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Memoto: Secrets of a half-million-dollar Kickstarter campaign

Memoto: Secrets of a half-million-dollar Kickstarter campaign | Wepyirang | Scoop.it
On November 30, Sweden’s Memoto closed a month-long Kickstarter campaign that raised $550,000 to manufacture a lifelogging wearable camera. Last week, we published a story about Memoto and th...
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Tomorrow’s world: A visual guide to the next 150 years

Tomorrow’s world: A visual guide to the next 150 years | Wepyirang | Scoop.it

As we begin a new year, BBC Future has compiled 40 intriguing predictions made by scientists, politicians, journalists, bloggers and other assorted pundits in recent years about the shape of the world from 2013 to 2150.


They range from the serious to the fanciful, from the exciting to the petrifying.

And to get a gauge on how likely they are to happen, we asked the special bets department at British betting firm Ladbrokes to give us their odds on each prediction coming true.

 

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Alfredo Corell's curator insight, January 8, 6:23 PM

Be prepared for the future...

Anthony Burke's curator insight, January 29, 3:12 AM

How many of these will come true,,,ha...ha I remember some of the great predictions in the past that never made it, whilst the unpredicted did. Anyone remember the "atomic" egg that would fit in a box to power all your household power needs? Anyone remember all the free time we were going to have to manage because robots and AI would be doing all the work?

gdecugis's comment, January 30, 12:33 AM
And flying cars for the year 2,000? ;-) Great infographic nevertheless. Thanks for sharing!
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Q&A: Predicting the Future by Smelling

Q&A: Predicting the Future by Smelling | Wepyirang | Scoop.it

We all know certain smells can bring memories back to life. A christmas tree, your grandma’s baking scents or your first brand of deodorant can take your mind straight back to other times. But these smells can also help us to predict the future, science shows. Marijn van Wingerden has found the part of the brain that makes this possible.


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