The science of transport, how to memorize anything, the end of television (yay!) …

• 1 – The end of traffic jams?

  “A remarkable study into the way millions of people will travel in the future reveals a world where cars drive themselves, people could be tagged so they are constantly monitored, and nearly all modes of transport can be run by computers rather than peopl

  (tags: innovation change culture society technology futurism)

• 2 – How to Memorize Anything

  “In college, I memorized 7 chapters of my psychology textbook — over 23,000 words. Yes, I could actually recite the entire 7 chapters to anyone willing to listen.” I f it works, it could be very useful.

  (tags: memorize technique study skills psychology personal method memory learning information)

• 3 – Vint Cerf, aka the godfather of the net, predicts the end of TV as we know it

  “… yesterday the man known as the “godfather of the net” laid out his vision of where our online future might be, including a time when we download entire TV series in seconds – and even surf the web from Mars.”

  (tags: consumption content download television media VintCerf internet futurism)

• 4 – Review of: Qui : Love’s Miracle

  Welcome to the New Weird. Qui make music that you just can’t put in a box – at least, not with any hope of being able to keep the lid closed.

  (tags: paulgraven Love’sMiracle Qui review album music)

• 5 – SF and Fantasy in the New Millennium: An Update

  “To determine if the previous article and discussion that followed had an impact on women publishing short fiction, I compared publication rates for the 1990s, 2000-2001 … and 2002-2006 (after the article was published).”

  (tags: statistics submission bias editorial publication writers authors fiction genre women)