Seeing Red
Hello again, FutureFans! It is I, TomorrowLad! This week, Mars, The Red Planet! After the moon, there’s no celestial object mankind is so obsessed with visiting as Mars. This beautiful, desolate, red planet ha captured the imagination of scientists and science fiction writers alike for decades. Now, entrepreneur (and CEO of SpaceX) Elon Musk has announced that he believes within the decade we’ll see the price of a round...
The Long View
Good morning, Space Fans! TommorowLad here, and this week we’ll be blasting off to the far, far future, like, a billion years into the future! A lot of people think about the future, but how many of those think about the far future? What humanity will be doing in ten thousand, one-hundred thousand, or even one million years from now? Not many. Not many, but a few are! One of those is Lt. Col. Peter Garretson. Recently, he gave...
The Rise of Autonomy (in Cars)
Hello again, FutureFans! TomorrowLad is here today with an update on the future that is coming soon to a roadway near you! You ready for this? Here we go! Driverless cars. Now, we’ve discussed electric vehicles on the site before, but now we’re going to give you an update on another advance toward the fully computerized commute! As reported by the San Jose Mercury, the California Legislature unanimously approved SB 1298...
Tianjin: City of the Future?
Hello again, FutureFans! It is I, TomorrowLad! This week we will be visiting a little piece of the future that is being born right here in our very own present. There is a city in China that is brimming with innovations and experimental technologies. That city is Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco City, currently the world’s largest eco-city. Now, it’s no paradise (where on this planet is, really?), but it is the testing ground...
Death on the Side…
Hello again, FutureFans! It is I, TomorrowLad! This week we are going to delve into the darkness of a topic that fascinates many, adn cannot be ignored by those with an avid interest in the future: Death. Can humanity conquer death? At least forestall it for decades, centuries, millennia? Should we? These questions may arrive far sooner than we expect, as technology evolves faster and faster. It’s almost dizzying. The World...
Virtual Desktop Bridges the Virtual and the Real
Hello again, FutureFans! It is I, TomorrowLad! This week, manipulating virtual reality with your hands–or, as it is also know, real reality. Ever since we saw Tony Stark’s made-of-awesome holographic computer interface in Iron Man… …we’ve wanted one for ourselves. How could you not want that? It’s awesome on a stick. A holographic stick. In midair. Being chased after by a flying holographic puppy....