Current Projects


Future of Technology  Back to Top

future of technology image The accelerating pace of technology creation and adoption is having considerable influence on both individuals and organizations. There may be an innovation with a greater impact than the Internet in the next fifty years. Potential technologies for revolutionary change include molecular nanotechnology, biotechnology and personalized medicine, synthetic biology, life extension and anti-aging therapies, robotics, artificial intelligence, intelligence augmentation, virtual reality, fabbing, quantum computing and affordable space launch.


Abundance Economies  Back to Top

Commerce image Markets are proliferating (peer-to-peer capital markets, social capital markets, prediction markets), and business models are evolving (free digital goods, freemium pricing models, open source offerings) and there is much to be learned by applying economic theory to technology development.


Future of Life Sciences  Back to Top

Nexus of biology and computing image The biotech revolution is currently underway and promises to reshape the world in ways even more transformative than the agricultural, industrial and information revolutions that preceded it. It is not uninimaginable that at some point, all biological processes, human and otherwise, will be understood and manageable including disease, cure and enhancement.


Virtual Worlds Data Visualization  Back to Top

3D Stock Charts image

Making virtual worlds alive with information-aware manipulable objects and streaming data is an obvious next step. Some examples include virtual Network Operating Centers, energy consumption monitoring, weather data, air traffic control data and stock market data. The visual representation of information is becoming increasingly important and possible to execute with a variety of visualization, geospatial and virtual world tools.


Lunarez Metaverse Space Agency  Back to Top

Lunarez logo image Lunarez is a multidisciplinary international team assembled to promote the use of virtual worlds as a simulation platform for space travel, facilitate the private sector's development of affordable commercial space launch and transportation solutions and engage in other ventures using innovative metaverse technologies.


Open Access Journals  Back to Top

futures journal image Open access publishing has become the norm in science and medicine, and should be routine in all fields. The Open Access Journals project is seeking to establish an open access pre-print database and journal of future studies research articles, convince existing future studies journals to be open access via the Directory of Open Access Journals and other websites, and instantiate a futures publishing norm that includes academic papers, webcasts with slides, podcasts and short text summaries.

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