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io9 - Aug 28, 2008
Twenty-five years from now, your lust for office supplies will not have diminished. By then you'll be jonesing for the Macbook File Folder (pictured) and DNA-sequencing fountain pens. We've cranked up our brain …
Also tagged: technology, mobile devices, comedy, feature, top, office supplies, futurism
io9 - May 31, 2008
Every day somebody releases a new spam solution, but just as often you hear dire predictions about how spam loads are growing exponentially. How will future generations deal with spam floods in 2030? Though some …
Also tagged: technology, spam, email, computers, hal, wargames, 2001, terminator, neuromancer, futurism, robocop
io9 - May 20, 2008
They yell at you and fire you twice a day. They insist that a five-day job should only take five hours. They flip-flop and then blame you for their mistakes. Star Trek's captains model all kinds of bad boss behavior …
Also tagged: star trek, top, borg, captain kirk, captain picard, bad bosses
io9 - Apr 22, 2008
My new book Urawaza is a collection of over 100 tips and tricks from Japan for honing your survival skills, fine-tuning your appreciation of Japanese culture, and eventually making you superhuman. The book is full of …
Also tagged: books, must read, lisa katayama, urawaza
io9 - Apr 12, 2008
Social software sites like Flickr and Digg aren't just distracting you from your job — they could actually make your job disappear in the next high tech economic revolution. Get ready to retrain yourself right now. A …
Also tagged: books, software, economics, social software, clay shirky, futurism
io9 - Mar 22, 2008
To-do lists are a great way to plan your week, and it turns out they're also not a bad tool for futurists either. We've put together 20 to-do list items that anyone can use to stop environmental disaster, speed the …
Also tagged: space, artificial intelligence, science, biology, green, environmentalism, futurism, posthuman, to do lists for futurists, moon colony
io9 - Mar 8, 2008
Human sleep patterns were once controlled by circadian rhythms governed by day and night. But now, according to a new study, almost everyone in the United States has a sleep pattern that's controlled by when they watch …
Also tagged: television, science, survey, sleep, department of labor, superpowers
io9 - Mar 4, 2008
In a few years, your weekend hacking project will involve bits of DNA and a PCR machine instead of a soldering iron or glue. With the help of the Open Wetware Project, and the Registry of Standard Biological Parts …
Also tagged: top, synthetic biology