3. MATERIALES
INTELIGENTES
MATERIALES BIODEGRADABLES
➢Alternativas a los derivados del petróleo
basadas en hongos, cáscaras de arroz ...
http://www.mushroompackaging.com/mushrooms/
http://ecologismos.com/embalaje-ecologico/
4. MATERIALES
INTELIGENTES
COLECTORES DE ENERGÍA (scavengers)
➢Capturar (y reutilizar) energía residual
➢Nanogeneradores
➢Eliminar necesidad de baterías en
sensores
Sistema capaz de generar el equivalente a
una pila AA usando el movimiento
10. MATERIALES
INTELIGENTES
FERROFLUIDOS ➢Sus propiedades se pueden
alterar mediante señales
eléctricas.
http://www.kodama.hc.uec.ac.jp
Materiales autorreparables.
➢
➢Absorción selectiva de
impactos.
11. MATERIALES
INTELIGENTES METAL AMORFO
➢Se obtiene enfriando un
metal antes de que
cristalice.
➢Más duro que el acero
SUPERALEACIONES
ESPUMA METÁLICA
Pueden operar hasta 1100 ºC
➢ Aleación de hídrido de titanio en
polvo más aluminio.
➢Muy ligera y resistente, pueden
llegar a flotar en el agua
12. MATERIALES
INTELIGENTES
AEROGEL
➢Secado super-crítico de geles
líquidos de aluminio, cromo o
carbón.
➢Es 99.8% espacio vacío
➢Aisla frío y calor
➢Gran resistencia
13. MATERIALES
INTELIGENTES
METAMATERIALES
➢Obtienen sus propiedades de
la estructura (forzada) más
que de su composición Microantenas de gran potencia
➢Manipulan las ondas EM que
los rodean
Lentes en rango de
Vehículos invisibles las microondas
Computadores Detección molecular
fotónicos electromagnética
14. MATERIALES
INTELIGENTES
NANOMATERIALES
➢Los nanotubos de carbono
tienen las uniones más fuertes
conocidas en la naturaleza
(300 veces más que el acero)
➢Presentan excelente
conductividad, pero también
podrían construirse estructuras
tan extremas como
ascensores espaciales
➢Se generan por crecimiento
➢
➢El fullereno es incluso más
fuerte que el diamante
16. MATERIALES
INTELIGENTES
OTROS
TINTA (o pigmentos) MAGNÉTICA
ALUMINIO TRANSPARENTE CEMENTO TRANSLUCIDO
Litracom BT
17. MATERIALES
INTELIGENTES
OTROS
PINTURA ANTIGRAFITI PAPEL PETREO
Integument Technologies Design & Source Productions
(Carbonato Cálcico)
18. MATERIALES
INTELIGENTES
Células Solares Graetzel
Imitan la fotosíntesis
Son mucho más baratas de producir
(amortización en 1 año)
Personalización: Colores y Forma Células Solares imprimibles en papel (MIT)
Eficiencia energética comparable a las
tradicionales
Debido al uso de tintes orgánicos:
- Se degradan con la luz
- Algunos están basados en metales
preciosos
Aún son muy caras y experimentales
19. MATERIALES
INTELIGENTES
Telas Fotovoltáicas
Origen militar: reducir las
baterías de los soldados.
Solar Soldier
20. GADGETS E
INTERFACES
BIOMIMETISMO
Replicar procesos naturales de forma controlada.
➢
➢Absorción CO2.
➢Paneles solares.
➢Energía kinética.
Boston Treepods
21. GADGETS E
INTERFACES
SISTEMAS ADAPTATIVOS
Adaptar el edificio a las condiciones
➢
➢Soluciones tradicionales
revisitadas a través de la tecnología
➢6 % de ahorro
energético.
kinetic shading ➢Rango térmico
reducido en 1 º.
