http://www.metafilter.com/tags/thefuture Posts tagged with 'thefuture' at MetaFilter. Tue, 13 May 2008 13:18:51 -0800 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:18:51 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/71616/Convert%2DYour%2DCar%2Dto%2DRun%2DOn%2DWater Do You Want To Know RIGHT NOW How You Can Drive Around Using <a href="http://water4gas.com/2books.htm">WATER as FUEL</a> and Laugh At Rising Gas Costs, While Reducing Emissions and Preventing Global Warming?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.71616 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:18:51 -0800 cars DIY engines environment gasoline miracle panacea peakoil technology thefuture jonson http://www.metafilter.com/70836/Read%2Dabout%2D2063%2Das%2Dimagined%2Din%2D1963 In 1963, General Dynamics Astronautics asked politicians, scientists, and military commanders to speculate on the potential state of the world in 2063, recording all these speculations in a book, and sealing it in a time capsule that was lost during the demolition of the General Dynamics Astronautics building. Thankfully, the entirety of the book is <a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/2277078">available as a download</a> thanks to the fine folks at <a href="http://www.paleofuture.com/2008/04/2063-ad-book-1963.html">Paleo-Future</a>. Found <a href="http://www.ectomo.com/">Via</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.70836 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:24:09 -0800 futurism predictions retro thefuture timecapsules jonson http://www.metafilter.com/60424/People%2Dwill%2Dlive%2Dfor%2D50%2Dyears In the year 1900, Ladies Home Journal writer John Elfreth Watkins Jr wrote an article entitled <a href="http://www.yorktownhistory.org/homepages/1900_predictions.htm">What May Happen In The Next 100 Years"</a>. This is apparently what the most learned, conservative men of the "greatest institutions of science and learning" had to say about the coming hundred years. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.60424 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:03:13 -0800 1900 futurology ladieshomejournal predictions science! thefuture antifuse http://www.metafilter.com/35911/where%2Dare%2Dthe%2Dflying%2Dsaucer%2Dbuses%2Dwe%2Dwere%2Dpromised The galleries of <a href="http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/news_events/exhibits/futuristics/index.html" title="A virtual exhibit to accompany the Bernice Layne Brown gallery installation in Doe Library">Transportation Futuristics</a> illustrate some of the ingenious things people have dreamt up to solve the basic problem of how to get from here to there. Personal favs: <a href="http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/news_events/exhibits/futuristics/gem/6.html" title="In the Ground Effect Machines/Hovercraft section ">the Bee</a> and the <a href="http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/news_events/exhibits/futuristics/oddities/1.html" title="In the Oddities section">flying saucer bus</a>. <small>via the <a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/">exploratorium</a></small> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.35911 Wed, 29 Sep 2004 07:22:11 -0800 industrial thefuture transporatation iconomy