Colorado’s Opportunity to Take the Lead in the Alternative Transportation Marketplace
The first time I rode on a Segway, I was confused. Even though I loved the experience, I couldn’t quite figure out how it would fit into my life. It wasn’t going to replace my car and it certainly wasn’t a substitute for my bicycle, so what exactly was it? When it...
The Urgency of Purpose and the Forward Movement of Failure
The Urgency of Purpose and the Forward Movement of Failure As a futurist I spend much of my time tracking failure. Why failure? Because they are the unforgiving anchors around which society changes directions. In the U.S. we are now witnessing a record number of...
How Google Glass will Disrupt the Hearing Aid Industry?
How Google Glass will Disrupt the Hearing Aid Industry? Hearing aids are for old people. At least that’s what I thought when I was young and invincible attending rock concerts far louder than they should have been. Even though I still have most of my hearing...
Downloadable Personalities for Your Computer
Downloadable Personalities for Your Computer Fifteen years ago in an article I wrote for The Futurist Magazine, I made the prediction that once we had talking computers, we would soon have downloadable personalities to create a more human-like experience. I went on to...