22. GADGETS E
INTERFACES
SISTEMAS “LATERALES”
La tecnología no siempre es la solución
➢
24. GADGETS E
INTERFACES
NUEVOS INTERFACES: REALIDAD AUMENTADA II
Looking Glass
HP Transparent Tablet PC
25. GADGETS E
INTERFACES
NUEVOS INTERFACES: IMPLANTES
Muy Invasivos
Rechazo biológico
Alta complejidad de la información a procesar
Única opción
BrainGate
Second Sight
26. GADGETS E
INTERFACES
NUEVOS INTERFACES: BCI no Invasivos
Poco invasivos
Difícil Ajuste
Detección de patrones vs potenciales evocados
xWave
eMotiv
Proyecto Wii2
27. GADGETS E
INTERFACES
NUEVOS INTERFACES: RFID IMPLANTADOS
Identificación y seguimiento
Verichip Verimed
28. GADGETS E
INTERFACES
NUEVOS INTERFACES: RFID Biocompatibles
Tirita electrónica del Instituto de
Microelectrónica de Sevilla (IMSE-CNM)
Sensor pasivo: No necesita baterías
Multiparamétrico
- Temperatura
- Ritmo cardíaco
29. GADGETS E
INTERFACES
NUEVOS INTERFACES: PANTALLAS TÁCTILES HÁPTICAS
Realimentación a través del tacto
Pantalla táctil KDDI
36. GADGETS E
INTERFACES
Integración de Sistemas: Android ADK
Código abierto
➢
Interconexión genérica con android
➢
Amplia difusión de los smartphones
➢
37. GADGETS E
INTERFACES
EL MÓVIL DEL FUTURO
Repelente de suciedad
Deformable
Desplegable
Transformable
Nanosensores
Recargable solarmente
Nokia Morph
42. EDIFICIOS
INTELIGENTES
EL ESTÁNDAR PASSIVE HOUSE:
Ejemplo: 13kWr por metro cuadrado al año, se alimenta de un
techo de paneles solares y consigue la mayor
parte de la luz a través de sus paredes de cristal,
aisladas con persianas de madera frente al calor.
Esta casa tambien ha recibido el certificado Minergie.
43. EDIFICIOS
INTELIGENTES
Dynamic Tower (Dubai)
“The entire tower will be
powered from wind
turbines and solar
panels. Enough surplus
electricity should be
produced to power five
other similar sized
buildings in the vicinity.
The turbines will be
located between each of
the rotating floors. They
could generate up to
1,200,000 kilowatt-hours
of energy. The solar
panels will be located on
the roof and the top of
each floor.”
46. MATERIALES
INTELIGENTES
Proyecto Anaconda Proyecto Cape Wind
Aprovechar la energía de las Aprovechar el viento mar
olas adentro
47. CONCLUSION
ES
Intel: The Tomorrow Project
This is a unique time in history. Science and
technology has progressed to the point
where what we build is only constrained by
the limits of our own imaginations.
The future is not a fixed point in front of us
that we are all hurdling helplessly towards.
The future is built everyday by the actions of
people.
It's up to all of us to be active participants in
the future and these conversations can do
just that.
Notas del editor
La empresa EcoCradle les ha encontrado un sustituto en los hongos, que se usan a modo de cemento. El procedimiento es muy sencillo: se mezclan las esporas del hongo Micelio con algún elemento estructural (cascaras de trigo, rebabas de algodón…) y se deja una semana a oscuras. El hongo crece creando una fuerte malla sobre el material del que se alimenta. El proceso de “digestión” se detiene calentando el embalaje para eliminar todo el hongo y sus esporas. Este embalaje es no tóxico, procedente de productos de deshecho y fácilmente reciclable.
Energía en movimiento April 4, 2011 Zhong Lin Wang, del Georgia Tech, ha conseguido que una serie de nanogeneradores colocados en un chip de pocos centímetros sea capz de generar 1mA a 3V (como las pilas AA) usando el movimiento. Hasta ahora la eficiencia de estos dispositivos piezoeléctricos (capaces de generar energía aprovechando el movimiento del cuerpo, por ejemplo) era baja, lo que no hacía posible su uso comercial. Sin embargo, este es el paso que puede lograr una economía de escala para estos dispositivos, bajo coste de fabricación y despliegue masivo.
La empresa EcoCradle les ha encontrado un sustituto en los hongos, que se usan a modo de cemento. El procedimiento es muy sencillo: se mezclan las esporas del hongo Micelio con algún elemento estructural (cascaras de trigo, rebabas de algodón…) y se deja una semana a oscuras. El hongo crece creando una fuerte malla sobre el material del que se alimenta. El proceso de “digestión” se detiene calentando el embalaje para eliminar todo el hongo y sus esporas. Este embalaje es no tóxico, procedente de productos de deshecho y fácilmente reciclable.
