Buying Groceries on a Budget

We are changing up our Buying Groceries on a Budget. In the past we have featured sale items from Kroger and Dollar General Store. Starting today we will be focusing only on Dollar General Store. Dollar General seams to have sale items where we can really stretch our dollars.

We will be looking at sale circulars around the beginning and the end of the each month, depending upon how the 3rd falls.

We hope you have enjoyed our section on Buying Groceries on a Budget. We would like to hear from you, please call Shelly at 501-664-7100 with your comments.

Have a fun summer, stay cool, hydrated and remember to stretch those dollars!

 

Special 3 Days Only Sale Wednesday 8/2 to Friday 8/4/17

Planters Mix Nuts 8.5 oz Regular $4.00 or Cashew Halves and Pieces 8 oz Regular $4.75, 2/$7.00 Must buy 2 to get discount; Baby Rays BBQ Sauce 18 oz Asst. Varieties Regular $2.00 Buy 1 Get 1 free Must buy 2 to get discount; Hormel Compleats 7.25-10 oz Asst. Flavors Buy 3 Get 1 Free Must buy 4 to get discount

 

Weekly Sales July 30 – Aug 5th, 2017

General Mills Cereals Mix and Match 7 Varieties 3/$6.00 Must buy 3 to get discount; Kellogg’s Cereals and Snacks Mix and Match 3/$6.00; Dole fruit cups 4 pk 2/$4.00 Must buy 2 to get discount; Smithfield Breakfast Sausage Links or Patties 12 oz $2.75; Cho Milk 64 oz Asst. Flavors $2.00; General Mills Cereal Bars 8 ct, Fiber One 5-6 ct or Nature Valley 6 ct 2/$5.00 Must buy 2 to get discount; Tyson Frozen Chicken 11-22 oz Asst. Varieties $5.00; Eckrich Jumbo Meat or Cheese Franks 12-14 oz $1.50; Clover Valley Chunk White Chicken Breast 2 pk/5 oz $3.50; Knorr Rice or Pasta Sides 4.3 oz – 5.7 oz $1.00; Hamburger Helper 5.9 – 6 oz Asst. Varieties 2/$2.00 Must buy 2 to get discount; Lance Crackers or Cookies 6 ct Asst. Varieties Regular $1.00, $.85 cents

A FEW FUNNIES

Following Instructions
Patient: It's been one month since my last visit and I still feel miserable.
Doctor: Did you follow the instructions on the medicine I gave you?
Patient: I sure did. The bottle said "keep tightly closed."

Today's Stock Market Report

• Helium was up.
• Feathers were down.
• Paper was stationary.
• Fluorescent tubing was dimmed in light trading.
• Knives were up sharply.
• Cows steered into a bull market.
• Pencils lost a few points.
• Hiking equipment was trailing.
• Elevators rose, while escalators continued their slow decline.
• Light switches were off.
• Mining equipment hit rock bottom.
• Diapers remain unchanged.
• Shipping lines stayed at an even keel.
• The market for raisins dried up.
• Coca Cola fizzled.
• Caterpillar stock inched up a bit.
• Balloon prices were inflated.
• And batteries exploded in an attempt to recharge the market.

What Goes Around...

When my three-year-old son opened the birthday gift from his grandmother, he discovered a water pistol. He squealed with delight and headed for the nearest sink. I was not so pleased. I turned to Mom and said, "I'm surprised at you. Don't you remember how we used to drive you crazy with water guns?" Mom, with a little grin, replied, "I remember."

Tech Support

A helicopter was flying around above Seattle yesterday when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communication equipment. Due to the clouds and haze the pilot could not determine his position or course to steer to the airport. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign and held it in the helicopter's window. The sign said "WHERE AM I?" People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drawing a large sign, visible through a building window. Their sign said, "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER." The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map and determined the course to steer to the Seattle/Tacoma airport and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how the "You Are in a Helicopter" sign helped determine their position. The pilot responded, "I knew that had to be the Microsoft building because they gave me a technically correct but completely useless reply.

