“Another great empowerer of humanity is connectivity: Access to information and access to communication both have soared. The number of mobile phones on the planet was effectively zero in the early 1990s, and now it’s in excess of 4 billion. More than three-quarters of humanity, in the span of one generation, have gotten access to connectivity that, as my friend Peter Diamandis likes to say, is greater than any president before 1995 had. A reasonably well-off person in India or in Nigeria has better access to information than Ronald Reagan did during most of his career”

How Innovation Could Save the Planet | World Future Society (via futuristgerd)

The various cultures of the world are becoming intertwined at an incredible rate.

(via emergentfutures)

Concepts of the First 3D Printed House

Very interesting first look at these things. I look at these pictures and I think, this is what mankind will be living in someday.

Aesthetically, the ProtoHouse 2.0 is, um, completely different than the sleek, infinity-symbol design of its competitor. The home is one story, only about 26 feet wide and 13 feet long, and, well, every surface looks like delicate, fossilized nasal bones—but who hasn’t dreamt about bedding down in a T-Rex’s nostril? And, actually, it’s porous, calcified look isn’t an accident; the the fibrous nylon walls were inspired by the way bone grows. So what does the firm says about its rivals at Universe Architecture? “We actually don’t even consider that a 3D printed building because he is 3D printing formwork and then pouring concrete into the form,” he says. “So it’s not that the actual building is 3D printed.” Ouch.

3D printers will never cease to amaze me.