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I Want to Lose Weight with the Vibrational Energy Sound Fat Zapper Device
Do you want to lose a weight and maybe take off a few pounds? I want to lose weight too, I think we all do and some of us more than others. Well soon you will be able to lose weight using a new technology, which will zap your fat cells using vibrational sound energy.Read more…2006 Hurricane Season; Can We Kill Them Before They Form?
There is no doubt that the 2005 Hurricane Season was one we will not soon forget. Meteorologists believe that 2006 will not be a walk in the park either. Indeed the 2006 Hurricane Season will be above normal.Read more…Vibrational Muscle Rejuvenation Device
Soon scientists will figure out a way to help muscles grow more dense and stronger during a workout and prevent fatigue in the process. This will be done by taking the wasted jarring motion during workouts and using it to make energy. A device will be used to generate this energy by way of electromagnetic induction, which will be re-directed back into the body.Read more…Education and Democracy
"Education and Freedom," oxymoron that it is, is probably the most important issue of the day. The world we inhabit, and the one that will be inhabited by the next generation, is shaped by what future citizens learn during their most formative years. The school/teach/educate system exemplifies, and brainwashes young people, by being authoritarian, hierarchal, and undemocratic.Read more…Solar Panels - The Power of the Future is Now Here
Solar panels are basically a panel that uses the sun's energy to produce electricity. Solar panels harvest sunlight and convert it to electricity that can power lights and appliances just the ones that you use in your house. Solar Cells, or photovoltaic cells, are arranged in a grid-like pattern on the surface of the solar panel.Read more…Solar Powered Water Pumps
A great way to put solar panels to use is to install a solar powered water pump for your well. Even though windmills have more commonly been used to power water pumps, solar panels are starting to become the prefered method for pumping water in remote locations. This is great news for so many reasons.Read more…Get Ready To Witness Your Dreams On the Computer!
Imagine a computer on which you can see your dreams, analyze every thought process that goes on inside your brain and every sense you feel. Imagine that your memory is on the computer’s hard disk. If your entire brain can be mapped onto the computer, your thoughts can become immortal.Read more…Low Cost Thin Film Solar Panels
It's an exciting time for solar panels. A new thin polymer photovoltaic layer called Powerglass can be applied to windows, canopies and roofs to turn them into mini power plants to supply electricity to the structure on which they are applied. This is a new concept that involves solar power generation built right into windows that makes use of the structure and surface area that would be perfect for a solar panel array.Read more…Resurrecting an Old Technology - VSR Motors
A 170 year old electrical technology, called variable switched reluctance (VSR) motors was resurrected in the 1980s with the advent of electronic controllers. The Texas based Le Tiurneau.inc has developed a wheeled front end loader for mining work which use large horsepower VSR motors for its wheel drives.Read more…Ride on the Quiet Side
Sustainable technologies, those that walk gently on the earth, are gaining acceptance these days, prominent among them being the electric bike, a simple transportation alternative that is now viable, reliable and just plain fun.An electric bike rider can travel along in whisper quiet serenity cruising with the wind, or against it, even while going uphill. Remember as a kid all the places you could go on a bike, and you were able to go and see places you never saw before even in your own neighborhood?Read more…Virtual Reality and Presidential Meeting in Holographic 3D
The President of The United States of America is a very busy person indeed. The President has to worry about, not only every single aspect of American Life, the giant government bureaucracy, but also what is going on around the world in 280 plus countries. God knows that isn’t easy.Read more…Genetic Human Code Should We Tinker?
Should mankind be tinkering with his genetic code? Should we be messing with Mother Nature’s evolution? Should we be screwing with our DNA, extending life and messing around with stem cells?Read more…BioTech and the Future of What It is to be Human
Should scientists be allowed to play around with the human genome? Should we be screwing around with our own DNA? Is it right to experiment with stem cells?Read more…Human Modification, Playing God with Humanity
With modern advances in body augmentation, DNA manipulation, BioTech, Robotics and computer human interfaces it appears we may soon be modifying humans in a very big way. Some see ethics issues in this as we modify ourselves, will we still be human? Will we be playing God and make mistakes, which are irreversible?Read more…Is Science Advancing too Fast for Humanity, Society, and Civilization?
