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Augment Your Reality with Interactive Windows
Technology

Augment Your Reality with Interactive Windows

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Scott • Leave a comment

Imagine you’re on a long train ride.  Bored, you turn to the landscape rolling past the windows, and decide to dress it up a bit.  You conjure up some flocks of exotic birds to hang in the sky, and a few horses that appear to be running alongside.  Before you know it, you’ve arrived at … Continue reading →

Cheap, Clean Power for the Rural Poor
Environment / Society

Cheap, Clean Power for the Rural Poor

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Scott • Leave a comment

Which location do you think is better prepared for the transition to clean energy:  the wealthy, green-minded city of San Francisco, or the poor, rural villages of East Africa?  If you picked the African villages, believe it or not, you’re on to something.  An incredibly innovative startup called Off.grid:Electric has spent two years working to … Continue reading →

Inventing a Language to Map Complexity
Society

Inventing a Language to Map Complexity

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Scott • 3 Comments

The world is a complicated place, as you can tell if you’ve ever tried to predict the weather or the stock market, or if you’ve taken a single glance at the Schroedinger equation governing all physical particles. Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a way to visualize such systems and processes?  And wouldn’t it … Continue reading →

I’m Live on Urban Times!
Environment / Society

I’m Live on Urban Times!

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Scott • Leave a comment

The Urban Times calls itself an “optimistic, forward-thinking online magazine” and they’ve just published my first article!  I put in the same extensive research, careful crafting and loving care that I put into articles here at Cosmic Revolutions, so I hope you’ll click below and check it out: Sharing Is the Economy of the Future … Continue reading →

Technology

Bike Nerd Company Makes Biking Better

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Scott • Leave a comment

So we already know that bicycles are the future, and we have a few guesses at what a future bike might look like.  Now startup company Sparse is taking a running leap into that future by creating bicycles that are smartly integrated with the urban environment.     For now, they’re focused on turning out … Continue reading →

Boston’s Fueling the Future of Robotics, Hacking and Community
Society

Boston’s Fueling the Future of Robotics, Hacking and Community

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Scott • Leave a comment

Quick!   What do robots, bicycles, art, and the Boston community have in common?  If you said “they all need to be made by someone,” you’re right.  So wouldn’t it be fun if we could make all those things in one place, together?  Well, a startup venture called the Artisan’s Asylum, just a few blocks from … Continue reading →

Traffic Control?  There’s an App for That
Future Bites

Traffic Control? There’s an App for That

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Scott • 2 Comments

This is Future Bites, a clearinghouse for bite-sized morsels of future news.  Offered every Monday.  To get a mix of Future Bites and future-focused essays delivered to your inbox, click “subscribe” at the right. This week, I offer you the latest in navigation apps.  This one can not only route you around traffic jams, it … Continue reading →

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