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE

Running adds years to your life (AARP 2017)

A new study shows that people who run for exercise tend to live three years longer than those who don’t — and that a single one-hour run can add as much as seven hours to your life.

In the study, published in the journal Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, researchers reported that runners have a 25 to 40 percent reduced risk of premature death compared to nonrunners.

The study found that running boosted longevity more than cycling, walking and other forms of exercise, though those activities also were beneficial. They also found that four hours of running each week provides the optimum benefit. Adding more time on the track or the trail doesn’t result in further gains, but it doesn’t increase the mortality risk, either.

It remains unclear exactly why running is so effective in increasing life span. Iowa State University kinesiology professor Duck-chul Lee, the study’s lead author, told the New York Times that running counteracts multiple risk factors, including high blood pressure and belly fat.

The results add to growing scientific evidence linking running to longevity.

A 2014 study of 55,000 adults by Lee and his colleagues, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, found that runners lowered their risk of dying from heart disease or stroke by 45 percent, compared to people who didn’t run.

 

CHANGES TO ACCESSING YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY ON LINE

Social Security Changes Taking Effect June 10, 2017

This week, the agency announced that it is making a second stab at improving online security.

Starting June 10, people logging into their online Social Security accounts will need to verify their identity by one of two methods: a code sent to their cellphone or a code sent to their email accounts.

The move is part of a broader government push to ramp up online security amid a number of hacks of government and commercial websites that have compromised the personal information of millions of Americans.

The new system is not expected to be as secure as cellphone-only two-step authentication since many people use the same password for email and other online accounts. If one of those accounts gets hacked, cyber intruders would then be able to access their Social Security account via the victim’s email.

It is, however, one more layer of security. And it can be made even more secure if users use a unique password reserved for email accounts alone, said Stephanie Lucas, a digital media specialist with the Los Angeles office of the law firm Baker & Hostetler.

Your personal account at ssa.gov can be used to check benefits and manage direct deposits to bank accounts, among other things.

 

EAT WITH YOUR BRAIN IN MIND

Does your diet contribute to improving your memory?

The research is clear: What you eat has a big impact on your brain. In fact, the right foods — and combinations of foods — can enhance memory, build new brain cells and even help ward off Alzheimer's.

Scientists are increasingly examining whole food groups — and diets — to determine which ones contribute to better cognition and which seem to hinder it. They've found that certain eating plans — including the Mediterranean diet, the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet and a hybrid of the two, dubbed the MIND diet — can help stave off cognitive decline and protect the brain against disease. The MIND diet, developed by researchers at Rush University in Chicago, slashed the risk of developing Alzheimer's by as much as 53 percent. (MIND stands for Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay.) Even those who followed the diet moderately had a 35 percent lower risk of Alzheimer's.

Why the MIND advantage? Like the Mediterranean and DASH diets, the MIND diet emphasizes fish, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, and beans. But MIND goes one step further, specifying brain-boosting produce such as berries and leafy greens. According to study author Martha Clare Morris, professor of nutritional epidemiology at Rush, people who ate one to two servings of green leafy vegetables a day were cognitively 11 years younger than those who ate fewer greens. Blueberries may have the best cognitive perks.

"The common denominator in all three diets is a plant-based eating pattern that is low in saturated and trans fats and high in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats," says Morris — and experts agree fat composition is a key player in cognition.

A recent Spanish study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that supplementing the already brain-healthy Mediterranean diet with additional servings of olive oil and nuts — both of which boast inflammation-fighting unsaturated fats — enhances memory and information processing. On the flip side, a study published in PLOS One earlier this year linked higher trans fat intake with poorer performance on memory tests.

"Follow the Mediterranean or the MIND diets and your mind will be sharper in six months — and less susceptible to Alzheimer's disease decades later," agrees Majid Fotuhi, M.D., medical director of NeuroGrow Brain Fitness Center and affiliate staff at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. What makes these diets so powerful? Key foods within them have different brain-boosting benefits, Fotuhi says. Emphasize even a few of these and your brain will thank you for years to come.

