As Fast Company report Leon, Mexico is about to become the test-bed for a Future; but it might not be the Future you’re looking for:

Biometrics R&D firm Global Rainmakers Inc. (GRI) announced…

Mexican city becomes test-bed for next-gen surveillance tech

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From the New York Times comes news of the X2:

…a prosthetic knee loaded with microprocessors, sensors and even a gyroscope that gives amputees more freedom of movement, and better…

The X2 Prosthetic Knee

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Developers are finally coming out with the next wave in sweet apps, integrating Neurosky’s MindSet with smart phones.

From The Next Web:

ThinkContacts is designed to allow a “Motor…

New App lets you use Mind-Reading headset to call your friends

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Blockquoting for GreatJustice this very simple and clear explanation of the Google/Verizon Net Neutrality proposal, and just what a turn-a-bout for Google it is:

In 2006 Google produced the…

Voogle Wireless

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We kind of like Kevin Warwick a lot here. And for good reason, he is, like Tony Stark, using himself as a test-pilot for the future.

So, of course, we must post this interview with him…

Interview with Kevin Warwick on Motherboard.tv

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In a great victory for the SATANIC GLOBAL TRANSHUMANIST CONSPIRACY, Mattel have released the perfect gift for all the little Transhumanists in the house, Barbie Video Girl.

As…

Transhumanist Barbie

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poster from MotiFake, orig image Nadya Lev models Mother of London

We’ll start this gently, with the Onion’s piece that both satirizes 80s cyberpunk and proves how mundane and…

Life in the cyberpunk futurepresent

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What follows is Jamais Cascio, who we’ve mentioned here a few times before, presenting a condensed, thirty-minute version of the Institute for the Future’s forecast for the next…

Jamais Cascio presents the IFTF’s forecast for the coming decade

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Haven’t seen The Yes Men Fix The World? It’s “a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business…

The Yes Men want you to steal their movie

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The UK’s Astronomer Royal, Baron Martin Rees, recently gave a fascinating lecture as part of the Seminars of Long-term Thinking series, put on by the Long Now Foundation.

From Stewart…

Space, Alien life, environmentalism and our posthuman future

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