Brainwaves of Sken

Pretend you are a Futurist, or at least totally into watching for changes happening in the world.

Now pretend (okay, this is for real) that google makes it really easy to deliver customized news feeds to your email or feed browser.

For instance, my current alerts are for:
– My full name (comprehensive, web-wide)
– My internet ID (same)
– “solar cells OR energy OR panels OR power”. (news only)

The first two are sent as-it-happens, and the latter goes out once a week. I’ve discovered solar thing catches way too much and gets lots of dupes, so I’ve got to narrow my scope.

What would you keep an eye out for?

The fine art of using Googlecombing requires finesse – how do you cull information beneath your attention?

EDIT: I totally improved that last one:
– “solar announce OR advance OR compete OR efficiency OR print OR cheaper -system -eclipse”

… Which means “solar” is a required word; the others are would-be-nice, and the last two should be excluded. I made it web-wide as well, to catch blogs, videos and other non-traditional sources.

So anyway, what would you want to keep on the cusp of?

Some ideas:
location awareness
video glasses
greenhouse mitigation
space elevator, lunar colony, spaceship one and spaceship two
x-prize (and other prizes for the advancement of technology / civilization)
AI

~ by Skennedy on February 11, 2009.

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