La empresa EcoCradle les ha encontrado un sustituto en los hongos, que se usan a modo de cemento. El procedimiento es muy sencillo: se mezclan las esporas del hongo Micelio con algún elemento estructural (cascaras de trigo, rebabas de algodón…) y se deja una semana a oscuras. El hongo crece creando una fuerte malla sobre el material del que se alimenta. El proceso de “digestión” se detiene calentando el embalaje para eliminar todo el hongo y sus esporas. Este embalaje es no tóxico, procedente de productos de deshecho y fácilmente reciclable.
Ferromagnetic shape memory alloys have been attracting much attention since the discovery of large magnetic-field-induced strain of several percent in Ni-Mn-Ga alloy[1, 2]. This strain was attributed to the motion of the martensitic twins, and is different from the conventional (magnetoelastic) magnetostriction. Thus the material is an attractive candidate for a new class of magnetic actuator materials. Since then, various ferromagnetic shape memory alloys, e. g., Fe-Pd[3], Fe-Pt[4], Co-Ni-Al[5, 6], Co-Ni-Ga, [6, 7] have been investigated. Apart from the practical interests, these materials also offer an excellent opportunity to investigate the various aspects of phase transformations and microstructural formation because magnetic and structural phase transformations can be realized in a single system.In Ni-Mn-Ga alloys, which is one of the prototypical ferromagnetic shape memory alloys, a high temperature cubic phase of this alloy has the L21 ordered structure, also known as the Heusler structure. The alloy has relatively high Curie temperature (~363 K), and martensitic transformation temperature can be controlled by changing chemical composition of the alloy. Also in this system, phonon behavior is of particular interests. The phonon softening preceding martensitic transformation has been observed for a number of shape memory alloys, such as Ni-Al[8], Au-Cd[9], and Ti-Ni[10]. In these alloys this is apparent as a dip at a particular wavelength in the TA2 branch in the phonon dispersion curves, which corresponds to the {110}<1-10> type lattice displacements. The dip becomes significant as the temperature approaches the phase transformation temperature. The wave number corresponding to the dip is not necessarily related to the modulation period in the low temperature martensite phase. In the case of Ti-Ni[10], the phonon softening is complete at the R-phase transformation temperature, while in Ni-Al, this softening is incomplete. In Ni-Mn-Ga, this softening is very different from other alloys; the phonon energy reaches maximum at the temperature 30 K above the martensitic transformation temperature and then increase as the temperature approaches Ms [11]. This is also reflected in some other physical properties, such as, the internal friction [12] and low field magnetization [13]. The state corresponding to the minimum phonon energy is referred to as the intermediate phase.We have been investigating the various aspects of phase transformation behavior, microstructures and effect of fourth elements [14-15] in Ni-Mn-Ga and Fe-Pd alloys
Tatuaje: El sistema consiste en un polímero de 120 nanómetros cubierto de un material biocompatible. En cada gota hay un material fluorescente y moléculas sensoras especializadas, capaces de detectar determinadas sustancias, como sodio o glucosa. Una vez inyectadas bajo la piel, las moléculas absorben el químico objetivo y, para compensar la carga positiva de éste, se liberan iones, que hacen brillar el polímero tanto más cuanto mayor la concentración del químico.
Tatuaje: El sistema consiste en un polímero de 120 nanómetros cubierto de un material biocompatible. En cada gota hay un material fluorescente y moléculas sensoras especializadas, capaces de detectar determinadas sustancias, como sodio o glucosa. Una vez inyectadas bajo la piel, las moléculas absorben el químico objetivo y, para compensar la carga positiva de éste, se liberan iones, que hacen brillar el polímero tanto más cuanto mayor la concentración del químico. For instance, researchers from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, US, led by biomedical engineer Jeff Tza-Huei Wang, have used quantum dots to detect specific DNA strands. The researchers attach a fluorescent compound known as Cy5 to a DNA probe and the protein biotin to another. They then add these probes to a sample containing the target DNA strand and quantum dots coated with the protein streptavidin, which naturally binds to biotin. The two probes bind to the target strand and then attach themselves to a quantum dot, via the binding between biotin and streptavidin. The quantum dot and Cy5 are now in such close proximity that, when illuminated with a laser, the quantum dot transfers its fluorescence to Cy5 through a process known as fluorescence resonance energy transfer. This generates a characteristic fluorescence signal that can easily be detected. nanotubes to hydrogen causes a huge change in their electrical conductivity; in fact, it is the largest known change in electrical properties of any material to any gas at any temperatures. Grimes has since created arrays of these nanotubes for hydrogen detection and is now trying to get funding to produce a biosensor, based on these arrays, for detecting hydrogen-generating bacterial infections in babies, such as neonatal necrotising enterocolitis. Grimes is also developing magnetoelastic sensors, which consist of thin strips of amorphous ferromagnetic ribbons that vibrate in a magnetic field. The precise frequency of these vibrations, which can easily be picked up by a magnetic coil, can reveal information about their surroundings. 'You can get a lot of information from these [magnetoelastic sensors],' says Grimes. 'They will ring differently in a liquid than in a solid. If you put a sensor in some liquid blood and then the blood dries, you get a very distinct change in response. So the first successful application of these sensors has been for tracking blood clots.'