Some say that science is moving way too fast. It is true that the fast pace of advances is in fact increasing and exponentially too. Human civilizations and society are already out pacing evolution by 100-fold.Read more…The Case for Military Research Expenditures
Some folks want to cut military research and development spending as they say it leads to war. Some believe that we should stop inventing ways to kill humans. Some believe that killing one’s own species is a terrible tragedy of the human endeavor and if we continue this tact we will do nothing more than be doomed to repeat our past follies.Read more…Meaningfully Merging Man and Machine
Many people fear the day when humans will choose to merge with machines, as they believe that it will be the beginning of the end for humanity. They say that we will cease from being human and what it means to be human. They say it will be lead to death by robot, or by robotic replacement, where one day you are mostly human and then the next you will be mostly robotic and non-human.Read more…Holographic Tour of the Pyramids
Many people want to see the Pyramids during their lifetime. They are wondrous indeed, unfortunately traveling to that part of the world is not so easy and it does cost quite a bit. Recently some are fearful of visiting Egypt due to unrest in the world and perceived animosity towards Westerners.Read more…Red Flag Fighter Pilot Training with Holographic Projection
Red Flag is the United States Air Force’s airborne net-centric war game training. It resembles the United States Navy’s famous Top Gun School only with added components. As warfare training and simulation gets better and our SmartBombs and Smart Munitions get smarter the future of war will be fast, furious and permanent for the players.Read more…The History Channel Moves into the Future
Many people spend hours watching and learning on Television. There is the Discovery Channel, Science Channel, History Channel, Wings, Animal Channel and a host of others and they are indeed very interesting to watch. Some say if you watched all the history channel programs that you might know more about history that most High School History Teachers.Read more…
Most Recent Articles in Future Concepts category
- Bind Your Own Customized Yearbooks - By: Jeff McRitchie
For small and medium sized schools, creating a high quality customized yearbook can often be cost prohibitive. The large companies that specialize in creating yearbooks for schools are not set up to handle small runs of just a few hundred yearbooks. As a result, smaller schools either have to pay a huge premium for their yearbooks or do without. However, there is now a new option for creating yearbooks that is far more reasonable for small and medium sized high schools. - Nursing Degrees Online - Registered - By: Parmod Bansal
Registered Nursing (RN) Jobs offer good money, the chance to make a difference in people's lives, and flexible hours. This rewarding career isn't easy and does require quite a bit of school, but you can study in a variety of different programs that offer you the flexibility to pursue your dream of becoming a registered nurse. - How to Find Lost Objects or People Using Radionics - By: Don Paris
Have you ever lost something? I’m sure you have. It can be so infuriating! - Clearing Negativity From Spaces Using Radionics - By: Don Paris
Have you ever walked into a house or room that “felt” really bad, or gave you the creeps? The space had nothing obviously wrong but you just couldn’t wait to leave? You may have picked up on the “bad vibes” or subtle negative energies in that space. - The Time is Ripe to Replace the UNO With a United Planetary Organization - By: Shriram Sharma
“That time has come when discrimination with reference to communities, social status, gender and nations, will come to an end. Entire world humanity will live like brothers and sisters.”- ARTHUR CHARLES CLARK“If in a particular country, if one or two court cases are fought, people will be amazed as to whether there is any individual who is full of hatred, cunningness and enmity. - Freedom And Education 2 - By: Bill Ellis
BE: Since my mindset is on alternatives-to-education I'll take "Learning & Freedom" as my topic for this forum and avoid the oxymoron of the other. This gives me two learning/freedom threads, to develop one is the freedom-to-learn ; the other is learning-to-be free.FREEDOM TO LEARNFreedom to learn has been a topic of a long list of critics of education including Froebel, Goodman, Illich, Holt, Friere and others. - Freedom And Education - Bill Ellis's Openting Statement For A Forum - By: Bill Ellis
From: tranet@rangeley.orgSubject: Opening Statement by Bill EllisDate: 02, January 1970 9:28:45 AM EST I start my input where I left off in my input to the forum on Education and Democracy. My concern then, and now, is that our terms are contradictory. - Smart Cards and Access Control - A Look Into the Not Too Distant Future - By: Roy Stephenson
Highly popular in Europe and Asia, smart cards are making a strong impact in America.Originally requiring contact with the reader in order to transfer information, manufacturers have begun building proximity, non-contact type cards that transfer bi-directional data utilizing RFID technology.By encoding the cards and the readers with 64-bit encrypted "keys", manufacturers are able to provide highly secure credentials for access and simultaneously open up a whole new world of possible applications for proximity cards. - A Net-Centric Future and the Future of IT - By: Lance Winslow
Many people such as science fiction writers and futurists talk about the future of information technologies. In these futures we often hear talk about the war between humans and machines. Many people such as conspiracy theorists are worried about the future of IT or information technologies and they say that say that soon information technologies will be running the world using artificially intelligent brains. - Delays in Innovation Initiatives Considered - By: Lance Winslow
Many times we hear of great new initiatives being sponsored and feel we are rounding a corner and looking towards a bright new future, yet eventually we see that things are not moving and we feel it is only hype and get frustrated. Sometimes delays in innovation are caused in the marketplace by competitive and political barriers.Often, there is a reason for this and that is because some innovation is so disruptive that it can cause instant chaos in a given industry or get in the way that things are currently done.