Patrick Tucker
Deputy editor of THE FUTURIST magazine.

What: CreateBaltimore is a participant-created conference for artists, cultural workers, entrepreneurs, and technologists interested in building a creative community in Baltimore. Session topics will likely include: Doing business at the intersection of tech and liberal arts Crowdfunding and other alternative financing models  Social media for...

Join Gavio on our road to world domination! Next stop, CES 2012. Find us at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Hilton Exhibits, Booth 49025, from the 10th-13th January 2012. See you there.

It may seem premature to be discussing the elimination of human aging as a cause of death, when so little progress has been made in even postponing it says Aubrey de Grey. However, two facts undermine this assessment. The first is that aging happens throughout our lives but only causes ill health after middle age. This shows that we can postpone...

Who are the social media industry’s game changers? Which are the sleeping giants, and which are the up-and-comers? What will the next great innovation look like, and where will it come from?

WAPO Labs, a division of The Washington Post Company, and Disruptathon are proud to bring you Disruptathon Social Media where these questions and more will...

You check your smart phone so often that it might as well be a
part of your body. Why not skip the tiny screen and clunky keyboard
and put your brain directly on the Internet? In this provocative and
entertaining talk, author Michael Chorost will show emerging
technologies that allow brain activity to be read and altered in
unprecedented detail....

The world is getting richer, healthier, better educated, longer-lived, more peaceful, and better connected; yet half the world is potentially unstable. Food prices are rising, water tables are falling, corruption and organized crime are increasing, environmental viability for life support is diminishing, debt and economic insecurity are increasing,...

In July, we’ll be hosting an event that will be very much focused on the future as we partner with Futurists:BetaLaunch as part of the World Future Conference by the World Future Society, a 45-year old non-profit organization dedicated to advancing ideas of the future. We’re also looking to engage with the local Vancouver tech community,...