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Signals, solarpunk & sci-fi - how our imaginations can save the future

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When we looked at the big trends for the future, we didn’t find despondency, we found an international appetite for tackling society’s biggest challenges, reflecting a growing public focus on environmental sustainability and digital technology - and most importantly a belief that things don’t have to get worse, they can get better.

Some challenges, like the climate crisis, can feel insurmountably large. Others, like the ailments afflicting the NHS, seem frustratingly persistent. Future Signals features ideas that might help to address them, from literally out of this world solutions like space-based solar power to radically reimagining old practices, such as using the latest technology to allow patients to recuperate at home whilst being treated in “virtual” hospital wards.

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