Tag Archives: Disruptive Technologies

Machine Paradox: Master/Slave vs Symbiosis

Posted on 17 March, 2018 by alfin2101

Over the past 200 years, machines have released large numbers of humans from lifetimes of physical drudgery — and literally from slavery — in the advanced world. But as machines learn to replace more and more human jobs, vocations, and … Continue reading →

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Making Government Unnecessary II : Disruptive Innovations

Posted on 25 November, 2016 by alfin2101

Alexei Kudrov, a brilliant and honest Russian, speaking of the potential effects of blockchain technology on governments: “Soon technology will replace many of the functions of government. The technology of block chains can almost completely replace the state bureaucracy. Society … Continue reading →

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Destroying These Threats Before They Destroy the Human Future

Posted on 22 November, 2016 by alfin2101

The Three Faces of Challenge Three powerful forces seek to dominate — or conquer — today’s world. Each of the three should be considered deadly enemies to an abundant and expansive human future. The tactics and strategies used to meet … Continue reading →

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Disruptive New Paradigms in Space Launch and Nuclear Power

Posted on 9 May, 2016 by alfin2101

A New Paradigm for Nuclear Technology Development What’s different this time is that there is a profound shift taking place from government-led, and funded, nuclear R&D to private sector-led efforts by people with strong entrepreneurial goals… These developers want to … Continue reading →

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Energy Bridge: Cheap Oil & Gas for Next Few Decades

Posted on 4 May, 2016 by alfin2101

The Age of Cheap Oil & Gas Begins Scientific American: Another 40 million barrels per day of global oil production looms on the near horizon. Geopolitics will never be the same. A world of growing and geographically diversified oil supply … Continue reading →

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Things to Come

Posted on 13 April, 2016 by alfin2101

You Know How Some Days It’s Hard to Choose Between Kale and Cannabis? Now you don’t have to chooose! In a tour-de-force destined to change the world, amateur scientists have succeeded in creating a hybrid cross of the nutritional green … Continue reading →

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SpaceX Scores Two in One: 11 Satellite Launches Plus Successful Recovery Landing of 1st Stage Booster

Posted on 22 December, 2015 by alfin2101

Elon Musk Goes Long Way Toward Redeeming Himself Elon Musk’s SpaceX finally achieved another successful space launch — plus it achieved its first successful recovery landing of a first stage booster rocket. This “two in one” success should go a … Continue reading →

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DARPA Interested in New Syn-Bio Discovery

Posted on 27 September, 2015 by alfin2101

The US defence agency DARPA has awarded a $32 million contract to a Boston area partnership that has also, coincidentally, developed a potentially revolutionary new approach to the powerful CRISPR gene editing toolkit. More NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The Broad … Continue reading →

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Multifunction Personal Health Scanner

Posted on 9 September, 2015 by alfin2101

The Dynosensor T2000 is meant to accurately monitor the following health parameters in real time — and to store the data for you, and share the data with health care professionals of your choice: Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) Heart Rate, … Continue reading →

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Disruptive Emerging Innovation: Making Government Superfluous

Posted on 23 July, 2015 by alfin2101

Making Government Superfluous: Emerging Disruptive Innovation Many “futurists” and technology observers often fall for “Gee Whiz!” technologies, which all too suddenly fall into the “so what?” category. Most new consumer electronics fads, for example, tend to follow that pattern. This … Continue reading →

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Eric Drexler Still Devising Nanotech Solutions

Posted on 29 October, 2013 by alfin2101

Brian Wang lets us know that Eric Drexler has released a 108 page PDF of new nanotechnological solutions to important challenges. … Here the different aspects of APM [atomically precise manufacturing] that are needed to enable breakthrough advances in productive … Continue reading →

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