answer people's challenges.

05/01/2018 05/01/2018

The manipulation of nature

Technology is not a narrow term. It is not phones and laptops. Technology is the tools with which we change our world, for better or worse.

08/10/2017 08/10/2017

Ten ways to disrupt tomorrow

Speaking at the massive RESI conference, I highlighted for an audience of housing experts ten critical trends that will disrupt the future

Archive Note

The archive of posts on this site has been somewhat condensed and edited, not always deliberately. This blog started all the way back in 2006 when working full time as a futurist was still a distant dream, and at one point numbered nearly 700 posts. There have been attempts to reduce replication, trim out some weaker posts, and tell more complete stories, but also some losses through multiple site moves - It has been hosted on Blogger, Wordpress, Medium, and now SquareSpace. The result is that dates and metadata on all the posts may not be accurate and many may be missing their original images.

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