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2 unusual facts about FM-2030


Jim Sclavunos

In 2012, Sclavunos began an ongoing collaboration with Australian performance artist/musician Michaela Davies on a composition entitled “FM-2030” (so-named for the transhumanist philosopher Fereidoun M. Esfandiary) utilizing programmed electro-muscular stimulation (EMS) of classical string players to generate involuntary playing movements.

Transhuman

One of the first professors of futurology, FM-2030, who taught "new concepts of the Human" at The New School of New York City in the 1960s, used "transhuman" as shorthand for "transitional human".


100% renewable energy

Mark Z. Jacobson says producing all new energy with wind power, solar power, and hydropower by 2030 is feasible and existing energy supply arrangements could be replaced by 2050.

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NASA is considering it as a possible target for a manned mission(Exploration Mission 2) using the Orion spacecraft, prior to a projected 2030 push to Mars.

Arizona Bay

The computer game Deus Ex, set in the mid-21st century, features a reference to an earthquake destroying Los Angeles in 2030 and creating Arizona Bay.

Becky Scott

The family were all set to leave town for newer pastures in November 2030, but the dream was shattered when Roy was killed during a fire in his cybercafe (which had been started by Mike Shaw as a plot to frame Pete Callan for arson).

Bering Strait crossing

In 2008, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin approved the plan to build a railroad to the Bering Strait area, as a part of the development plan to run until 2030.

Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic

Manchester – Expansion of services and facilities at Manchester Airport estimates a usage by 50 million passengers in 2030, which is more than twice as many as the airport handles now.

Chapman Field Park

In 1990 it was then called Deering Bay and owned by Armando Codina and others and the lease was extended through 2030.

China 2030

China 2030: Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative High-Income Society is an extensive study of the Economy of China published in 2012 by the World Bank, Washington, D.C., and the Development Research Center of the State Council, People’s Republic of China, Beijing.

DART Light Rail

Lake Highlands opened on December 6, 2010, becoming the first component of the 2030 plan to be completed and the first infill station in DART's system.

Jules Bailey

In 2013, Bailey angered some environmentalists by voting in favor of the Columbia River Crossing mega highway project, which will increase greenhouse gas emissions 32% in the area by 2030 if built; he was presented with the mock environmental "Cars Rejuvenating Carbon" award during an OLCV event shortly after the vote in the Oregon House.

Paraguayan bolo mouse

It is found at elevations from 300 to 2030 m in a variety of habitats, including cerrado, chaco and heath pampas.

Race to Mars

Jumping to 2029, the narrator explains the mission, 'Project Olympus' and shows the four NTR spacecraft: Cargo lander Shirase, Mars Surface Habitat Atlantis, Mars lander Gagarin, and Crew Transfer Vehicle Terra Nova. In early 2030, the international crew of six astronauts from the United States, Russia, France, Canada and Japan board Terra Nova to begin their 582 day-month journey to Mars and back.

Sixth generation

Sixth-generation jet fighter, a speculated generation of fighter aircraft expected to enter service around 2025–2030

Ware Tetralogy

Set in 2030-2031, ten years after the events of Software, Wetware focuses on the attempt of an Edgar Allan Poe-obsessed bopper named Berenice to populate Earth with a robot/human hybrid called a meatbop.


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