Future Definition and 841 Threads

Hello there, I want to share my views on my field. I am a computer engineering student at a university. After doing some research about the field, i have seen that mostly innovative and new ways of computing technology and algorithms has been found by either mathematicians or physicists (...

Could somebody tell what is the newest ideas in energy storage technology? Is there some new effects discovered, such as quantum or electron related? Is this possible to have energy storage which would be average in energy density between chemical and nuclear?

With the economy in the dumps, a lot of grad schools this year seemed to be taking significantly smaller than normal incoming class sizes (at least in math, where I was applying; for instance, I was told the University of Minnesota was taking on only 30% of their normal amount of incoming math...

http://news.google.com/news?btcid=8db0ab72be47535d I just stumbled into this extract and now really want to read that book. I think it is a good book as it does not seem to promote hate or religious propaganda. Currently, I also have same opinion as M Edwards (one that is bold). Anyone have...

Let's talk about the future of compressors and compressed air technology. Of course, the first compressor appeared a long time ago and the technology is developing to provide more efficient and modern models. Do you see any breakthrough innovation for this technology in the future, like a move...

What are some crucial future job skills? There have been many threads on "jobs of the future" but to me those are highly tentative predictions, but "job skills" seems more useful these days than a particular college degree. I think math/quantitative/analytical skills may become increasingly...

How much might the field of aerospace engineering grow in the future. Do you think that the average salary will increase in the next 15 years or so? Again, if you're going to answer just by saying it depends, i prefer you just don't answer. Thanks for Your Time!

Does it have a future? The largest members can walk over it and then there is these other cases. http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/26/un-body-oks-call-to-curb-religious-criticism-1/ I can't see any more reason to keep it going at least in its present form. Security counsel is...

The Financial Times has started a new series - The Future of Capitalism - which should provoke a lively discussion. http://www.ft.com/indepth/capitalism-future There is also another independent discussion on "Rethinking the Wealth of Nations".

I know about some in South America, Australia, Middle East, Asia, and North America. It looks like in most cases, they are coming under extreme pressure to integrate into developed societies (e.g. Australia and N.A) and also are subject to discrimination (Australia for sure) and low life...

Can dogs/cats (or wild animals [elephants]) anticipate future events and plan accordingly? I am sure that they can remember events and know how to respond to a particular event (like see stranger => bark hear a name => if its calling name => respond to it winter is coming => migrate etc) but...

The Growing industries of the future... In 10-15 years, what are some technologies or fields that should be booming? I want to enter an engineering career that will be the most lucrative in the future (I also love all of them)... btw, electrical engineering or chemical engineering?

Does time exist as a physical dimension like the spatial dimensions. And if it does are objects extended 4 dimensional (or higher if you believe the relevant theories) structures or do they move through time? Or is time modeled as a dimension a mathematical convenience and what we really...

My fears for the future... From what I have been reading for the past several months, I am starting to believe that the entire world's economy will collapse entirely. Every single market will be at zero points. If this happens, and there is 100% unemployment world wide, (that is almost seven...

Take a look at this: http://www.gadgetsquick.co.uk/product_thumb.php?img=images/powerball-neon-blue-litup.jpg&w=214&h=200 I am looking for ideas about a physics project. The theme is "future household energy concepts". I found this thing from a http://www.gadgetsquick.co.uk website. How...

Is neuroscience a profitable job in the future of about 10-15 years? What kinds of things can you do with a degree in neurosci?

Could positrons be electrons from the future traveling back in time? The Feynman diagrams suggest mirror time symmetry.

Why is it that we can remember the past but not the future?

Suppose I have a radar gun that can measure velocity with an internal error with a mean of 3 m/s and a standard deviation of 1m/s on that error eg velocity 10 +- 2.8 6 +- 3.1 21 +- 3.2and so on. Now I want...

Will we, and if so, when will we see Chelsea emerge as a political candidate? She is smart, poised, and impressive with crowds. And what a political education she has had for a person so young! What an advantage she would have. She may know more about politics than most politicians.

For a semester project in my physics class, I am determining whether this is physically possible. In Back to the Future III, Marty and Doc use the train to push the DeLorean, and must accelerate to 88 mph before they fly off the cliff. I'm trying to figure out whether it's realistic for a...

Hi, can anyone provide their list of what they believe will be the top 5? Regards

Let S be any subset of M, where (M, g_ab) is a spacetime. Can you guys help me kind of visualize why the boundary of the chronological future of S is an achronal, 3 dimensional embedded manifold? I am just having a hard time seeing why this is so. I'm picturing a sphere, and then having...

i spent most of college preparing for grad school in either theoretical physics or pure math. after taking many upper-divs (and enjoying them)and an REU, I'm pretty sure that I don't want to do pure math, and not experimental physics either. Also, probably not theoretical physics, but I'm more...

Is it wise to go for an education in nano technology, or is it just a big hype? Nano technology is often divided into bio nanotechnology, nano electronics and nano material technology. Which one would you go for?

