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Let me answer some of your likely questions about the next 40 years as I expect them to unfold.1. Will I Be Poorer?Some of us will, others will not.

Liquipel, a company that produces waterproof “nano coating” for phones and other electronic devices has raised around $10 million in its first round of funding.
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Earlier this year, Sony teamed up with the Forum of the Future to brainstorm four scenarios of what life will be like in 2025.

If you can do it in Montreal, you can do it anywhere.

The 2013 eVolo Skyscraper Competition is open for business and is looking for the most outrageous, exceptional, unusual and problem solving designs.

"He wants his 100 billion neurons and more than 100 trillion synapses to be encased in a block of transparent, amber-colored resin—before he dies of natural causes. Why? Ken Hayworth believes that he can live forever"

 

The International Energy Agency has predicted an increase of forty percent or more of world-wide green energy usage over the next five years.

A team from MIT are developing a computer system that would harness power from natural light, heat and vibration energy at once.

Regardless of whether or not you appreciate what Walmart stores have done to America’s consumption habits, it’s hard to dispute that the chain takes up a whole lot of space.

Will Facebook replace worldwide travel? Not according to Airbus. The airframer spent two years consulting more than 1.75 million people in 192 countries to find out what passengers are expecting from future flying. Unsurprisingly, less stressful and more sustainable flying were high factors, but so is face-to-face contact.

 

 

Despite the abundance of social tools available on the internet, which make it easier for people to do business or see long-distance friends and family without ever leaving home, Airbus says that 63% of those surveyed will actually fly more by 2050. 60% also think that social media cannot replace the need to see people face-to-face. This belief will be underlined next week when the world's aerospace and defense industry descends upon an airfield southwest of London for the largest global gathering of the industry.

This infographic by Airbus illustrates the results of its survey. Also, click here to watch a short program prepared for Airbus.