For 2001, futurists are playing coy
News Nervous about going out on a gloom-and-doom limb again, futurists have dramatically scaled back their predictions for 2001. Nonetheless, some moderately off-the-wall predictions are percolating among futurists, think tanks and journalists.
[January 2, 2001, 14:14]
Jane Wakefield: Welcome to the new millennium
News An explosion of so-called futurists jawing on about the boundless possibilities of science and technology have appeared on TV and in newspapers up and down the country, like the idea of progress is a 21st century invention.
[January 7, 2000, 13:41]
A Year Ago: Jane Wakefield - Welcome to the new millennium
News An explosion of so-called futurists jawing on about the boundless possibilities of science and technology have appeared on TV and in newspapers up and down the country, like the idea of progress is a 21st century invention.
[January 8, 2001, 6:03]
Jane Wakefield: The real tech revolution
News The futurists at TNTY were happy to skate over this problem, admitting that people would have to be educated to use information in a new way, as if this were a minor point in the great technology revolution.
[October 1, 1999, 16:50]
A Year Ago: The Internet of the 21st century
News Futurists believe the Net and the PC will become practically invisible - and will fundamentally change our lives 1999 is just the beginning. Picture the scene: Dad in the living room video-conferencing with his boss in the States.
[December 27, 2000, 6:04]
The Internet of the 21st century
News Picture the scene: Dad in the living room video-conferencing with his boss in the States. In the study, Mum is teleworking while little Johnny is upstairs online gaming and big sister is shopping via a giant screen in the living room.
[December 27, 1999, 6:00]
1999: The year in technology
News Futurists believe the Net and the PC will become practically invisible -- and will fundamentally change our lives For your reading enjoyment, ZDNet over the new year has published a series of reports on some of the top technology issues of the year...
[December 23, 1999, 6:37]
A Year Ago: 1999 - The year in technology
News Futurists believe the Net and the PC will become practically invisible -- and will fundamentally change our lives ZDNet News looks at the year - and the millennium - that was, including the rise of Linux, the coolest gadgets of the last 1000 years...
[December 23, 2000, 6:03]
HP to open research lab in Russia
News To date, Russia has mostly been a foiled dream for futurists and IT investors. HP is opening a research lab in Russia, a country that some believe could be technology's next major outpost. HP's Russian lab will concentrate primarily on core IT...
[January 22, 2007, 16:34]
Magnificent MEMS and the micro-machines
News In the early '90s, futurists predicted a booming market for MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) similar to the devices described above. Disposable satellite transmitters, inexpensive medical testing equipment and sensors for automatically...
[February 25, 2003, 10:58]
