Association of Professional Futurists – A community of professional futurists committed to leadership and excellence in the futures field. The Calousian Association – A membership organization of those wanting to help the humanity in reaching Calousia, the humanity’s state of high-capacity existence. The Centre for Future Studies – Futures think tank focused on future trends […]

Recombu.com had an interesting article about ten items the mobile phone will make obsolete. Some are obvious: a) Phone booths; b) wrist watches; c)landline phones; d) alarm clocks; e) compact digital cameras; f) handheld game consoles;g) paper; h) mp3 players. What about the not so obvious like Kindles; Blackberries; handheld gps devices; radios; paper calendars […]

Scientists have found definitive evidence that the northern hemisphere of the earth was put into a speedy deep freeze 12,800 years ago, over a period of just months, resulting from a sudden slowdown of the gulf stream. This allowed ice to spread hundreds of miles southward from the arctic. Previous research suggested that the change […]

Floating cities on the ocean have received increased attention due to concerns about global warming and rising seas. A number of groups are  designing and planning floating or undersea cities of the future. One floating city is already operatonal, a super cruise ship in Florida operated by Residensea, for the wealthy who want a sea […]

We may be on the verge of a significant technological breakthrough, likely to change our lives in many areas. Virtual and augmented reality and the use of videoconferencing is expected to alter daily business functions; […]

  This is my first blog about the future. Yesterday, I went to see Star Trek and although my expectations were tempered from prior Star Trek films, I came away thinking that this one had a lot to it and a lot that is relevant to this particular point in human history, where all that is past and […]