Posts Tagged ‘Future’

Respect and love yourself first!

This whole week I’ve been feeling confused and lost. It has absolutely nothing to do with myself, but a cousin of mine passed away the day before yesterday. She died on a table in the operation room. I really don’t want to say this but it was her own fault……….. Read more…

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Deedee D. - July 19, 2010 at 5:15 PM

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Age and Gender marketing scanner

NEC Corp.’s digital ad displays are in the process to being able to figure out your age and gender to advertise more effectively and efficiently. NEC sells flat-panel monitors that display ads, generally found in stores, airports and other greatly trafficked public areas. It also provides the software to handle and dispense advertising content to those screens, sold to retailers that want to put up kiosks or companies that run a network of public ad displays.

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Spaceflight from Curaçao in 2014

According to the former commander of the Air Force, Ben Droste, on January 1st 2014 the first spaceflight with a passenger is planned to deploy from the island of Curaçao.

The project ‘Space Experience’ is estimated to cost over 75 million US dollars. Mr. Ben Droste and business partner are still looking for some investors to officially start the project. The project look to be quite feasible now that  the Antillean Government and KPMG supports the plans.

Curaçao has been chosen for its perfect weather, convenient location and economic stability. The cost for a ticket for a spaceflight from Curaçao to a height of 100 kilometers high above in the sky 700.000 Euro.

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Nicole Hawker - March 17, 2010 at 3:20 PM

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Green Energy: Tidal Wave is the future

Not too long ago I watched the documentary “Zeitgeist II: Addendum”. In it Jacque Fresco and his partner Roxanne Meadows and spoke about “The Venus Project”. In short the Venus Project is a design of sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural resource management and advance automation. The goal is to create a resource-based economy. The first time I heard about Tidal Wave Energy was in this documentary and now it will become a real thing. Imagine if it’s winter and of course the sun won’t shine as strong as in the summer or a day without sufficient wind blowing? Tidal Wave is a perfect backup plan because it’s highly unlikely that the oceans will vaporize and/or disappear.

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Nicole Hawker - February 9, 2010 at 9:36 PM

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Floating Hotels in the future

Imagine taking a cruise ship but instead of floating on water, it floats thousands of meters above ground. The “Aircruise” futuristic concept was made by the design company Seymourpowell.
The current concept includes bars, spas, 10 luxury apartments and glass floors. The hotel will be 265 meters tall and could only carry about 100 people including the crew members. The Aircruise uses about 330,000 cubic meters hydrogen gas to float in the air. The hotel’s main source of power will be large hydrogen fuel cells ha will also be used for some drinking water.

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2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Nicole Hawker - February 4, 2010 at 11:37 AM

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