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NextFest 2005

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what's-next dept.

Adnan Akbari writes "NextFest 2005 is this weekend in Chicago, IL. Efficient transportation, Home Automation, and advances in the medical were all big themes. Everything from a shoe that graphs your physical fitness to bionic arms were displayed. A summary of all displays along with images are at QuenteCafe.com"

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  1. damn good show by squarefish · · Score: 4, Informative

    at first I thought it was just going to be a huge ad for GE- all you see are GE displays at first and then the farther you get in, the more of an organic, research oriented feel takes over the rest of the place. NASA has some really cool stuff on display. the gaming area was awesome and irobot had a packbot there.
    lot's of robots.
    I found the most interesting stuff to be in the medical and military fields. definitely go if you're anywhere near chicago. It's an easy show to spend the entire day at.

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  2. Not too exciting by UnapprovedThought · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think the future is going to demand more inventiveness than what I see there. A Skycar is efficient transportation? A Hydrogen powered Hummer is efficient transportation?

    Some of these things may sound fun, but unless some basic thinking starts to change I think what we're actually going to need is a farm that picks up and moves as climate change happens, artificial noses to breathe oxygen depleted air and so forth.