Five Regions of the Future

"In the next couple of years, customers will be able to try on clothes and products at home with no shipping required. Technology will allow shoppers to virtually wear garments — smelling, hearing and feeling the fabric as if it were real."

I guess we can go to the mall at home. SE

"Germ theory delusions collapse as new science reveals healthy people carry 10,000 different germ strains at all times (Recent science reveals that a typical human being plays host to over 10,000 strains of bacteria."

I guess the immune system is even more efficient than we thought. SE

"Science May Soon Give Us Pills That Make Us Exercise. Tests on mice show elevated levels of epo encourage activity, meaning we may finally get a drug that gets us off the couch and into the gym.and more." SE

"The technology allows streetlamps to run completely on renewable energy and to operate free of the grid during black-outs." SE

"Scientists have grown human bone from stem cells in a laboratory." SE

"UK researchers have developed a porous material that can preferentially soak up CO2 from the atmosphere. The novel material soaks up gases like a sponge at high temperatures, but retains CO2 as the pressure is reduced." SE

"Experiment smashes previous distance record for quantum teleportation, and could soon make the technology practical."  SE

"Researchers at the University of Glasgow found in a new study that men who drink more than seven cups of tea per day had a 50 percent increased risk of prostate cancer."

We'll have to follow this one. Tea was previous thought to be a healthy option. SE

"General Electric of the US and Sargas of Norway have launched a new technology for capturing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants that they say will be much cheaper than rival processes and commercially viable without any government subsidy ..." SE

"The US military has drone technology so sophisticated that it could be the size of a bug." SE

The Association of American Publishers released a report today that shows that ebooks have beaten hardcover revenues for the first time.

This is a major tipping point. SE

"The Gasplasma® process delivers higher energy efficiency than alternative waste-to-energy processes." SE

"Wind News - In pictures: Siemens unveils world’s largest wind turbine (Check out the new images of @Siemens_Energy 6MW offshore wind turbine http://t.co/byllqxVC #wind #energy...)" SE

Going too far? SE

"According to reports, Apple has secured private aerial vehicles to take military-accurate 3D maps that may be powerful enough to take footage through skylights and windows. The technology is rumored to be able to scan objects down to four inches wide..."

It is now just a dream, but Mars One, a privtae organization, has plans to land people on Mars and live there perminantly. They have support of commercial firms who will supply all necessary components for the mission and it will be financed as a media event. In 2016, a supply mission will be sent to a chosen landing site, followed by a rover in 2018 to scope out the perfect spot for settlement. By 2023, the first two astronauts will be sent to land on Mars and live out the remainders of their lives there. See the promo video. SE