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Futa Tooro Futa Tooro (formerly known as Mussukeba Sane) refers to the region on the Senegal River in what is now northern Senegal and southern Mauritania. The region converted to Islam in the early eighteenth century, and was the starting point for the jihads of Toucouleur conqueror al-Hajj Umar Tall and anti-colonial rebel al-Hajj Mahmadu Lamine.
Futaba RC Futaba are manufacturers of popular hobby-grade radio control systems including transmitters, receivers, servos, electronics and model aircraft. These products are used as the electronic link between the person controlling a model aircraft and the ground and the actual remote control system in the vehicle.
Futabatei Shimei Futabatei Shimei (Japanese: 二葉亭四迷, 28 February 1864–10 May 1909) was a Japanese author, translator, and literary critic. Born Hasegawa Tatsunosuke (長谷川辰之助) in Edo (now Tokyo), Futabatei's works are in the realist style popular in the mid- to late-19th century.
Futako Tamagawa Futako Tamagawa (二子玉川) is an unofficial term for the area surrounding Futako-Tamagawa station on the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi and Oimachi lines in Tokyo, Japan. The name often refers to the Tamagawa and Seta districts of Setagaya Ward, but there is no precise definition.
Futami District, Hiroshima Futami (双三郡; -gun) was a district located in Hiroshima, Japan. on April 1, 2004, all six towns and villages located in this district, along with the town of Kōnu in Kōnu District merged with old Miyoshi to form the new Miyoshi.
Futami, Mie Futami (二見町; -cho) was a town in Watarai District, Mie, Japan. On November 1, 2005 it merged with the town of Obata and the village of Misono into the city of Ise and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Futanari Futanari (二成, 二形; ふたなり; a compound word meaning "double form" in Japanese) can mean both the subjects of a special type of pornographic anime or manga (commonly known in the West as hentai), or the genre itself. Futanari depicts hermaphrodites, intersex or other individuals with female body-types and sexual organs resembling penises, whether or not those organs are in fact enlarged clitorises, or they possess both male and female reproductive organs.
Futar Futars are a fictional race in the Dune universe, introduced briefly in Heretics of Dune and appearing in Chapterhouse Dune and Hunters of Dune. They are primitive, humanoid creatures, brought as captives to the "million planets" by the Honored Matres.
Futarchy Futarchy is a form of government proposed by economist Robin Hanson, in which elected officials define measures of national welfare and prediction markets are used to determine which policies will have the most positive effect.
Futex A futex (short for "fast userspace mutex") is a basic tool to realize locking and building higher-level locking abstractions such as semaphores and POSIX mutexes on Linux. They first appeared in the development kernel version 2.
Futch Futch is a character in Konami's role playing game Suikoden I, Suikoden II, and Suikoden III. A highly skilled Dragon Knight, Futch has been caring for dragons and fighting the good fight as a dragon knight his whole life, however he his membership of the Dragon Knights ceased temporarily when in Suikoden I his dragon, Black was attacked by Court Magician Windy, though in Suikoden II he rescued a white baby dragon at Mt.
Futian One of six districts in the city of Shenzhen. Futian is the home to many high-rises in Shenzhen, with some of the most important buildings in Shenzhen, such as the Diwang Building, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Development Bank and the Shenzhen Library.
Futile (EP) Futile is a promotional EP recorded by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree in the same sessions as In Absentia but didn't make it onto the album (Except in certain cases where some of the tracks were re-released with special editions of In Absentia). The EP was later re-released by the band on their online store Burning Shed as a downloadable album with different tracklist, along with special artwork that buyers could print off and add to a CD case.
Futile medical care Futile medical care refers to the belief that in cases where there is no hope for improvement of an incapacitating condition, that no course of treatment is called for. It is dissimilar to the idea of euthanasia because euthanasia involves active intervention to end life, while withholding futile medical care does not encourage, nor speed the natural onset of death.
Fution A Fution is a type of financial instrument (specifically a Listed Derivative product). These Option on Futures are classified as having a margining feature instead of a premium feature which is most common in Option products.
Futron Futron Corporation, founded in 1986, is a minority-owned technology consulting firm based in Bethesda, Maryland. Its primary competencies include engineering analysis, risk management, and space industry analysis.
