IFTF's Future Now: links for 2006-06-30

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IFTF's Future Now is a group weblog, founded by Institute research director Alex Soojung-Kim Pang in September 2003. Its contributors include IFTF researchers interested in emerging technologies, the future of Asia, and the social and economic impacts on new technologies; IFTF corporate affiliates; academic partners; and members of the Innovation Lab, a Danish futures group with offices in Aarhus and Copenhagen. A complete list of contributors is available here.

June 30, 2006

Julian F. V. Vincent

A short bio on Julian F. V. Vincent, a leading figure in biomimicry currently at the University of Bath. For Alex's research.

(tags: biomimicry JulianVincent UniversityOfBath UK)
The Material World

Transcript of an interview with Julian Vincent and Colin Humphreys on Radio 4's "Material World", in 1998 on the future of biomimetrics.

(tags: biomimicry UK JulianVincent)
Smart by Nature

An essay on biomimicry from the University of Bath - "Lightness; the inevitable renaissance of minimum energy structures"

(tags: biomimicry UniversityOfBath)
The Future of Futurism - Down with the techno-utopians! Up with the techno-realists! By Reihan Salam

On various schools of futurism, epitomized by Glenn Reynolds and John Robb (neither of which would describe himself as a futurist, I think, but there you are).

(tags: futurism e21 technology)
Current projects at University of Bath's Centre for Biomimetics

Most of the projects involve Julian FV Vincent. The "Home" button will take you to a page with several more biomimicry related pages.
China Internet Marketing

Internet Timeline of China--material for graphic timeline

(tags: China Internet history)

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