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Best of Houston Futures @ World Future 2012
Every year at the annual conference of the World Future Society, the University of Houston’s Futures Studies graduate program puts together a panel of students [...]
"Forecast it, Maybe?"
Introduction to Futures Studies class is officially full on! Professor Terry Grim has again requested her students to submit an introduction video and Kate Burgess [...]
Houston Futures of…
Work: Humanity needs to come first when it comes to the future of work. We owe it to ourselves to with a sense of what [...]
In The Year 2050
The world is changing all around us; cities are exploding at 7500 people entering them an hour. That means the impact of people living in [...]
Houston Futures of…
Education: Technology is changing everything about higher education; teleconferencing, changing formats, and cost cutting techniques are going to bring higher education everywhere quickly, shaping the [...]
Alum Jim Lee on "Seven Themes for the Current Decade"
Houston Futures alum Jim Lee has an interesting post on his World Future Society blog called "Seven Themes for the Current Decade." He identifies and [...]
In The Year 2050
Cities are continuing to explode as Latin America's cities will blossom into a new almost completely urban (90%) environment. These cities will be teeming with [...]
Houston Futures of…
Robotics: Will robots replace sooner than we think? As robots become more flexible and more easily controlled, the economic implications will be staggering. Computing: DARPA [...]