<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - futurology</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/futurology</link><description>Newsvine - futurology</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:59:20 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:14:09 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Would Eugenic Dating be Immoral?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The traditional concept of Eugenics - the art and science of consciously guiding human evolution - has been totally discredited. When we think of eugenics today we think of some of the most shameful episodes of human history, from Hitler and the Nazi's trying to create a master &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16508311-would-eugenic-dating-be-immoral</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16508311-would-eugenic-dating-be-immoral</guid><category>science</category><category>ethics</category><category>society</category><category>genetics</category><category>dating</category><category>biology</category><category>sociology</category><category>eugenics</category><category>morality</category><category>futurism</category><category>futurology</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:46:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Eugenic Dating Site Plans to Launch Using Crowdfunding</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new dating website based around Eugenics is set to launch in 2013.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16265089-eugenic-dating-site-plans-to-launch-using-crowdfunding</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16265089-eugenic-dating-site-plans-to-launch-using-crowdfunding</guid><category>business</category><category>genetics</category><category>dating</category><category>biology</category><category>sociology</category><category>eugenics</category><category>futurology</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:49:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarianADBFEA76-4286-449B-9EFD-3E2E1C5DA5A7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="128" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarianADBFEA76-4286-449B-9EFD-3E2E1C5DA5A7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="52" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Will Genetic Science Create a New Caste System?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Examining the consequences of the increasing availability of genetic information.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/27/16189028-will-genetic-science-create-a-new-caste-system</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/27/16189028-will-genetic-science-create-a-new-caste-system</guid><category>science</category><category>genes</category><category>genetics</category><category>sociology</category><category>futurology</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:04:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian73E22017-4375-4755-5627-E595991986F8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian73E22017-4375-4755-5627-E595991986F8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>45 Stunning Steampunk Artworks and Gadgets</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Here is a type of science fiction that will surely catch your eye.  Steampunk is mostly associated with fantasy stories and is related to an  era when steam engines were widely used.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></source><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/05/8654745-45-stunning-steampunk-artworks-and-gadgets</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/05/8654745-45-stunning-steampunk-artworks-and-gadgets</guid><category>art</category><category>machines</category><category>fantasy</category><category>gadgets</category><category>different</category><category>arts</category><category>cities</category><category>science-fiction</category><category>mechanical</category><category>steampunk</category><category>aquarius</category><category>futurology</category><category>aquarian</category><category>aquairus</category><category>futurology-fantasy</category><category>aquarianfuturology-fantasy</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 Nov 2011 19:07:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null71EF334E-3FCD-909B-0E4D-934E1731D6E8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="435" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null71EF334E-3FCD-909B-0E4D-934E1731D6E8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="130" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How did 1989's futurologists do on predictions about 2010? Lunar landings not commonplace, but the US did get its first Black President</title>
<description><![CDATA[In 1989, The Daily Telegraph asked a group of futurologists to predict what the unimaginably distant year of 2010 would look like, and asked me to write up the findings.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/04/5763355-how-did-1989s-futurologists-do-on-predictions-about-2010-lunar-landings-not-commonplace-but-the-us-did-get-its-first-black-president</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/04/5763355-how-did-1989s-futurologists-do-on-predictions-about-2010-lunar-landings-not-commonplace-but-the-us-did-get-its-first-black-president</guid><category>world-news</category><category>futurologist</category><category>back-to-the-future</category><category>futurology</category><category>ian-pearson</category><category>1989-2010</category><category>2011-2031</category><category>predicitions-about-the-future</category><category>the-last-20-years</category><category>the-next-20-years</category><category>the-near-future</category><category>the-recent-past</category><category>how-people-in-1989-envisaged-2010</category><category>roland-gribben</category><category>applied-futures</category><category>christine-mcnulty</category><category>british-futurologists</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Jan 2011 14:26:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Solar panels using nano-technology can potentially increase efficiency 1000%</title>
<description><![CDATA["Solar electric cells built at nano-scale have the potential to generate huge amounts of electricity compared to existing solar cells, say Stanford engineers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></source><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/04/5230142-solar-panels-using-nano-technology-can-potentially-increase-efficiency-1000</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/04/5230142-solar-panels-using-nano-technology-can-potentially-increase-efficiency-1000</guid><category>stanford</category><category>green</category><category>environment</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>innovation</category><category>scientific</category><category>solar-energy</category><category>nano-technology</category><category>solar-panels</category><category>futurology</category><category>shanhui-fan</category><category>zongfu-yu</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Oct 2010 02:27:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Vintage &amp; Modern Concept Buses </title>
