Archive for the ‘Futurist’ Category

Thousand Oaks Prosthetist Randall Alley Featured in Bonus Content in Disney Movie, ‘Surrogates,’ Starring Bruce Willis (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Randall Alley, CEO for biodesigns, featured in bonus content exclusive in the Blu-Ray version of Disney’s “Surrogates.”

Baker & Taylor to Offer Rich Digital Media Content From Elsevier on Blio (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Baker & Taylor, Inc., the world’s largest distributor of physical and digital books and entertainment products, is proud to announce it has entered into an agreement with Elsevier â a leading publisher of scientific, medical and technical books â to provide rich, highly-formatted content on Blio.

Essential CIO tools: The vision presentation (TechRepublic)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Marc Schiller talks about how and why CIOs need to prepare a vision presentation.

San Francisco to Host CalTIA’s 28th Annual California Conference on Tourism, June 7-9, 2010 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Visit www.CalTIA.org to register

Ray Kurzweil Is Predictably Unimpressed by Avatar (GOOD)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Avatar has already been variously criticized for being racist, anti-military, eco-fascist, and neo-colonial. Is there any pernicious ideology the movie doesn’t endorse? It seems not. Ray Kurzweil, the famous futurist and singularity evangelist, has added his voice to the cacophony. He thinks Avatar promotes Ludditism: In Cameron’s world, Nature is always wise and noble, which indeed it can be …

“A View from the Future” with Edie Weiner—World Renowned Futurist—to Kick Off 2010 Global Spa Summit (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Will Analyze Emerging Trends Impacting the Future of the Spa and Wellness Industries to Help Leaders Capitalize on New Opportunities

“A View from the Future” with Edie Weiner—World Renowned Futurist—to Kick Off 2010 Global Spa Summit (PRWeb)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Will Analyze Emerging Trends Impacting the Future of the Spa and Wellness Industries to Help Leaders Capitalize on New Opportunities (PRWeb Mar 9, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/GlobalSpaSummit/EdieWeiner/prweb3703414.htm

Author and futurist sees a bright future for KC — if we welcome the new look America (The Kansas City Star)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

With the 2010 census looming next month, the timing was perfect for author, futurist and demographer extraordinaire Joel Kotkin to tout his new book last week in Kansas City.

Annual San Diego Science Festival to Host Countywide "Excite Your Mind" Events March 20-27, 2010 (Newswise)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

The largest celebration of science on the West Coast, held annually in San Diego, promises to once again “excite the minds” of thousands of students and their families March 20-27. In 2010, the San Diego Science Festival (SDSF) will continue to raise awareness on the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education among San Diego’s youth to inspire them to pursue …

SXSW: An A Priori Gold Rush? (ZDNet)

Monday, March 8th, 2010

South by South West, the music and arts festival which also has an ‘interactive’ component starts next weekend, and I’m already getting irritated with it again. According to this year’s website South by Southwest (SXSW, Inc.) is a private company based in Austin, Texas, with a year-round staff of professionals dedicated to building and delivering conference and festival events for entertainment …

Creating the World of Tomorrow? (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

PARIS — The conjunction in this fashion week of a definitive exhibition of the work of Yves Saint Laurent, whose masculine/feminine vision dominated the wardrobe of the 20th-century woman, and a book celebrating 60 years of Pierre Cardin, fashion’s eternal futurist, gives pause for thought.

Internet’s future on display at Singularity U. (CNET)

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Students in the Silicon Valley institution hear a futurist’s vision of an Internet that can predict what we want and then act on our behalf.

Top things to do in Fort Collins: A three-day planner (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

You’ll find the best information here on upcoming shows, concerts, movies, sporting events and more. Check it out.

Harry Moroz: Mandarins and Apparats (The Huffington Post)

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

The generally positive reviews of Joel Kotkin’s latest book have not improved the urban futurist’s mood any. As has become his tendency in “analyzing” the…

Augmented (Fashion) Reality (Fast Company Magazine)

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Earthquakes, global warming, patent lawsuits… it’s all a bit much, sometimes. Even a sober-minded “moral guide to the future” needs a break. So today, we talk about fashion. Fashion may sound like an odd subject for a futurist to think about, but it’s often an indicator of broader cultural trends around sexuality, material technology, gender roles, and money. Moreover, it is in many ways the …

Plan Fort Collins needs help from the community (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Fast forward 30 years. What is it like to live in Fort Collins?

‘We’re on a virtual walk out of Africa’, futurologist tells Intel partners (The Register)

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

And does upgrading to Windows hurt a PC’s feelings? The human race is on the threshold of a virtual walk out of Africa, but we’ll only be able to see where we’re going as long as we’re wearing those funny little glasses everyone wore to watch Avatar .… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work

Top things to do in Fort Collins: A three-day planner (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Great Plates of Downtown, an event where downtown restaurants offer $25 specials, kicks off the month of March. Read on to learn details on this two-week festival and other activities.

X Prize group sets sights on next challenges (Q&A) (CNET)

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Peter Diamandis, who helped get private space flight off the ground, tells CNET where the X Prize Foundation sees the next big technological gains.

MeriTalk tech conference brings public and private sectors together (Washington Post)

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Government geeks and private-sector geeks will get a chance to rub elbows at a brand-new technology conference taking place Thursday.