Futsal Futsal is an indoor version of football (soccer) that is officially sanctioned by football's international governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). It is the fastest growing team sport in the world.
Futsal in Sweden The origins of futsal in Sweden date back to 2001. At that time, some indoor football lovers contacted the Swedish Football Association (SFA) and asked them for advice on how to play indoor soccer more seriously with futsal.
Futsol Futsol (also spelled "futsal"), a variation of soccer, is a fast-moving game that focuses heavily on foot skills and rapid, accurate passing. It is played indoors, typically in a high school gymnasium.
Futtock shrouds Futtock shrouds are rope, wire or chain links in the rigging of a traditional square rigged ship. They run from the outer edges of a top downwards and inwards to a point on the mast or lower shrouds, and carry the load of the shrouds that rise from the edge of the top.
Futtock's End Futtock's End is a British comedy film made in (1969) and released in 1970, directed by Bob Kellett. Entirely silent,with a musical score,ound effects and incoherent mutterings, the story revolves around a weekend gathering at the decaying country home of the eccentric and lewd General Futtock (Ronnie Barker) and the series of saucy mishaps between the staff (Michael Horden plays the lecherous butler) and his guests.
Futuh Futūh (Arabic script فتوح, singular fath فتح) is an Arabic word with the literal meaning of "openings". When appearing in classical Islamic literature it signifies the early Arab-Muslim conquests which facilitated the spread of Islam and Islamic civilization.
Futuna-Aniwan Futuna-Aniwan is the Polynesian language spoken on the outlier islands of Futuna and Aniwa in Vanuatu. It is also occasionally called West-Futunan to distinguish it from East-Futunan spoken on Futuna (and Alofi).
Futunan language Futunan (native name: Fakafutuna) is the Polynesian language spoken on Futuna (and Alofi). The term East-Futunan is also used to distinguish it from the related Futunan (West-Futunan, Futuna-Aniwan) spoken on the outlier islands of Futuna and Aniwa in Vanuatu.
Futura (typeface) Futura is a geometric sans serif typeface designed by Paul Renner (1878–1956) (type designer, painter, author, teacher) in 1927. The creator of the typeface was influenced by the Bauhaus design philosophy and the Universal typeface drawn by Herbert Bayer.
Futurama (New York World's Fair) The Futurama was an exhibit/ride at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair held in the USA, designed by Norman Bel Geddes that showed the world 20 years into the future, including automated highways and vast suburbs. The exhibit was sponsored by General Motors.
Future (programming) In computer science, a future (also known as a promise in the programming languages E and Alice) is a proxy for a result that is not yet known, usually because the computation of its value has not yet completed.
Future 3 Future 3 is a Danish ambient trio, consisting of Anders Remmer, Thomas Knak and Jesper Skaaning. Their music is, like many other Scandinavian ambient artists such as Biosphere, characterized by a cold and bright sound.
Future Air Navigation System Future Air Navigation System (FANS) is a standard developed by the air transport industry to allow more aircraft to fit into a given volume of air space. A number of generations of FANS standards are covered by the single term, progressing from simple automations of current processes up to rather futuristic approaches.
Future Aircraft Technology Enhancements The Future Aircraft Technology Enhancements (FATE) program is a program to develop new technologies. It is being run by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Future Ashtabula County Covered Bridge This yet-to-be-named covered bridge will carry a realigned State Road (C-25) across the Ashtabula River and the Plymouth and Ashtabula Township line in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. At approximately 600 feet (182.
Future Bible Heroes Future Bible Heroes is one of several musical groups led by Stephin Merritt, best known for his work with The Magnetic Fields. He shares vocal duties with Claudia Gonson, who sings on the entirety of 2002's Eternal Youth.
Future Canadian amphibious assault ship The Canadian Amphibious Assault Ship Project is a project designed to give Canada a sealift, mobile command and control platform, amphibious assault capability. The program as envisioned would be a $1,000,000,000 program to purchase an amphibious assault ship that could deploy 1,000 troops.
Future Centre Trust The Future Centre Trust (FCT) is a locally based organization of the Caribbean island of Barbados. It aims to work with wider organizations such as UNCED to concentrate on economic and tourist activity in Barbados that is based on sustainable development for future generations on the island.
Future City Competition Future City Competition is a national competition that focuses on improving student's math, engineering, and science skills. It contains two levels: individual state and regional competitions and the National Finals for the winners of these previous contests.