<description><![CDATA['The Glamorous Side of Riding the Bus: Greyhound on Steroids]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></source><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/27/5190085-vintage-modern-concept-buses</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/27/5190085-vintage-modern-concept-buses</guid><category>history</category><category>bus</category><category>buses</category><category>design</category><category>general-motors</category><category>greyhound</category><category>photos</category><category>different</category><category>modern</category><category>nostalgia</category><category>artists</category><category>sci-fi</category><category>science-fiction</category><category>chrome</category><category>illustrations</category><category>drb</category><category>futurology</category><category>trailways</category><category>gmc-futurliner</category><category>photographys</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:53:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gods of science: Stephen Hawking and Brian Cox discuss mind over matter</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eduard Catalin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eduard Catalin]]></source><link>http://eduardcatalin.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/13/5101855-gods-of-science-stephen-hawking-and-brian-cox-discuss-mind-over-matter</link><guid>http://eduardcatalin.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/13/5101855-gods-of-science-stephen-hawking-and-brian-cox-discuss-mind-over-matter</guid><category>evolution</category><category>science</category><category>guardian</category><category>stephen-hawking</category><category>futurology</category><category>brian-cox</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:12:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>8 Ways to Ensure Human Survival</title>
<description><![CDATA["Recently, renowned physicist Stephen Hawking announced that if humans didn't want to face extinction, our only option is to abandon planet Earth.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></source><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/01/5025410-8-ways-to-ensure-human-survival</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/01/5025410-8-ways-to-ensure-human-survival</guid><category>evolution</category><category>wars</category><category>future</category><category>disease</category><category>science</category><category>ocean</category><category>weapons</category><category>species</category><category>earth</category><category>different</category><category>nukes</category><category>extinction</category><category>asteroids</category><category>space-travel</category><category>like</category><category>thermonuclear</category><category>stephen-hawking</category><category>futurology</category><category>survuval</category><category>space-stationns</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:52:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Cannabis electric car to be made in Canada  </title>
<description><![CDATA["An electric car made of hemp is being developed by a group of Canadian companies in collaboration with an Alberta Crown corporation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></source><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/29/4996859-cannabis-electric-car-to-be-made-in-canada</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/29/4996859-cannabis-electric-car-to-be-made-in-canada</guid><category>canada</category><category>cars</category><category>different</category><category>world-news</category><category>innovation</category><category>cannabis</category><category>hemp</category><category>futurology</category><category>kestrel</category><category>atif</category><category>kestral</category><category>motive-industries</category><category>tm4-electrodynamic-systems</category><category>project-eve</category><category>innovates-technology-futures</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:13:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>  Transhumanists, Technolibertarians, and Technoprogressives</title>
<description><![CDATA[Immortality, privatized space travel, organ 'printing,' seasteading, geoengineering, DIY human biology, and augmented humanism are some of the futurological imaginaires of a group of elite new media professionals and social entrepreneurs in Los Angeles.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></source><link>http://primarysources.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/28/3963242-transhumanists-technolibertarians-and-technoprogressives</link><guid>http://primarysources.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/28/3963242-transhumanists-technolibertarians-and-technoprogressives</guid><category>science</category><category>immortality</category><category>transhumanism</category><category>the-future</category><category>futurism</category><category>seasteading</category><category>geoengineering</category><category>futurology</category><category>privatized-space-travel</category><category>organ-printing</category><category>technolibertarianism</category><category>technoprogressive</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 03:21:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gene Roddenberry: The Star Trek Philosophy</title>
<description><![CDATA[In celebration of the DVD release of J.J. Abrams' reboot of the classic Star Trek 
franchise I thought that it would be cool to share some thoughts from the creator
