Futurist Update: Curbing the Decline of Chinese Manufacturing

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    August 2013 • Volume 14, No. 8 In this issue: ·        Curbing the Decline of Chinese Manufacturing ·        Smart Glasses for Teachers Can “See” Students’ Questions ·        Even Regulated Pesticide Use Is Deadly to Aquatic Ecosystems ·        WorldFuture 2013 Recaps ·        Set of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Is Threatened by Sand …

Futurist Update: Designing Clothing for Space Travel

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    In this issue: ·        Designing Clothing for Space Travel ·        Smartphone Ownership Passes 55% of U.S. Adults ·        A Big Data Approach to Detecting Viruses ·        With More Hunger Comes More Risk Taking ·        What’s Hot in THE FUTURIST Magazine   Advertisement  The Annual Conference of the World Future Society: July 19-21, 2013, at …

THE FUTURIST: How to Make a Mind

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February 2013 • Special Check out The March-April issue of THE FUTURIST magazine! How to Make a Mind By Ray Kurzweil Can nonbiological brains have real minds of their own? In this article, drawn from his latest book, futurist/inventor Ray Kurzweil describes the future of intelligence—artificial and otherwise.Read more.   …

How Quickly Does Aging Occur?

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Predicting Ice Formation in the Arctic Training New Thinkers for a More Complex World What’s New @WFS What’s Hot in THE FUTURIST Magazine How Quickly Does Aging Occur? The “Methylome” Offers a Model Aging is an unevenly distributed process, affecting individuals differently and accelerating with disease and other stress factors. …