Future Combat Systems Future Combat Systems (FCS) is based on Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) research, and is intended to be the core building block of the US Army’s Future Force. FCS is also intended to be joint (across all US military services) networked system of systems, however it is being developed entirely inside a US Army program office.
Future Combat Systems Infantry Carrier Vehicle The Future Combat Systems Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV) consists of four platform versions: a Company Commander; a Platoon Leader; a Rifle Squad; and a Weapons Squad. All four platform versions have similar exteriors to prevent targeting of a specific ICV versions (e.
Future Combat Systems Medical Vehicle The Future Combat Systems Medical Vehicle is designed to provide advanced trauma life support within 1 hour to critically injured soldiers. The Medical Vehicle serves as the primary medical system within the Unit of Action (UA) and will have two mission modules: Evacuation and Treatment.
Future Combat Systems Mounted Combat System The Future Combat Systems Mounted Combat System (MCS) is a US Defense tank-like vehicle, one of a subsystem of light-weight military vehicles, which is part of the Army's Future Combat Systems, a massive modernization effort.
Future Combat Systems Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon The BAE Systems Land and Armaments Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS Cannon) is intended to provide improved responsiveness and lethality to the "Unit of Action" (UA) commander as part of the US Army's Future Combat Systems project. This mobile armored artillery piece provides networked, extended-range targeting, and precision attack of point and area targets in support of other combat units with a suite of munitions that include special purpose capabilities.
Future Combat Systems Reconnaissance and Surveillance Vehicle The Future Combat Systems Reconnaissance and Surveillance Vehicle (RSV) features a suite of advanced sensors to detect, locate, track, classify and automatically identify targets under all climatic conditions, day or night.
Future Combat Systems Recovery and Maintenance Vehicle The Future Combat Systems Recovery and Maintenance Vehicle (FRMV) is the recovery and maintenance system for employment within both the Unit of Action (UA) and Unit of Employment (UE) and contributes to sustaining and generating combat power to the Future Force structure. Each Unit of Action (UA) will have a small number of 2-3 man Combat Repair Teams within the organic Forward Support Battalion (FSB) to perform field maintenance requirements beyond the capabilities of the crew chief/crew, more in-depth Battle Damage Assessment Repair (BDAR), and limited recovery operations.
Future Comics In 1998, American comic book artist Bob Layton coming off after a short retirement from the comic book industry, returned to the business of creating comics by teaming-up with his fellow Floridian and mentor, Dick Giordano, and head writer David Michelinie to form Future Comics. Discouraged by the growing lack of professionalism in the business, Layton, Giordano, and Michelinie formed Future Comics and it's cast of distinct and unusual properties including Freemind, Deathmask, Metallix and Peacekeeper.
Future CPU Port Future CPU Port is a slot on select Asrock motherboards that allows a user to install a CPU with a different pin configuration than that natively supported by the motherboard. Asrock offers a CPU socket adapter to allow AMD Socket 939 boards to run the new AMD Socket AM2 processors.
Future Dome The Future Dome is the name of an unrealised 303 meters high multifunctional sports and office complex to be built in Shanghai. The coneshaped building, which is a combination of a stadium and a skyscraper, would have a 350 meter diameter and a 1,1 kilometre long circumference.
Future energy development Future energy development faces great challenges due to an increasing world population, demands for higher standards of living, demands for less pollution and a much-discussed end to fossil fuels. Without energy, the world's entire industrialized infrastructure would collapse; agriculture, transportation, waste collection, information technology, communications and much of the prerequisites that a developed nation takes for granted.
Future Evolution Future Evolution is a book written by paleontologist Peter Ward and illustrated by Alexis Rockman. He addresses his own opinion of future evolution and compares it with Dougal Dixon's After Man: A Zoology of the Future and H.
Future Fantastic Future Fantastic was a British documentary television series which premiered in 1996. This show looked at the how science and science fiction compliment each other, and how ideas and technologies from the past are helping to shape our future.
Future Force Unit of action The Future Force Unit of Action (UA) will be the United States Army’s tactical warfighting echelon. Although optimized for offensive operations, the Future Combat Systems (FCS) equipped Unit of Action (UA) will have the ability to execute a full spectrum of operations.
