Watch How the Wind Moves Around the Earth—It’s Hypnotic
This mesmerizing tool helps visualize the winds all over the globe and is known simply as “Earth”
This Computer Algorithm Can Tell If You’re a Hipster
One day, they could help flash ads for single-speed bikes when you walk by
A Google Doodle That Honors Computer Programmer Grace Hopper
Hopper was a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, and in 1959 she helped create COBOL—a program that the military and banks still use today
The Brief History of the ENIAC Computer
A look back at the room-size government computer that began the digital era
Educating Americans for the 21st Century
Is Coding the New Second Language?
Kids may know their way around a computer, but in order to get a job in the new economy, they will have to know how to write a program, not just use one
Predictions for Privacy in the Age of Facebook (from 1985!)
Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t even a year old when a graduate student foresaw the emergence of online personal profiles
Educating Americans for the 21st Century
Unleashing the Power of One Computer for Every Student
Education reformer and Amplify CEO Joel Klein explains how tablets in schools will revolutionize the classroom experience
Disney Kills LucasArts, My Childhood
When LucasArts was first starting out in the 1980s, the future of video games included holograms, virtual reality headsets and worldwide networking
Libra: The 21st Century (Libertarian) Space Colony
The government can’t get their hands on you when you’re floating above Earth
3D-TV, Automated Cooking and Robot Housemaids: Walter Cronkite Tours the Home of 2001
In 1967, the most trusted man in America investigated the home of the 21st century
Dr. NakaMats, the Man With 3300 Patents to His Name
Meet the most famous inventor you’ve never heard of – whose greatest invention may be himself
Five Past Visions of Our Political Future
Some people thought that once women were allowed to vote, men would soon lose that privilege
50 Years of the Jetsons: Why The Show Still Matters
Although it was on the air for only one season, The Jetsons remains our most popular point of reference when discussing the future.
The Accidental History of the @ Symbol
Once a rarely used key on the typewriter, the graceful character has become the very symbol of modern electronic communication
Man or Computer? Can You Tell the Difference?
Could you be fooled by a computer pretending to be human? Probably
1987 Predictions From Bill Gates: “Siri, Show Me Da Vinci Stuff”
The co-founder of Microsoft worried that, in the information age, people would prefer synthesized reality
Jobs of the Future: How Accurate Were the Soothsayers of 1982 At Predicting Today’s Top Careers?
College graduates take note: Your dream career as a robot psychologist or nasal technologist is just around the corner
Big Data or Too Much Information?
We now create an enormous amount of digital data every day on smart phones, social networks and sensors. So how do you make sense of all of it?
The Magazine of the Future (on floppy disk!)
More than 20 years before the iPad, an entrepreneur saw the potential of interactive, digital magazines
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