Life in the Future Sites
(related to Homes of the Future)
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This website describes the "soon to be constructed, massive ocean-going vessel. With a length of 4,320 feet, a width of 725 feet, and a height of 340 feet, Freedom Ship will be one of the wonders of the world." The ship would have 50,000 residents.
Philips Design Home of the Future site contains some good concept videos with ideas for life in the home of the future. Well worth a look. [Added 01/01/01]
Experiments in the Future of Reading
An exhibit put together by researchers at Xerox PARC for the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA showing some futuristic devices related to displaying text (e.g. digital tables, interactive stories, etc.). [Added 07/14/00]
Philips visions for a personal communication device
Interesting videos showing a "all-in-one" communication device that does everything from voice communication to speech recognition to scanning to language translation. Thought provoking. [Added 5/12/00]
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Housework, particularly scrubbing and mopping, is just as tough today as it was 60 years ago
Cornell study finds that scrubbing and mopping are the two chores most detested by people, and that not much has changed from the last time a similar survey was performed. [Added 5/5/2000]
What will the world be like in A.D. 2000?
Reprint of a 1950s popular mechanics article predicting some innovations for the year 2000.
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Some sleek future product designs from IDEO.
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Suggests Internet-enabled parking meters.
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Lost in Space (Boston Globe 10/31/99)
"Where are the robots, the moon colonies, the domed cities, and automated highways predicted 40 years ago?"
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"The rate of price/performance improvement that we take as a matter of course in the high-tech world would be quite a notable event if it occurred in any other industry..."
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Warning! Strange Behavior (New Scientist 12/11/99)
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A skeptical vision (01/13/00)
A skeptic asks the (legitimate) question: what happens when our house needs a reboot?
[Added 03/14/00]
Where is all that stuff predicted for the future?
Scenarios, trends, and analysis for the future.
AARP Interview with Nicholas Negroponte (founder of MIT Media Lab)
Home Run Grocery Delivery
Philips Research Technologies for the Future
General Overview of Philips' research goals and links to Philips' laboratories.
Philips Vision for the Future
A comprehensive look at the potential of the future, both technologically and socially. This one is definitely work checking out
Factasia
Factasia looks forward to the kind of world we might hope for in the future.
Future Media Home
UIAH, Helsinki, Finland's Media Lab Future Home
Ideas for applications of MIT Oxygen project research.
Growing Earth's Electronic Skin
Article from the Boston Globe with Lucent predictions for 2025.
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