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The Spark of Tomorrow
The world had changed by 2050 in ways that would stagger you. Cities able to float upon the oceans, generations powered by renewables derived from sun and sea. Vertical farms that would cover the buildings of old, that produce their own vitamins and are inlaid with blooms, green and gold, not glass and steel. They were better than humans in every way, but they were made of metal, their souls buried in circuitry.
By J Pavan Kumarabout a year ago in Futurism
I Built My First Robot. Runner-Up in Future Fragments Challenge.
I built my first robot in the basement of Pteetneet Academy when I was seven years old. I had been jealous of the other boys in my class being excused on Grandparent’s Day. I didn’t have any living grandparents and had to stay in a stale classroom learning geometry while they went to the Golden Onion Retirement Center for bingo and strawberry cake.
By Amos Gladeabout a year ago in Futurism
The Witness
“Forever is just another word for boring.” The sun never sets here. Not in the Oasis. Not in the perfect little bubble we built to stave off the apocalypse like some billionaire with too much ambition and not enough sense. The skies are frozen in the magic of 2050’s summer glow—where every shadow stretches just enough to be mysterious but never oppressive, and the air carries a breeze soft enough to feel like a lover’s sigh.
By Iris Obscuraabout a year ago in Futurism
A Tapestry of Tomorrow
--- In 2050, the world hummed with an energy unlike anything the past could have imagined. Skyscrapers woven with living algae lit up the night sky with bioluminescent threads, absorbing carbon by day and exhaling oxygen by night. Humanity had not only survived the challenges of climate change, resource scarcity, and technological disruption—it had thrived. But the most unexpected evolution lay not in the gleaming cities or Martian colonies, but in the hearts and minds of people who had learned to live differently.
By Autumninspaceabout a year ago in Futurism
A Silent Tomorrow
It’s the year 2075, and silence is all I’ve known for years. My ears stopped hearing long ago, a side effect of an implant that was supposed to improve my health but failed miserably. Now, all I have is the quiet and the dim glow of the city outside my window.
By Anthony Scottabout a year ago in Futurism
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Shaping the Future of Manufacturing
Innovation is a huge success determinant in global manufacturing. There probably is no other technology that has dominated the imagination of the industry in the last couple of years as much as AI. While once the stuff of science fiction, AI is fast transforming across many sectors, with manufacturing being no exception. Embedding AI into Manufacturing
By J Pavan Kumarabout a year ago in Futurism
A Lonely Future. Top Story - November 2024.
It’s the year ‘2050’ and I never thought I would get this far. My transition has gone from a gel. To injections. To this strange patch thing they invented. One that makes things interesting slash uncomfortable. It costs a lot more than the injections had ever cost me. But what can you expect without insurance?
By Raphael Fontenelleabout a year ago in Futurism