of the original Star Trek.....]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sabastian Palpatine]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sabastian Palpatine]]></source><link>http://wfcmchicago.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/17/3512228-gene-roddenberry-the-star-trek-philosophy</link><guid>http://wfcmchicago.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/17/3512228-gene-roddenberry-the-star-trek-philosophy</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>people</category><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>art</category><category>movies</category><category>star-trek</category><category>space-travel</category><category>philosophy</category><category>sci-fi</category><category>jj-abrams</category><category>futurology</category><category>dvd-release</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:06:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fwfcmchicago2F3512298.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="202" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fwfcmchicago2F3512298.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="61" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pavel Chekov, James T Kirk, Montgomery Scott, Bones, Lt. Hikaru Sulu and Nyota Uhura&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fwfcmchicago2F3512327.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="508" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fwfcmchicago2F3512327.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ten future classic cars under $40,000</title>
<description><![CDATA[An antique auto show in the year 2038 probably won't have many Chevrolet Malibus or Honda Accords on display, but some experts say you might find affordable, everyday vehicles like the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited and Mini Cooper there. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></source><link>http://primarysources.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/17/2121016-ten-future-classic-cars-under-40000</link><guid>http://primarysources.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/17/2121016-ten-future-classic-cars-under-40000</guid><category>technology</category><category>predictions</category><category>futurology</category><category>cooper-mini</category><category>cars-automotive</category><category>vintage-automobiles</category><category>jeep-unlimited</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:53:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why new world order in 2050 may be very similar to today's </title>
<description><![CDATA[They say developing countries are set to overtake economic giants such as the US. Don't be too sure, says GWYNNE DYER
YOU HAVE to hand it to the economics team at Goldman Sachs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></source><link>http://primarysources.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/30/1708257-why-new-world-order-in-2050-may-be-very-similar-to-todays</link><guid>http://primarysources.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/30/1708257-why-new-world-order-in-2050-may-be-very-similar-to-todays</guid><category>turkey</category><category>indonesia</category><category>mexico</category><category>china</category><category>india</category><category>goldman-sachs</category><category>forecasting</category><category>world-news</category><category>bric</category><category>new-world-order</category><category>the-future</category><category>futurology</category><category>emerging-economies</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:38:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Using Sci-Fi to Change the World </title>
<description><![CDATA[They come to Madison for WisCon, a science-fiction convention unlike most I've ever attended. Sure, the participants are all interested in the same alien worlds as the thronging crowds that go to the popular Atlanta event Dragon*Con or the media circus known as Comic-Con.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angel_C]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angel_C]]></source><link>http://onlynow99.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/07/1552865-using-sci-fi-to-change-the-world</link><guid>http://onlynow99.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/07/1552865-using-sci-fi-to-change-the-world</guid><category>us-news</category><category>activism</category><category>space-travel</category><category>science-fiction</category><category>futurology</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Jun 2008 03:42:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ten weirdest computers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today's computers use pulses of electricity and flipping magnets to manipulate and store data. But information can be processed in many other, weirder, ways…]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Djehuty]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Djehuty]]></source><link>http://djehuty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/11/1425585-ten-weirdest-computers</link><guid>http://djehuty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/11/1425585-ten-weirdest-computers</guid><category>technology</category><category>computing</category><category>weird</category><category>futurology</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:38:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kunstler on 2008</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the tiny fraction of people who actually pay attention to real events -- those, for instance, who know the difference between Narnia and Kandahar -- the final hours of 2007 leading into the fog-shrouded abyss of 2008 must induce great racking shudders of nausea.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TomPitysFools]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TomPitysFools]]></source><link>http://the-pitytorium.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/31/1196470-kunstler-on-2008</link><guid>http://the-pitytorium.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/31/1196470-kunstler-on-2008</guid><category>2008</category><category>crisis</category><category>us-news</category><category>predictions</category><category>peak-oil</category><category>futurology</category><category>kunstler</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Jan 2008 02:48:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Israeli Futurologist Predicts Next Generation of Terror Threats</title>
<description><![CDATA[Western nations have less than 20 years to prepare for the next generation of terror threats, according to Dr Yair Sharan, director of Tel Aviv University's Interdisciplinary Centre for Technology Analysis and Forecasting.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></source><link>http://primarysources.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/21/795550-israeli-futurologist-predicts-next-generation-of-terror-threats</link><guid>http://primarysources.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/21/795550-israeli-futurologist-predicts-next-generation-of-terror-threats</guid><category>world-news</category><category>tel-aviv-university</category><category>futurology</category><category>dr-yair-sharan</category><category>technology-analysis-and-forecasting</category><category>terror-2-0</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:33:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>