Man has destroyed half of life on Earth
The rate of extinction of living species is moving at breakneck speed. Now all life on Earth is at risk, and man has already destroyed half of it.
The rate of extinction of living species is moving at breakneck speed. Now all life on Earth is at risk, and man has already destroyed half of it.
A sprig, a pine cone, a log of wood: camping is technological if you can cook and even feed the devices with a fire. Here is PureFlame
Everyone says that a job in finance sets you up for life. Stable, reliable, profitable. But is it still like this? AI is also entering the scene in this sector, causing landslides that will soon become a real earthquake. What else can we call a scenario in which half of the jobs of the future in finance are automated? And which half then? Who will lose their jobs? And for whom will this new scenario be an opportunity? Because that's what it's about. … Read more
Now that they have freed us from many different tasks, the priority in 2042 is that AI and robotics do not free us from our need to be useful.
Bioavionics integrates biological and electromechanical systems to see how their interaction will change our flight experiences.
We can stem the food crisis by working hard on eight factors that have worsened and strengthened the weaknesses in our system. Here are what they are.
What are the long-term predictions for humanity, whether it will survive (a very) long time? 6 problems to face in the very, very distant future.
A Turkish architecture team wins the competition for a vertical forest in Croatia by designing this futuristic “canoe” for the city of Zagreb
The goal is the most ambitious of all: to completely eliminate plastic and fossils by 2021. If there is a country that can do it, it is Costa Rica.
Two nacelles form the wings, and inside there is everything: passengers, tank and hold. It consumes much less than current planes, and now someone has decided to make it seriously.
A team of engineers at the University of San Diego has developed a wearable "patch" that provides personal 'air conditioning', heating or cooling the body and keeping it at a constant temperature in all weather conditions.
Dry and sterilize clothes in less than 15 minutes at lower temperatures and with less energy, and stand on a small table.
New research published in Energy and Environmental Science, a team from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and the University of Madison, Wisconsin has described an efficient and economical process for producing HMF, Hydroxymethylfurfural, a compound derived from plants and considered crucial in the development of a renewable economy.
For a quick wash while traveling or camping, just place the essential clothes in this polyester and nylon "basket", add water and detergent and then roll up.
The most efficient way to stay warm is to increase or reduce insulating factors. Putting on or taking off a garment (when we say "dressing in layers") serves to create cavities that retain heat without dispersing it. Research on "smart textiles" continues in a very encouraging way: a small research team has developed adaptive clothes, textile materials that could drastically change the way we dress. The idea of adaptive clothing is to develop a material capable of… Read more
Carrefour has started to look around among its suppliers (651) to identify the "greenest" companies that are ahead in adopting environmental sustainability policies. The company asked participants to present their projects, then evaluating them with the consultancy of Fedabo, a leading company in the sector, evaluating their innovative scope and producing a ranking: 7 virtuous companies, each for a reason. For Carrefour's sales and marketing director, Grégoire Kaufman, the process was natural: since 2011… Read more
The Italian Institute for the Future (IIF) is a non-profit association that develops scenarios and forecasts for the future promoting sustainable and long-term policies. A real future study on the model of many foreign companies, which is not limited to offering visions of tomorrow but also contributes to the realization of the future through concrete proposals. On November 16th from 10am IIF hosts a workshop event at the Città della Scienza in Naples: "Italy 30, the remote future of our country". "Italy … Read more
The idea that the few rule over the many is not new: a team of Swiss mathematicians has given a precise face and name to this 'master group' of corporations which, alone, controls 80% of the world economy. Global dominance theory? Study, not conspiracy The group from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (composed among others by Stefania Vitali and Stefano Battiston) used an analysis method often used to measure connections between websites: the ... Read more