Future Games (album) Future Games, subtitled "A Magical Kahauna Dream", was the fourth album that Spirit would release for Mercury Records. However, it is practically a Randy California solo album in all but name, as he played most of the instruments and did most of the writing throughout the album.
Future GPX Cyber Formula Future GPX Cyber Formula (新世紀ＧＰＸサイバーフォーミュラ Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula, sometimes translated as New Century Grandprix Cyber Formula) is a 37-episode anime television series by Sunrise. It originally aired in Japan between 1991-03-15 and 1991-12-20.
Future GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the Evolution Future GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the Evolution is a video game of the racing genre released in 2004 by Sunrise Interactive. The game is based on the Future GPX Cyber Formula series and was released only in Japan.
Future Guy Future Guy is a fanon nickname given to a mysterious humanoid figure who appeared consistently in Star Trek: Enterprise. He is never seen clearly onscreen but his voice, and humanoid outline, are provided by James Horan.
Future history A future history is a postulated history of the future that some science fiction authors construct as a common background for fiction. Sometimes the author publishes a timeline of events in the history, while other times the reader can reconstruct the order of the stories from information provided therein.
Future interests Future interests is the subset of actuarial math that divides enjoyment of property -- usually the right to an income stream either from an annuity, a trust, royalties, or rents -- based usually on the future survival of one or more persons (natural humans, not corporate beings).
Future Imagery Architecture Future Imagery Architecture (FIA) is a program to design a new generation of US reconnaissance satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The development contract was awarded to a Boeing team in late 1999, and is estimated to possibly reach a value of US$25 billion over the ensuing twenty years.
Future Integrated Soldier Technology The Future Integrated Soldier Technology (or FIST) is a project by the British Army, which aims to enhance the infantrymen's combat effectiveness in the 21st century as part of the Future Soldier project. The contract was awarded to Thales in March 2003.
Future Leaders Future Leaders is a UK schools-led charitable organisation that aims to widen the pool of talented leaders especially for urban challenging secondary schools. It was founded in March 2006 by Nat Wei, a former founder of Teach First.
Future Man Royel (Roy) Wilfred Wooten (stage name Futureman, and known as Futch to his fans; born October 13, 1957 in Hampton, Virginia) is an inventor, musician and composer. He is a drummer and member of the jazz quartet BĂ©la Fleck and the Flecktones.
Future New Zealand Future New Zealand was a New Zealand political party. Future New Zealand was the secularised remnant of the old Christian Democrat Party, with the party's explicit religious base having been replaced by a more general family values platform.
Future of American Democracy Foundation The Future of American Democracy Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy foundation dedicated to research and education, working in partnership with the Yale University Press to clarify and analyze contemporary domestic and foreign policy. Board members include distinguished scholars and experts with various political affiliations and beliefs.
Future of Earthly Delites (album) This is a special edition Australian release from Savage Garden which featured their eponymous debut album "Savage Garden" with an extra song "Mine" and a bonus disc containing remixes. It was released in 1998.
Future of Forestry Future of Forestry is an alternative] [[Christian rock band from Southern California, USA who plays regularly at Flood, a ministry that meets weekly at Kearny High School in San Diego, and is pastored by Matt Hammett. Future of Forrestry was formed by the final members of Something Like Silas.
Future of Formula One Fans and those involved in the sport seem to spend as much time talking about the future of Formula One as they do talking about the present. There is always uncertainty about the future of the sport, and disagreements about the direction in which Formula One should progress.
Future of the Left Future Of The Left is an alternative rock group based in Cardiff, Wales. It consists of singer/guitarist Andy "Falco" Falkous and drummer Jack Egglestone, both previously of Cardiff band mclusky, alongside singer/bassist Kelson Mathias, formerly of the Ammanford-based group Jarcrew.
Future of the MTR Several future projects on the MTR have been put forward by MTR Corporation to the Hong Kong Government, with some already under construction. The network is also set to be significantly expanded with the merger of MTR Corporation Limited with the government-owned Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC), with the non-binding Memorandum of Understanding signed in 11 April 2006 to grant MTR Corporation operation of the existing KCR network with a service concession of 50 years.
Future proof The phrase future proofing describes the elusive process of trying to anticipate future developments, so that action can be taken to minimise possible negative consequences, and to seize opportunities. For more on the process and practitioners, see Futures studies.
