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Will insecure men of the future cultivate new vat-grown penises in their spare-bedroom laboratories? Will they then transplant these obnoxious knobs onto their otherwise healthy bodies in DIY bathroom surgeries? I posed these questions at the end of the recent Stuff to Blow Your Mind episode “Do-It-Yourself Organs” and realized I should probably follow up just a little.
I recently checked out an excellent TED talk from Alex Steffen of Worldchanging.com. In the clip below, Alex addresses the subject of a sustainable future (and what it will take to achieve one). This wide-reaching presentation touches on numerous issues, from the emergence of megacities to patterns of technology adoption and brilliant inventions built to empower [...]
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Will there be enough food to feed people in 2050? — Garry, Bristol, United Kingdom
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A great documentary from Nova on the possibilities for future cars…
This is both funny and a little sad…
It is one of those classic “funny because it is true” things.
To put a finer point on the last panel, there is this…
This is a fascinating video that looks at the different ways that human beings perceive time and the effects that these perceptions have on our behavior: The video starts by identifying six ways to perceive time: 1) Looking at the past as “the good old times” (past positive) 2) Looking at the past as a [...]
Have you stopped to think about how many different businesses and ideas have either died in the first decade of the 21st century, or are in their death throes now? There have been a lot of them. Many of these deaths have been powered by the rise of the Internet. But other technologies and events [...]
This is a very cool conceptual video that demonstrates how digital magazines of the future might look on a full-color touch tablet. There is a demo version of of PopSci as well as the thinking around it, known as “Mag+”: From the video’s description: Bonnier Research & Development shows with the company Berg from London [...]
What if your smartphone could tell you where there are available parking spaces? What if it could let you pay for your parking automatically? That’s the goal of this electronic parking meter system in San Francisco: You can learn more about this innovative system here: Street-embedded sensors monitor parking availability This fall, San Francisco will [...]
Blast from the past – GM’s jet-powered Firebird cars
by Marshall Brain | December 17, 2009
There’s something appealing about unbridled optimism, especially when it translates into a car that can go 240 MPH. Also note that the key fob to automatically open the doors and start the car was invented in 1959: It appears in the video that the Firebird 3 has the ability to drive itself. This page has [...]
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