news from the future
What’s the future for the construction industry?
The construction industry desperately needs modernising. See how trends in city planning and materials are changing its face.
Why smart cities are important
Smart cities have been the subject of aggressive marketing from the major tech companies for some years. Their development has come to be seen by some as a success of technology marketing over citizen need. Something of a corporate takeover.
The future of the city: how can communities work together for change?
If you want to save the planet, live in a city. Even better, live in a city centre.
What to expect in 2022
With the new year approaching it's time for some predictions and a review of what has passed. This is what to expect in 2022
Entering the Metaverse
What is the metaverse? And why is it such a hot topic all of a sudden? This is your introduction to the world of mixed reality.
Further and higher education: The dividing line
The number of students in further education has collapsed, undermining the UK's ability to prepare people for the future
- Future Communication 17
- Future Health 8
- Future Media 10
- Future Technology 10
- Future of Business 10
- Future of Cities 8
- Future of Education 6
- Future of Energy 8
- Future of Finance 18
- Future of Food 4
- Future of Housing 3
- Future of Humanity 22
- Future of Retail 9
- Future of Sport 1
- Future of Transport 8
- Future of Work 8
- Future society 11
- Futurism 20
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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