Future Pacing Future pacing is a technique of asking a person to imagine doing something in the future and observing their reactions. It is typically used to either check that a change process has been successful by observing body language when the person imagines being in a difficult situation before and after an intervention.
Future Past Future Past is the first solo album from UK singer Duncan James released on June 12 2006 and contains the singles "Sooner or Later" and "Can't Stop A River". The album sold less than 15,000 copies in the UK, and less than 450,000 copies around the world, but it peaked at #2 in Italy.
Future Prophecies Future Prophecies are Richard Thomas and Tony Anthun, a drum and bass duo from Norway. Between 1999 and 2006, they released over twenty singles on various labels, including Certificate 18 and Teebee's influential Subtitles Recordings.
Future Rock Future Rock (or "FR" for short) is an electronic rock trio hailing from Chicago, IL. The band consists of Felix Moreno on bass guitar and synthesizer, Mickey Kellerman on keyboards and synthesizers, and Darren Heitz on drums and synthesizer.
Future Sex Future Sex was a 1990s magazine based in San Francisco and published by Kundalini Publishing. The magazine was glossy with four-color printing and featured articles, interviews, reviews, erotica, and erotic photography celebrating the zeitgeist of technological revolution, body modification, sexual liberation, and the mainstreaming of sexual proclivities previously considered taboo -- from bondage to fetishes to "teledildonics.
Future Shock Future Shock is a controversial book written by the sociologist and futurologist Alvin Toffler in 1970. The book is actually an extension of an article of the same name that Toffler wrote for the February 1970 issue of Playboy.
Future Shocks Future Shocks is the name given to a long running series of short strips in the weekly comic book 2000AD. The name originates in a book titled Future Shock, written by Alvin Toffler, published in the UK only a short time before 2000AD was launched.
Future Sound Corporation Future Sound Corporation is an Italian-based hard trance/hardstyle record label fronted by DJ Ben and Radium (who work together as Trance Generators). Artists that have released work through Future Sound include Radium, Trance Generators, Jon The Baptist, Force 9, Atomic Alliance, DJ Chuck-E and The Elite.
Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) is a UK project to provide aerial refueling (AR) and air transport (AT) for the Royal Air Force using a version of the Airbus A330 MRTT. The Royal Australian Air Force announced in April 2004 that they had selected Airbus to provide tankers to a similar specification.
Future Surface Combatant The Future Surface Combatant was the projected successor to Type 22 and Type 23 frigates in service of the British Royal Navy until the programme's de facto cancellation in late 2004. One or more classes of vessel however may yet fulfil the Future Surface Combatant capability in replacement of the Type 22 and Type 23 frigates.
Future Technologies Advisory Group The Future Technologies Advisory Group (also referred to as FutureTAG) is an organization whose purpose is to deliberate and raise awareness of scientific advancement and emerging technologies. Further, the organization ostensibly works to predict their societal effects.
Future Television Future Television (Arabic: تلفزيون المستقبل, Telviziyon Al Mustaqbal) is one of the most popular and highest rating television stations in Lebanon and the Arab World. It was founded in 1993 by the late Rafik Hariri, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon.
Future Tense Books Future Tense Books began in Spokane, Washington in 1990 with publisher Kevin Sampsell and after a brief stint in Fort Smith, Arkansas, it moved to Portland, Oregon in the summer of 1992 and soon flourished in the rainy city's book-friendly environment. Brian Tibbetts, Michael Walsh, Stephen Kurowski, Jeff Meyers, and Melody Jordan were some of the first Portland writers featured by Future Tense.
Future Thought Productions Future Thought Productions is an animation studio that was founded in 1997. Future Thought began as a studio creating traditional animation (using Macromedia's Flash software) for the world wide web, television and the mobile community.
Future Together The Future Together (French: Avenir ensemble) is a center-right political party in New Caledonia supporting the maintenance of the relations with France. In the latest legislative elections of May 9, 2004, it won 22.
Future US Future US (formerly Imagine Media) is a United States media corporation specializing in targeted magazines and websites in the video games, action sports, music, and technology markets. Future US is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in New York City, New York; Los Angeles and San Diego, California.
