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In 2026 You'll Own a Car That Can't Crash
by Doug ChezemDoug ChezemAn accident-free future is a matter of connecting the dots between today's cutting-edge technologies Blinding rain. Careening traffic. Distracted drivers. There are lots of...
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Your Phone Is So Money
by Jeff HarrisJeff HarrisA tiny add-on chip will turn your cellphone into a credit card, bus schedule, concert ticket and more Forgot your wallet? You´ll need a better excuse than that for passing on...
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Grow Your Second Home
by Graham Murdoch Take a look inside the grow-your-own treehouse. Also, see video below. Graham MurdochDesigners plant the seeds for a high-tech version of the Swiss Family Treehouse. Click inside for...
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Better Than Blood?
by John B. CarnettJohn B. CarnettA man-made, pure-white compound called Oxycyte carries oxygen 50 times as effectively as our own blood. Researchers are betting that it´s the best way to treat...
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Emailing Your Future Self
Future MeAmazon.comA new book archives the best posts from the FutureMe Web project- a chronicle of anonymous hopes and dreams Everyone at some point wishes she could talk with her "future self" and...
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The Science of Survival
Entrance The path to Survival is paved with pitfalls -- and holes in the ozone layer A traveling exhibit predicts the future I've seen 2050. It's an interactive exhibition animated by four noseless...
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PPX Gets Personal with New Leagues
PPX LeaguesiStockPhotoSeasoned trader or total newbie, now is your time to shine (and rub it in) The PopSci Predictions Exchange (PPX) is one of PopSci.com's signature features. With three new "props"...
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Microsoft unveils Sun Microsystems' vision for 2004 Predictions for the future generally come in two flavors: blighted hellscape or techno-utopia. Last week, Microsoft Business Division President...
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Shigeru Komatsuzaki's Beautiful 1960s Visions of the Future Pulled From...
Undersea Supertunnel Super Tunnel, 1981 via Pink TentacleHere at PopSci, we love looking back on our previous dreams of the future.So we get really excited about artists like Shigeru Komatsuzaki, a...
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Airbus Plane of the Future Concept Has Smart Fuselage, See-Through Walls
Concept Plane Airbus unveiled this 2030 concept plane at the 2010 Farnborough International Airshow. AirbusSo far, it's just an idea Of all the aviation tech emerging from the Farnborough International...
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How Max Headroom Predicted My Job, 20 Years Before It Existed
The entire 80s cyberpunk Max Headroom TV series is available today on DVD, and one of the pleasures of rewatching the series is discovering how many things it got right about the future.The PremiseFor...
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The 10 Best Jobs Of The Future
Job of the FutureTodd DetwilerJobs may be scarce today, but if current trends hold, pretty soon there will be plenty of fun, lucrative gigs. If you have the vision to start prepping now, you could be...
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Bored By Non-Glowing Skin? Ultra-Flexible, Waterproof LED Implants Are What...
LEDs are, on small scales, the cheapest, most reliable, and most technologically powerful light sources out there. But their true potential is finally being unleashed. A new generation of LEDs can go...
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Vintage PopSci: 8 Absurd Predictions About The Future That Sorta Came True
Professor A.M. LowPopSci archivesWriting in 1925, British scientist A.M. Low predicted that we'd eat breakfast via feeding tubes and bald would be beautiful. This guy totally augured Go-Gurt and Vin...
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15 Science and Technology News Bytes From 2013
Supermassive Black HoleWikimedia CommonsPopSci predicts the top news stories of the next year. Black Hole Chows DownA giant blob of gas headed directly for the supermassive black hole at the center of...
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Today's Best Science Fiction Writers Imagine The Future
Featured Artist: John Picacio"Even as technology reduces burdens and eases struggles, the sum of humanity's limits-and its eternal quest to exceed them-is what defines us as humans and makes life...
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Clues To The Sun's Future In Ancient 'Solar Twin'
Artist's Rendition of the Life Stages of Sun-Like StarsAnnotations in the illustration show the ages of the sun, plus two solar twins astronomers have studied.ESO/M. KornmesserBeen there, done that:...
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Better Than Blood?
by John B. Carnett John B. Carnett Grace LeClair had just finished eating dinner with friends when she got the phone call every parent dreads. The chaplain at the Medical College of Virginia was on...
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Emailing Your Future Self
Future Me Amazon.com Everyone at some point wishes she could talk with her "future self" and have some insight into how it's all going to turn out. Unfortunately—unless you count Miss Cleo's...
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The Science of Survival
Entrance The path to Survival is paved with pitfalls -- and holes in the ozone layer I've seen 2050. It's an interactive exhibition animated by four noseless characters with British accents. Buz, Eco,...
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