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ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha -- the official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy appreciation society
ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha is a club for fans of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy created by Douglas Adams. We organise meetings for members around the UK (and occasionally in other countries), produce a magazine four times a year, and offer a range of Guide related merchandise available to members by post. (At least we do when we have a merchandise officer) Our membership is varied and diverse, encompassing the widest range of humanity (and, quite likely, inhumanity) imaginable. Our youngest ever member was not even born, and our oldest has pushed 70. Besides the prestige of being a member of the best and greatest appreciation society the Galaxy has ever known, membership of ZZ9 will entitle you partake in the democratic election of the committee, and to the all the following:
Andrew Maynard is a scientist and emerging technology adviser. He blogs at 2020 Science and tweets as @2020science . What will a technology-driven world look like 10, 50, or even 100 years from now? Those are questions that some of the most inventive and outrageous thinkers around have been addressing at the yearly TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference. TED presenters have been wowing audiences with their future-tech ideas for a long time, and many of these talks are freely available on the web. But it can be a daunting task working out what to watch.
5 Terrific Ted Talks on Future Technologies