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Staying ahead of the curve

Staying ahead of the curve. “In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists”. (Eric Hoffer). www.polarity-consulting.net. HUMAN MOVEMENT. POLICE & DEFENCE. EXPLORATION. ENERGY.

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Staying ahead of the curve

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  1. Staying ahead of the curve “In a time of drastic changeit is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists”. (Eric Hoffer) www.polarity-consulting.net

  2. HUMAN MOVEMENT POLICE & DEFENCE EXPLORATION ENERGY TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION WATER AGRICULTURE INNOVATION

  3. “In a rapidly changing world those that play catch-up ball, will never catch up” Education The future of blackboards and chalk ...... There is no future ! Digital TV in the learning environment Mobile to meet the needs of our continent Gaming in education

  4. Energy Fossil fuels Solar District energy (e.g. St Pauls in Minnesota, USA) Wind Wave Nuclear using U235 & Terrapower using both U235 and U238 & Fusion Bio-fuels Batteries & storage Issues with energy: loss during transmission, storage and waste, inconsistency from sustainable source energy vs consistency of fossil fuels but CO₂ pollution, use of arable land to grow bio-fuel crops Solutions: Nanotechnology to reduce losses, smartGrids, interchangeability, use of alternative plants (algae), enhanced batteries using nanotechnology carbon tubes in Lithium Ion conductivity

  5. St Pauls, Minnesota

  6. “Over 40 billion work hours are lost each year in Africa...to the need to fetch drinking water” (WHO, 2004) Water Water: just how is water going to be affected, by how much and where? Purification & Restoration: optofluidics and the use of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in the cleaning up of toxins in polluted water. In developing countries the decentralisationof water purification and a move towards purification at point-of-use Desalination industries: Global growth = 450% in 20 years

  7. Exploration Space Aerospace Deep ocean

  8. Innovation Question the status quo Observe Experiment Network Associate

  9. The world is becoming a “datasphere”, a place where information about people, their environment, & their actions is the primary driver Technology - Garfinkel Information Technology RFID chips and digital sensors (“smart dust”) detect temperature, weight, pressure and integrate into mobile and wireless communication devices Robotics Nanotechnology: technology > 1 nanometre , and < 100 nanometres. a human hair is approx 80 000 nanometres wide. Microtechnology: UAV’s Electrotextiles (safe conduction of electricity in clothing towards wearable computerisation) Medicine and the impact of nanotechnology

  10. Agriculture Regenerative agriculture To reform soils as a carb0n sink by instilling organically managed farmingmethods. This could make use of the world 3.5 billion acres of tillable land as a means to remove 40% of the current carb0n overload.Alternatives in agriculture Algae vs Soya in bio-fuel farming Vertical farming GMO’s

  11. Police & Defence Bubble curves in international demographics Population Population Future African & Middle Eastern nation age demographics Future developed nations’ age demographics “Some of the best future ideas in policing will likely come from disciplines that have nothing obviously to do with law enforcement” Age Age

  12. Police & Defence Bubble curves in international demographics Population Merged nation age demographics “Some of the best future ideas in policing will likely come from disciplines that have nothing obviously to do with law enforcement” Age

  13. Police & Defence Culture shifts Xenophobia, race, creed & culture shifts Virtual and real-world resource theft & wars Information theft Natural resources Energy Human trafficking Networking approaches Network centric policing (“net-centric”) models as a symptom of the Information Age

  14. Human movement Urbanisation trends & Megacities ( >10 000 000 people): by 2025 60% and by 2050 80% of the world’s population will live in urban areas, most of them in slums of the megacities. What crises do you imagine? What planning ? UNHCR: 1 million people/dayare moving globally from rural to urban areas. “Jo-Toria” by 2020 Work-from home trends

  15. Thank you “Be the change... that you would like to see in the world” (Mahatma Gandhi) www.polarity-consulting.net

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