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When nature can’t supply raw ingredients for next-generation hardware, scientists create their own. Man-made “metamaterials” are going beyond the lab and into real-world applications. Scientists use existing composite materials, like the gold and gallium-arsenide mixes used in electronics, to create complex, though tiny, structures. These nano-size bumps, crosses, holes or ridges manipulate electromagnetic waves that hit them. Early prototypes of invisibility cloaks, which would guide light around an object to be shielded, have generated some technobuzz. But researchers have quietly been inventing more near-term materials that will soon appear in the pockets of consumers and in the hands of military users. Read more: Metamaterial Products – Antenna Design, Acoustic Cloaking and Computer Chips with Meta Materials - Popular Mechanics
When nature can’t supply raw ingredients for next-generation hardware, scientists create their own. Man-made “metamaterials” are going beyond the lab and into real-world applications. Scientists use existing composite materials, like the gold and gallium-arsenide mixes used in electronics, to create complex, though tiny, structures. These nano-size bumps, crosses, holes or ridges manipulate electromagnetic waves that hit them. Early prototypes of invisibility cloaks, which would guide light around an object to be shielded, have generated some technobuzz. But researchers have quietly been inventing more near-term materials that will soon appear in the pockets of consumers and in the hands of military users. Read more: Metamaterial Products – Antenna Design, Acoustic Cloaking and Computer Chips with Meta Materials - Popular Mechanics
When nature can’t supply raw ingredients for next-generation hardware, scientists create their own. Man-made “metamaterials” are going beyond the lab and into real-world applications. Scientists use existing composite materials, like the gold and gallium-arsenide mixes used in electronics, to create complex, though tiny, structures. These nano-size bumps, crosses, holes or ridges manipulate electromagnetic waves that hit them. Early prototypes of invisibility cloaks, which would guide light around an object to be shielded, have generated some technobuzz. But researchers have quietly been inventing more near-term materials that will soon appear in the pockets of consumers and in the hands of military users. Read more: Metamaterial Products – Antenna Design, Acoustic Cloaking and Computer Chips with Meta Materials - Popular Mechanics
When nature can’t supply raw ingredients for next-generation hardware, scientists create their own. Man-made “metamaterials” are going beyond the lab and into real-world applications. Scientists use existing composite materials, like the gold and gallium-arsenide mixes used in electronics, to create complex, though tiny, structures. These nano-size bumps, crosses, holes or ridges manipulate electromagnetic waves that hit them. Early prototypes of invisibility cloaks, which would guide light around an object to be shielded, have generated some technobuzz. But researchers have quietly been inventing more near-term materials that will soon appear in the pockets of consumers and in the hands of military users. Read more: Metamaterial Products – Antenna Design, Acoustic Cloaking and Computer Chips with Meta Materials - Popular Mechanics
When nature can’t supply raw ingredients for next-generation hardware, scientists create their own. Man-made “metamaterials” are going beyond the lab and into real-world applications. Scientists use existing composite materials, like the gold and gallium-arsenide mixes used in electronics, to create complex, though tiny, structures. These nano-size bumps, crosses, holes or ridges manipulate electromagnetic waves that hit them. Early prototypes of invisibility cloaks, which would guide light around an object to be shielded, have generated some technobuzz. But researchers have quietly been inventing more near-term materials that will soon appear in the pockets of consumers and in the hands of military users. Read more: Metamaterial Products – Antenna Design, Acoustic Cloaking and Computer Chips with Meta Materials - Popular Mechanics
When nature can’t supply raw ingredients for next-generation hardware, scientists create their own. Man-made “metamaterials” are going beyond the lab and into real-world applications. Scientists use existing composite materials, like the gold and gallium-arsenide mixes used in electronics, to create complex, though tiny, structures. These nano-size bumps, crosses, holes or ridges manipulate electromagnetic waves that hit them. Early prototypes of invisibility cloaks, which would guide light around an object to be shielded, have generated some technobuzz. But researchers have quietly been inventing more near-term materials that will soon appear in the pockets of consumers and in the hands of military users. Read more: Metamaterial Products – Antenna Design, Acoustic Cloaking and Computer Chips with Meta Materials - Popular Mechanics
