One of the best ways to understand the current economic crisis is to understand that many Americans live above there means.  This will cause many people to have to adjust there spending as well as there living situations.  The homes of the future will be much smaller and will give you the opportunity to save a lot of money.  How?  Well first you wont need to search for the best mortgage insurance rates because you wont need it.  Your electricity will cost half if not less than half of what it does now.  You probably wont have a lot of grass to cut which can save you some money as well.

All of these small subtle changes will give more Americans money to save for there future retirements and hopefully keep them from working 80 hour work weeks.  Great design can effect and will effect the homes of tomorrow.  If we can work on lowering the bills of what we consume daily like food and electricity it will not just help America save money but hopefully pay off our national debt as well.

The future of cell phones bring many options as well all tried to stay connected.  Whether its to the internet, texting or by phone people are more addicted to staying connected with there friends and family all the time. Even though this seems to be frowned upon by mainstream media I find it comforting that there is a lot of love being spread around.  I don’t want to sound like a John Lennon song but cell phones and the internet have become vital parts of our everyday life.  My son loves downloading free ringback tones from various sites and getting adding cool new skins to customize his cell phone.

I believe that these items will come still exist in the future but just in one location.  As nano-technology lets science shrink all of our gadgets I expect that in the next 10 years you will have a watch that will have the capacity of an Ipod, the speed of high speed internet and the sound of a quality Bose system.

Apple has already begun tinkering with this technology and as the Iphone continues to add quality apps we might be there sooner than later.  Steve Jobs will always be on the cutting edge of new technology as has mastered the way people like to experience every day life.

Jacque Fresco is an inspiration to many futurists.  His art and design are way ahead of there times.  If you are not familiar with Jacques body of work you will begin to see it on this site as well as his site the Venus Project.  Jacque is not only an amazing futurist but is also acclaimed for a

his new way of thinking in the way society’s are built and how to fix a broken system that is not effiecent by its design.  Even though when many people I have spoken too visist Jacque they are amazed by his open mind and way of thinking but are sometimes puzzled on how to make the change take place.  He gives new meaning to change and his designs will be remembered throught the years.