news from the future

04/07/2019 04/07/2019

Will we ever put microchips in our brains?

Will we ever put microchips in our brains? Sure. But not yet. Here are three reasons why a neural interface is still a few years away.

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

21/08/2018 21/08/2018

Sensory Overload: Why we struggle with too many communications channels

We have far too many channels of communication today to be productive. Something has to change to give us back control of our conversations.

21/08/2018 21/08/2018

Is tomorrow's society diverse or fractured?

We can rejoice in the diversity of modern society while also being concerned about the loss of a shared set of civic values and institutions

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.

12/05/2017 12/05/2017

In the future (carrying) less is more

There are four things I hate carrying around: wallet, house keys, cash, laptop. I'm working to do away with all of them.

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.

You can search all of my posts through the search box, or click through some of the relevant categories. Purists can search my more complete archive here.