Lifeboat Foundation

The world of money and finance is completely different than it was a century ago, with decentralized banks and electronic balances making it possible to access your funds from just about anywhere on Earth. Writer Edward Bellamy’s 1888 novel Looking Backward was a huge success in its day, but it’s best remembered for introducing the concept of “universal credit.” Citizens of his future utopia carry a card that allows them to spend “credit” from a central bank on goods and services without paper money changing hands.

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MIT scientists invented a coating that makes sure all the ketchup comes out of the bottle.

Top 10 episodes from popular television shows that predicted things that happened years in the future.

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Interesting.

Futurists are accustomed to launching headfirst into some very complex subjects, but even the most high-minded and enthusiastic of prognosticators may take a pass when it comes to dealing with the future of sleep.

That’s no cop out.

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Meet the world’s first cable-less elevator. https://www.facebook.com//videos/572842456228291/

Did you know that most elevators use cables to operate?

Meet the world’s first cable-less elevator.

Meet FaceRecog — the machine that knows exactly which of 64 emotions you’re feeling today.

In a north London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in the laboratory in a bold attempt to make body parts using stem cells.

It is among several labs around the world, including in the U.S., that are working on the futuristic idea of growing custom-made organs in the lab.

Scientists in Hawaii discover a huge underwater sea sponge the size of a minivan, and it may be a new species.