FutureTech Blog
Ian Pearson of international company Futurizon in Ipswich on the technologies of the future and the economic and social backdrop.
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Piracy and the SOPA rebellion
It is already quite a week on the web, with the enormous backlash against the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act). Very many sites and blogs (mine included... Read More
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2012 - another year closer to a better world
A few cranks are expecting the end of the world next year. Well, it just about possible, but highly unlikely. Here is my random mix of projections... Read More
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Augmented Reality: a virtual world of opportunity
Some people in the media world are terrified their businesses will be wiped out by new technology such as pads, clouds and augmented reality, but... Read More
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After Steve – the next four years
The sad passing of Steve Jobs has led many to speculate about what will come next. I blogged about the future for Apple a while ago, looking at their... Read More
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Star Trek – 45 years of inspiring engineering
Many engineers are Star Trek fans. A lot of technology ideas in Star Trek have influenced real life, but of course the influence goes both ways.... Read More
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Social networking and changing politics
It was predictable that social networking would be used in coordination of the recent riots, and thankfully also the clean-up. Of course it was.... Read More
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Active skin - Convergence of nano-bio-info-cogno technologies
As technology rapidly advances in all fields, convergence is happening between biotech, nanotech, infotech and cognitive technology. In the very long... Read More
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Top pay for top people
One of the interesting trends during the recession is that pay for top executives has stormed ahead while that for most people has been held back or... Read More
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Retail and Marketing Futures
It is hard not to feel some sympathy with retailers at the moment, but the further future shows some potential for fighting back against the current... Read More
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Spreading the recessionary pain
The UK recession continues but it is frustrating that we see such narrow journalistic coverage of it. We see figures on overall sales, and overall... Read More
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Will we ever get the information superhighway?
Back in the days when networks and networking services were designed, built and operated by telcos (telecoms companies to those of you who don't live... Read More
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Google, Tungsten and chips everywhere
With Google’s project Tungsten recently in the news, I thought I’d dig out a blog I wrote on a similar topic 11 years ago. As usual with the... Read More
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Look after your data, or lose it
The BBC has managed to recover much of the data from their Domesday project in 1986 and put it on the web. Back then, a mere 25 years ago, people... Read More
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The battle ahead for control of the IT industry
It is an interesting time for the IT industry. After two decades of convergence, we are finally at the point where pretty much all IT companies are... Read More
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The decade ahead
We are in interesting times. The web is mature, we have fast PCs, reasonable broadband speed and small mobile phones that do lots, 3D TV and pretty... Read More