But it isn't likely that science fiction authors are going to envision future scientific breakthroughs or future technology accurately.
No-one can fully envision the future applications that will emerge atop new mobile platforms.
We envision a future where spindly robotic legs shudder under the weight of our grossly obese frames -- but maybe we've seen Wall-E too many times.
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Its main asset is something that no digital brand can compete with: huge retail space on a national scale, as well as the guts to envision a future that is barely clear and believe in it.
Through this multi-year collaboration the partners are launching fifty leading Ashoka social entrepreneurs across the world, combining the creativity and knowledge of both partners to envision the future of the health arena, spotting and launching hundreds of promising young health change makers, giving 25 Boehringer Ingelheim executives 6-month opportunities to work in the organizations of top heath social entrepreneurs.
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Are you helping employees envision an exciting future or are you sending their innovative brains scurrying for cover?
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As I watched the chef stirring tomato sauce and heard her saying "dried pasta, " "extra-virgin olive oil, " "Parmigiano cheese" and "salt-dried capers, " I began to envision a brighter future for my kitchen.
But my -- I'm going to keep on making the argument and my expectation is, is that at some point there's a recognition that it's hard to envision a better future for Syria while Assad is still there.
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I'm just trying to clarify, what does the President envision would be the future for Assad if he were to participate in some sort of peaceful transition?
This simple story helped World Bank staff and managers envision a different kind of future for the organization.
So while some may envision the idea that the future looks to be coming up roses, I am not so sure of that.
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Envision an environment in the future where we would have the ability to enhance data further by adding analytic capabilities on top of an idea repository and use handwriting recognition and text mining to find, correlate and combine good ideas, making innovation integrated and efficient.
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As Ford works to re-envision its vehicle fleet to accommodate future fuels, it also sees demands in emerging economies as an area where the company can play a pivotal role.
But when contemplation of the future requires one to envision a cliff off of which a significant portion of the top line is poised to fall, considerations like that are often brushed aside.
In the not-too-distant future, gene researchers envision that healthy persons will routinely get a battery of genetic tests that predict their risk of heart disease, diabetes, and other ailments while they are still young and healthy.
Many of the counselors were in college, which helped her envision what had for so long been an intangible future.
The basic problem is that the human brain struggles to envision anything close to an unbiased view of our place in the future.
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Moreover, they also envision how to continue this journey and making a difference in the lives of others in the future.
People I know are shell-shocked at the prospect of an unknown future in foriegn shores and with pain to endure for at least a decade, many envision never returning.
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