In my physics lesson this morning my teacher posed a question. If we had a supercomputer that could predict the result of every chemical reaction in the body, could we predict what out reactions and thoughts would be in a certain situation. And if so, could we then predict how we would react to...

I really love learning about computers and really figuring out about what they are actually doing. I started programming in python and now i basically just do assembly because its so low level. Now assembly has made me understand a decent amount about the hardware and its layout but I am...

Hi! I want do my major in COMPUTER SCIENCE. Can anyone tell me the future in computer science. I want to know if there are good chances of getting job computer programming or in software engineering. Thanks for any help in advance!

Where do you see Particle Physics/CERN heading in the next 50-100 years? What will come after the LHC? What research will come after the completion of the ATLAS, ALICE, CMS, and LHCb experiments? How will the discovery of the Higgs Boson impact research in other areas of physics, both...

Coming into college, I had a vague idea that I wanted to be an engineer. After the first quarter of engineering classes, though, I realized how "industrial" the profession was. I never considered the business part of it, sitting down in an office and designing parts all day. So I dropped out of...

Hi. I've been planning to get an electric car around 2010 or after when most manufacturers will have cars out. After some searching I've seen Chevy will have their Volt which can go 40 miles on a charge. Mitsubishi is making one (the Colt) that will go 90 miles on a charge. I'm not sure of the...

Do you think McCain and Obama have purchased copies? Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393066274/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Product Description Learn the science behind the headlines—the tools of terrorists, the dangers of nuclear...

i was watching this show on the Science Channel and in it they talked about a new type of fusion reactor that is currently being built(construction started like 30 years ago). They said it will produce energy for entire world the same way the sun produces energy (fusing hydrogen). It's suppose...

Take a look at this video. [crackpot link deleted] Recently comcast.net apparently blocked infowars.com, a news aggregation site with a focus on current affairs and the way our world works / how we can fight this invisible oppression. The guy in the video, the owner of infowars.com, is...

I decided to major in Chemical Engineering because I love science and math, but most engineers and engineering majors would be lying if they said salary was not a motivation for entering their field. That being said, what does the future career outlook look like for engineering in general...

This is no joke! Has anyone here done any work on this neutron skin? http://www.sirius.ac.uk/BSC_future_prospects_for_nuclear_phy.htm Future prospects for nuclear physics ----- jal

You've probably heard about the isolating material asbest which was used a lot around the turn of the 1900's. It got these long fibers that pierces the cell and accelerates rapid cell growth. This cell growth more than often gives the recipient cancer in the lung. In the recent issue of...

http://www.quixtar.com/ I saw that Amway now has a slick advertising campaign running on TV. I don't have the time to comment on this in detail right now, but I can say that I got involved in Amway when I was 18 years old. I had a downline of over 50 people, including one of the richest men...

What might be a philosophical critique of Childhood's End, a 1957 book; might there be anything prescient for the future of our species?

I liked the "most useful 4yrs degree" and want to get a similar discussion started on industries. Let's hear what careers fields you think are going to grow in the next 10 years. Here's my list (easy list): Healthcare: Population grows and new diseases appear. Nurses, doctors, EMTs...

does that mean the future is already written,predetermined when it has been simulated? If so, then instead of the appearance of free choices, the universe itself is actually operating on causality? I mean, if the future can be simulated without error, then where does free will come in...

Considering the current rate of technology advancement and the political situation around the world, I think that there is no way our civilization will make it to the year 2100. I have thought about this a lot and I just cannot imagine a scenario in which civilization is not totally destroyed...

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If you could travel to the future wouldn't that mean that the outcome of every action and the resulting reaction were already determined? I know that we are constantly moving to the future, but I am talking about a situation similar to back to the future except he doesn't go back in time again...

Yes, I was wondering if anyone was, perhaps familiar with the industry of photovoltaic cells and how that industry is maturing. In particular, how efficient are the best cells available today. I would guess its measured in something like Watts/Surface Area, or some statistic like that...

Hi, This is my first post in this forum and glad to be a member. Since from the DSP lessons in university, i am having this strange problem that i haven't found an answer. As I cannot progress and couldn't find any theories regarding to this, i want to share this problem with you guys...

Hey ya'll! I heard a several times people talking about traveling into the future, but I would really like to know what are the disadvantages of traveling into the future, but please in an informative way like for example in 2-3 paragraphs or something coz I really want to understand it in a...

Will gold be a valuable resource in the future? What kinds of technologies depend on gold, and is there enough demand for gold in areas other than jewelry? Gold is always safe right, as an investment. When paper money loses it's value, gold won't right? Is that what is beginning to happen...

What do people think of the developments and future of Waste Exhaust Heat Recovery? Thermoelectric Conversion of exhaust heat into electric power to drive auxiliaries. Thermodynamic Conversion of waste exhaust ( + radiator + Charge air cooler + EGR cooler) heat into additional...

[SOLVED] Moon's future rotation Homework Statement COnsider the Earth and moon as if they formed an isolated system. The length of the day increases every year, a feature attributed to tidal effects. At some distant time in the future the Earth moon system will be orbiting such that the...