futurism

Robots

The Future Of Tourism Is…Robot Sex?

8:00PM Danny Allen | 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 »
Gadgets

Our Augmented Reality Future

3:30AM Jack Loftus | 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]
Vehicles

According Popular Science Magazine, We Should All Drive Humongous Wheels By Now

9:07PM John Herrman | 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. More »