That’s the title of a spam email I got tonight.
I wonder how much a backpack branded with images of a car race involving only robot-BBQ hybrid vehicles goes for these days? Maybe I should click the link… I’m sure the kids would love one for the holidays! ;-p
From the source article, via Slashdot:
What will likely be the most important scientific and technological breakthroughs with significant commercial value and impacts on the lives of consumers out to 2025?
To begin to answer that question, S)T’s Technology Foresight program conducted a virtual, global focus group of experts in technology, innovation, and business strategy. The group included experts from the Association of Professional Futurists, Tekes, Duke University, Hasbro, Worldwatch, General Motors, Shell, Johnson Controls, and Oxford University, among others.
I wonder if the Paleo-Future blog will still be around by then, so we can look back on this around 2026.
From this year’s Best of What’s New:
Innovation begets innovation. Efficient thin-film solar technology leads to panels so inexpensive, they could blanket city skylines. GM atones for killing the all electric EV1 with the plug-in Chevy Volt Hybrid. The iPod begets the iPhone. Click around to see these and 97 more of PosSci’s picks of the latest revolutionary technologies that will drive the next 20 years of innovation.
I agree with PopSci‘s 1st place choice, but I also really like the Infinitely Geared Bike.
All three stories are on the front page of CNEWS as I’m writing this (2007-11-15 22:12).
The current poll on the same front page is entitled “Should there be a judicial review on the use of tasers?“. I think they might want to push that review a little further.
The RCMP should be, can and has often been one of Canada’s prides. What’s happening to the “Organization of Excellence” thing?
I can hardly contain myself: we won the challenge that got us started with WPhone! :-)
Well, the true starting point was a question/challenge sent by one of my teammates, Doug, to the wp-hackers mailing list and the animated thread that ensued. A true ode to OSS, in many ways.
So to celebrate, we decided to release version 1.4.1 tonight, which brings the first bundled translations into the mix (Russian and French), and addresses issues discovered through our truly helpful user base.
Now, what am I gonna do with an iPhone in Canada, uh Apple/Rogers? *nudge nudge, wink wink* Well, who knows, maybe I can get Android running on it. :-p
