A History of the Future in 100 Objects

A project in London, United Kingdom by Adrian Hon
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One hundred objects from 2011 to 2100, from 'smart drugs' to the fate of the Arctic, in a blog, book and podcast
Backers: 109
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Funded: $4,899 of $2,500
Dates: Feb 7th -> Mar 19th (40 days)
Project By: Adrian Hon
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Latest News

You're invited to the book launch party! (13th Nov)

October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
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The Future is Here

September 1st - via: kickstarter.com
The future is here: the book is finished and it'll be with you very soon! (providing that you respond to the backer survey) It's been two and a half years since A History of the Future in 100 Objects was funded.  In that time, I've written about... (Read More)

The Future is Coming

March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
It's very nearly the two year anniversary of this Kickstarter project, which makes a great time to provide an update. As of today, here's where I am: 107 objects are drafted (it never hurts to have spares!) 69 of those have had a second draft... (Read More)

67 Down

September 12th - via: kickstarter.com
It's been a long year.  My last update to this project was ten months ago in November, when I launched the website with a number of objects. Over the following weeks and months, I published a total of 31 objects, after which I realised that writing,... (Read More)

It lives!

November 16th - via: kickstarter.com
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25% done

October 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
I know I've gone a bit quiet, but things are still proceeding - if slowly! I made it to the quarter-century mark last week and then got a bit bogged down in an exploration of mass global unemployment in the near future. The problem with these big... (Read More)

A History of the Future at the British Museum

September 20th - via: kickstarter.com
This Saturday (and next Saturday), I'm helping run a workshop at the British Museum for kids aged 9+ where they'll come up with watches, clocks, and timepieces of the future. We'll be looking at clocks from the British Museum's collection as well as... (Read More)

Object 1: The Ankle Monitor

September 8th - via: kickstarter.com
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Launching soon...

September 1st - via: kickstarter.com
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11 Objects, Counting Up...

July 21st - via: kickstarter.com
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