Google eBooks just got upgraded with real time translation. This feature is another step towards the destruction of language barriers that limit worldwide cultural sharing. Something that, eventually, will deeply change the core of the human species while preserving our tribal identities. More »
Back in 1909, a fanciful New York Times journalist decided to spice things up by pretending to describe a futuristic 2009 “centennial celebration”. His portrait of future New York City is surprisingly eco-conscious and pedestrian-friendly. More »
I mean, not really, but still! These wonderfully idiosyncratic illustrations, from 1989′s Hello, I’m Robot! by Stanislav Zigunenko, render our robot future in a way that conveys big ideas to children and pure poetry to the rest of us. More »
At Australia’s Tourism Futures conference, futurologist Ian Yeoman (of New Zealand’s University of Wellington) forecast artificial resorts with robot staff, and yep, even robot prostitutes could become a reality. More »
io9 was busy this weekend detailing detailing how the future might look as “augmented reality” takes off in the next decade or so. Personally, I can’t wait for the information overload. It’s just too bad spam will follow us into 2020. [io9]
Scouring the recently-posted PopSci archives on Google Books, reader Wesley Treat has put together a collection documenting the magazine’s odd, decades-long obsession with the idea of a personal monowheel.