BOSTON TREEPODS 2011 During late October of 2010, the SHIFTboston recruited Mario Caceres and Christian Canonico from Paris, France, to develop a synthetic urban tree that could benefit the City of Boston – or any city – by providing the functions of a normal tree without soil and water. Mario and Christian were selected for their exceptional innovative conceptual design ability based on entries to several former SHIFTboston competitions and challenged to develop a product which could offer the environmental benefit of trees, such as de-carbonization and perhaps protection for zones which are not able to support tree growth. http://www.shiftboston.org/competitions/2011_treepods.html
A Clockwork Shade The Adaptive Building Initiative and Zahner team up to develop a kinetic shading system whose aesthetics are eclipsed only by its potential to help save energy. On a winter morning threatening snow, Matthew Davis stands in the atrium of the nearly complete Simons Center for Geometry and Physics on the Stony Brook University campus. The 39,000-square-foot research center on New York’s Long Island, designed by Perkins Eastman, is on track to achieve LEED Gold certification. Built as a showcase for not just sustainable practices but, more conceptually, for the celebration of mathematics and physical science, it’s the perfect spot to see examples of a newly developed kinetic shading system. The system was developed by the Adaptive Building Initiative (ABI)—a joint venture of Hoberman Associates, a multidisciplinary design practice, and engineering consultancy Buro Happold—in partnership with metals fabricator A. Zahner Co. The results were surprising. According to Herman, typical fixed-shading and high-performance façades reduc e building energy consumption by 3 percent. The ABI’s kinetic system showed a 3 percent to 5 percent reduction at any one moment, but when it was added up over the course of a year for the New York City climate test building, the model produced a 6 percent energy reduction. Herman attributes the higher percentage to the mechanism’s ability to quickly adapt for better environmental performance. The benefits were most prevalent in the spring, summer, and fall, when less solar gain reduces the cooling load . The adaptive-façade model also showed an average internal temperature drop of 1 degree Fahrenheit —which may not seem very large, but the average internal thermal comfort range of a building can vary by 10 degrees (from 68 F to 78 F, per ASHRAE Standard 55).
A Clockwork Shade The Adaptive Building Initiative and Zahner team up to develop a kinetic shading system whose aesthetics are eclipsed only by its potential to help save energy. On a winter morning threatening snow, Matthew Davis stands in the atrium of the nearly complete Simons Center for Geometry and Physics on the Stony Brook University campus. The 39,000-square-foot research center on New York’s Long Island, designed by Perkins Eastman, is on track to achieve LEED Gold certification. Built as a showcase for not just sustainable practices but, more conceptually, for the celebration of mathematics and physical science, it’s the perfect spot to see examples of a newly developed kinetic shading system. The system was developed by the Adaptive Building Initiative (ABI)—a joint venture of Hoberman Associates, a multidisciplinary design practice, and engineering consultancy Buro Happold—in partnership with metals fabricator A. Zahner Co. The results were surprising. According to Herman, typical fixed-shading and high-performance façades reduc e building energy consumption by 3 percent. The ABI’s kinetic system showed a 3 percent to 5 percent reduction at any one moment, but when it was added up over the course of a year for the New York City climate test building, the model produced a 6 percent energy reduction. Herman attributes the higher percentage to the mechanism’s ability to quickly adapt for better environmental performance. The benefits were most prevalent in the spring, summer, and fall, when less solar gain reduces the cooling load . The adaptive-façade model also showed an average internal temperature drop of 1 degree Fahrenheit —which may not seem very large, but the average internal thermal comfort range of a building can vary by 10 degrees (from 68 F to 78 F, per ASHRAE Standard 55).
