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Eight grand challenges for human achievement |
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Written by Charles Brass
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Friday, 06 January 2012 07:30 |
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In an article in the Jan 2012 edition of The Futurist Magazine, the CEO of the DaVinci Institute poses 8 grand challenges which he reckons would change the world if they were achieved. To give some idea of the scope of these challenges, no. 3 is "reduce a solid block of granite (2 foot cube)to particles no larger than molecues in less than ten seconds using less than 500 watts of power without causing an explosion or physical damage to objects more than 10 feet away".
Thomas Frey argues that if we only focus on solving today's problems we become trapped in the past. Hence, the only real way to advance civilization is to change the nature of the problems we're dealing with, which is exactly what his eight gobal challenges have been designed to do.
Members of the World Future Society can read the entire article on the wfs website (wfs.org.au) others can email
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5 Newsworthy Teaching Tools For The Future Of Education |
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Written by Charles Brass
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Thursday, 15 December 2011 06:02 |
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There is a generation gap between children and teachers that can make it hard for them to relate to each other. Teachers are used to paperback books and abacuses, while the youth understand e-readers and Justin Bieber.
That is why teachers are getting new techniques and technology to help them capture the interest of their students, enabling them to provide a better education for the next generation.
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