Future value Future value measures the nominal future sum of money that a given sum of money is "worth" at a specified time in the future assuming a certain interest rate; this value does not include corrections for inflation or other factors that affect the true value of money in the future. This is used in time value of money calculations.
Future Wars Future Wars (original name Les voyageurs du temps: la menace, aka Time Travelers: the menace, aka Adventures in Time) is an adventure game from Delphine Software International, released in 1989. The game is mainly the work of Paul Cuisset (story and programming) and Eric Chahi (graphics).
Future-Drama "Future-Drama" is the fifteenth episode of the sixteenth season of The Simpsons. It takes place in the year 2013 (although no-one says "2013" in the episode, rather that it is "eight years from Tuesday").
Futureboogie Futureboogie a term coined by United Kingdom DJ and designer Pieman to describe a certain type of music of a forward-thinking nature. Futureboogie music is generally upbeat, uplifting and exciting, with a contemporary sound which is only made possible through the use of modern studio technology.
Futurebus Futurebus (IEEE 896) is a computer bus standard, intended to replace all local bus connections in a computer, including the CPU, memory, plug-in cards and even, to some extent, LAN links between machines. The effort started in 1979 and didn't complete until 1987, and then immediately went into a redesign that lasted until 1994.
FutureGen FutureGen is a project of the US government to build a "near zero-emissions" coal-fired power plant that intends to produce hydrogen and electricity while using carbon capture and storage. While the plant itself is designed to have reduced emissions levels, the coal mining process will remain the same as other "dirtier" plants.
Futureland Futureland is a series of nine loosely connected short pieces of science fiction by African American writer Walter Mosley. The novel is set in a post cyberpunk dystopian universe populated by humans living in a shellshocked, unfairly stratified society overseen by super-rich technocrats.
Futurepop Futurepop is a recently-emerging electronic dance music genre, an outgrowth of electronic body music incorporating influences from synthpop (such as song structure and vocal style) and uplifting trance (grandiose and arpeggiated synthesizer melodies). The term was coined by Ronan Harris (of VNV Nation) and Stephan Groth (of Apoptygma Berzerk) while attempting to describe the style of music their bands produced.
FutureQuake FutureQuake is a British small press comic book founded by Arthur Wyatt, and edited from issue 5 onwards by Richmond Clements, David Evans, Mark Woodland and Edward Berridge. Issue 4 was edited by Clements, Evans and James Mackay.
Futures at Fenway "Futures at Fenway" was the name given to a pair of minor-league baseball games held at Fenway Park in Boston on Saturday, August 26, 2006. It was announced as the "inaugural" such event, although no details about holding it again in the 2007 season have yet been made public.
Futures contract In finance, a futures contract is a standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a certain underlying instrument at a certain date in the future, at a specified price. The future date is called the delivery date or final settlement date.
Futures exchange A futures exchange, is a corporation or organization which provides a marketplace in which to trade derivatives such as futures contracts and options. Known also as Commodities exchanges, contracts transact daily in a variety of standardized products such as equities, bonds, short-term interest rates, grains, softs and currencies.
Futures studies Futures studies reflects on how today’s changes (or the lack thereof) become tomorrow’s reality. It includes attempts to analyze the sources, patterns, and causes of change and stability in order to develop foresight and to map alternative futures.
Futures Studies Department of the Corvinus University of Budapest The Futures Studies Department (FSD) is a research and educational unit for developing and teaching Futures Studies (FS) at the Corvinus University of Budapest (CUB). In the remarkable year of 1968, by introducing a research seminar of Futurology for students, the first seed of the future-oriented education was planted at the university.
FutureSinhala FutureSinhala is a technology intended to facilitate a single/universal Sinhala Language representation system (UNICODE) without sacrificing any input methods or backwards compatibility. it was developed by Dasith Wijesiriwardena and is an attempt to make all the legacy (proprietary) Sinhala representation systems and input methods support Unicode.
FutureSplash Animator FutureSplash Animator was a software product for creating vector-based animations. It was developed by FutureWave Software, a small software company whose first product, SmartSketch, was a vector-based drawing program for pen-based computers.
Futurewise Futurewise is a book on global trends written by the futurist Patrick Dixon in 1998, with new editions in 2001 and 2003. Patrick Dixon has been ranked as one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today (Thinkers 50 2005), and is author of 11 other books including Building a Better Business.

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