Pero esta especie de refugio-container, el EDV-01 (Emergency Disaster Vehicle) de Daiwa House parece en realidad muy útil. Tiene unas dimensiones de 6,0 x 2,5 x 2,4 metros en dos pisos, pesa 10 toneladas y está equipado con baño completo, cocina equipada, camas, una oficina y conexión vía satélite para comunicarse en caso de que las redes telefónicas hayan muerto con el desastre. Además cuenta con células de combustible, baterías y paneles solares en el techo para tener energía durante un mes. Y lo más importante, el refugio es móvil (al menos las 10 toneladas las puede transportar un helicóptero especialmente diseñado y un camión o un buque carguero, varias a la vez), con lo que la ayuda debiera poder llegar a los lugares azotados con fluidez. Y tarda menos de cinco minutos en anclarse y desplegarse para quedar habilitada.
Pero esta especie de refugio-container, el EDV-01 (Emergency Disaster Vehicle) de Daiwa House parece en realidad muy útil. Tiene unas dimensiones de 6,0 x 2,5 x 2,4 metros en dos pisos, pesa 10 toneladas y está equipado con baño completo, cocina equipada, camas, una oficina y conexión vía satélite para comunicarse en caso de que las redes telefónicas hayan muerto con el desastre. Además cuenta con células de combustible, baterías y paneles solares en el techo para tener energía durante un mes. Y lo más importante, el refugio es móvil (al menos las 10 toneladas las puede transportar un helicóptero especialmente diseñado y un camión o un buque carguero, varias a la vez), con lo que la ayuda debiera poder llegar a los lugares azotados con fluidez. Y tarda menos de cinco minutos en anclarse y desplegarse para quedar habilitada.
Pero esta especie de refugio-container, el EDV-01 (Emergency Disaster Vehicle) de Daiwa House parece en realidad muy útil. Tiene unas dimensiones de 6,0 x 2,5 x 2,4 metros en dos pisos, pesa 10 toneladas y está equipado con baño completo, cocina equipada, camas, una oficina y conexión vía satélite para comunicarse en caso de que las redes telefónicas hayan muerto con el desastre. Además cuenta con células de combustible, baterías y paneles solares en el techo para tener energía durante un mes. Y lo más importante, el refugio es móvil (al menos las 10 toneladas las puede transportar un helicóptero especialmente diseñado y un camión o un buque carguero, varias a la vez), con lo que la ayuda debiera poder llegar a los lugares azotados con fluidez. Y tarda menos de cinco minutos en anclarse y desplegarse para quedar habilitada.
Pero esta especie de refugio-container, el EDV-01 (Emergency Disaster Vehicle) de Daiwa House parece en realidad muy útil. Tiene unas dimensiones de 6,0 x 2,5 x 2,4 metros en dos pisos, pesa 10 toneladas y está equipado con baño completo, cocina equipada, camas, una oficina y conexión vía satélite para comunicarse en caso de que las redes telefónicas hayan muerto con el desastre. Además cuenta con células de combustible, baterías y paneles solares en el techo para tener energía durante un mes. Y lo más importante, el refugio es móvil (al menos las 10 toneladas las puede transportar un helicóptero especialmente diseñado y un camión o un buque carguero, varias a la vez), con lo que la ayuda debiera poder llegar a los lugares azotados con fluidez. Y tarda menos de cinco minutos en anclarse y desplegarse para quedar habilitada.
http://techresearch.intel.com/tomorrowproject.aspx What kind of future do you want to live in? What are you excited about and what concerns you? What is your request of the future? Brian David Johnson Intel's Futurist asks these questions and more with The Tomorrow Project, a fascinating initiative to investigate not only the future of computing but the broader implications on our lives and planet. This is a unique time in history. Science and technology has progressed to the point where what we build is only constrained by the limits of our own imaginations. The future is not a fixed point in front of us that we are all hurdling helplessly towards. The future is built everyday by the actions of people. It's up to all of us to be active participants in the future and these conversations can do just that. The Tomorrow Project engages in ongoing discussions with superstars, science fiction authors and scientists to get their visions for the world that's coming and the world they'd like to build.