Category Archives: PREDICTIONS

10 Future Technologies That Are Going To KILL US ALL | TechRadar

Posted on March 6, 2014 by wbaltzley
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20 Forecasts For 2014-2030 | World Future Society

Posted on February 11, 2014 by wbaltzley

Forecast #1: Electric cars powered by fuel cells earn extra cash for their owners—Your next car may help pay for itself by selling its excess electricity back to the power company. Researchers in the Netherlands have developed electric cars using … Continue reading →

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Predictions from 2012: The World In 2050 | Frank Appel

Posted on February 5, 2014 by wbaltzley
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Predictions from 2011 | Hayen Mill

Posted on February 5, 2014 by wbaltzley

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REACTION: Have All the Important Things Already Been Invented? | Walter I Baltzley

Posted on January 25, 2014 by wbaltzley

Smart Planet recently posted an article titled Have All the Important Things Already Been Invented?.  And given that this is a subject near and dear to my own heart, I could not help but respond here. This is not a new … Continue reading →

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When will every car be driverless? | Smart Planet

Posted on January 10, 2014 by wbaltzley

This week Audi and BMW were the latest to unveil advances in their driverless car technology at the Consumer Electronics Show.   But while just about every major car company has a self-driving car they’re showing off (here’s BMW’s latest … Continue reading →

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Technology is taking away jobs, but that’s not the whole story | Smart Planet

Posted on January 10, 2014 by wbaltzley

Technology is set to take lots and lots of jobs away over the next few years. But is that a balanced prediction? There has been plenty of concern voiced in recent years about the frenetic pace of information technology as … Continue reading →

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Predictions for the Future from 2014 | Walter I Baltzley

Posted on January 6, 2014 by wbaltzley

The future is an ever-moving target shaped by the events of today.  One can never know exactly what the future may hold.  Although its basic forms may be determined, its finer points will always elude us.  This is merely a … Continue reading →

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Fastest Way to Create New Jobs? Automate Them Out of Existence? | The Futurist

Posted on December 18, 2013 by wbaltzley

Last week I was speaking at the MD&M West Expo in Anaheim, California on the “future of manufacturing.” With over 2,000 manufacturing exhibitors filling the convention center, there was no small amount of interest in this topic. With China and … Continue reading →

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Futurists Explore the Next Horizon | The Futurist

Posted on December 17, 2013 by wbaltzley

Bold ideas about humanity’s future went on full display at the World Future Society’s annual conference. Approximately 700 attendees debated game-changing developments like self-driving cars and 3-D printers, and speculated on where our world is heading and how it might … Continue reading →

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