Futurewise

Regular columnist and BT futurologist Lesley Gavin takes a look at a variety of issues including the potential development of virtual worlds, androids, biomedicine and much more...

Transported into the future
 
Transported into the future

What will our transport look like in the future? Well, anybody who has ever seen the film, The Fifth Element, might conjure up images of city-dwellers zooming around in flying cars that have an amazing ability to stop and start abruptly in mid-air...


Freed from the cell
 
Freed from the cell

Pharmacy super powers, world saving algae and human cloning - just round the corner...


The changing nature of ‘place’
 
The changing nature of ‘place’

A few years ago, mobility came along and altered the nature of our workspace. Its arrival has meant we are no longer tied to our desks. Just look around our towns and cities...


We are the robots
 
We are the robots

By 2025, more than a third of the UK's population will be over 55. In fact, the United States is the only country in the industrialised world which has a population that‘s actually getting younger...


The game of virtual life
 
The game of (virtual) life

Ever since the computer arrived in the home, there has always been a vague perception among the adults of the house that if the children are using it, then they must be playing games...


Seeking out new worlds
 
Seeking out new worlds

While everybody seems to be talking about Second Life just at the moment, it's worth remembering that virtual worlds have been around for quite some time...