news from the future
Don’t hold your breath waiting for synthetic fuels
In my latest column for BI Foresight I tackle one of the most persistent myths in the transport world: that battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are a stopgap technology, and that something else will be along to replace them soon.
The year of the android: My new column
For the first installment of my new column for BI Foresight, a publication from Bristol Innovations, I’ve looked at my prediction that 2024 would be the year of the android, how I came to that conclusion, and whether it’s holding up.
Dough: my new show/podcast for the BBC
I’m back on your radio regularly, this time with a brand new show called Dough, where entrepreneur Sam White and I look at the biggest tech hits of the past, and how they might fare in the future.
The arrogance of the academy…and the death of the university
Universities are under threat from many directions. But they're maybe not helping themselves.
The future of healthcare is deep
We need a new approach to healthcare in order to maintain progress in the face of an ageing population: Deep Healthcare.
What to expect in 2023
Every year I get asked for my predictions for the year ahead. Here's what I'm telling people - including Times Radio’s John Pienaar
- 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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