1. Olive oil, green tea and leafy greens (broccoli, spinach and kale)

Each of these antioxidant superfoods helps fight inflammation. And while inflammation is the body's natural response to injury, uncontrolled inflammation over time can damage the brain. Intervene with these anti-inflammatory foods before neurons die, and you may be able to restore normal brain function, says Paula C. Bickford, professor of neurosurgery and brain repair at the University of South Florida.

2. Beets, tomatoes and avocados

These three darkly-hued foods help ensure that your brain receives the blood it needs to stay sharp. Studies suggest increased blood flow to the brain promotes neuron growth in the hippocampus, the area of the brain associated with learning and memory.

3. Nuts (especially walnuts), curcumin and pomegranates

These foods work deep in the brain to fight amyloid plaques. While amyloid is required for brain cells to communicate, when it accumulates several thousand times beyond normal levels, it forms plaques. These plaques kill neurons while creating inflammation, which kills even more neurons.

4. Fish, blueberries, grapes, coffee and dark chocolate

These nutrient powerhouses have been shown to increase the level of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein that supports the growth of new neurons. "It's like Miracle-Gro for the brain," says Fotuhi. "Stimulating the release of BDNF not only reverses the effects of aging, but also triggers the brain to make more neurons."

Amy Paturel is a health and science writer in California.

 

WHICH ONE IS IT AND WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE

Bronchitis and pneumonia both affect the lungs and share some common symptoms, but they are different diseases that require different treatment. Here's how you can tell the difference.

Bronchitis

The less severe of the two, acute bronchitis is caused by inflammation of the bronchi, the branching tubes that deliver air into the lungs. (Chronic bronchitis is a different subject altogether.)

The most common symptoms of bronchitis include:

• Coughing with clear, yellow or green sputum (the gunk you cough up)
• Fatigue
• Wheezing
• Runny, stuffy nose occurring before chest congestion begins
• Shortness of breath, usually following a coughing jag
• Discomfort in the center of the chest due to cough
• Mild fever

Although yellow or green sputum is often thought to indicate bacterial infection, don't be fooled.

"Over 80 to 90 percent of bronchitis in otherwise healthy people is viral, not bacterial, in origin, especially if the symptoms of bronchitis follow a cold," says Homer Boushey, M.D., a lung specialist and professor emeritus of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

Viral infections cannot be treated with antibiotics. In fact, says Boushey, antibiotics will kill many of the healthy, protective bacteria in your body. "That leaves you more susceptible to disease-causing bacteria."

Acute bronchitis will most often go away on its own within a week to 10 days, though your mucus-y cough will likely persist for several more weeks.

"It's just a matter of the body cleaning up the mess," says pulmonologist Len Horovitz, M.D., of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. "Most people recover just fine from bronchitis."

Pneumonia

An inflammation of the lungs, pneumonia has many of the same symptoms as bronchitis, including:

• Persistent fever (often high)
• Cough, often with yellow or green mucus
• Chills, which sometimes cause shaking
• Shortness of breath
• Sharp chest pain
• Confusion (which occurs primarily in older people)

Though many of the signs may be similar, pneumonia is much more serious than acute bronchitis. It's more often caused by bacteria than by a virus, which means that antibiotics can be used to treat it. However, bacterial pneumonia can be a fast-moving disease that needs attention right away, says Boushey.

"Don't wait too long to get treated," he warns. "If you come in with very advanced pneumonia, it may be too late. For people who come in right away, we have good treatments."

When to see a doctor

Older people do worse with respiratory infections (whether viral or bacterial), especially if they have other health problems such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease or cancer. If you have symptoms, play it safe and see your doctor.

"Any time you have a fever or a cough, you should go in," says Horovitz. "Any time you feel bad, you should go in, because you never know what you are dealing with. Don't wait until you are in extremis."

Your doctor will listen to your lungs and, if necessary, take an X-ray of your chest, which will identify pneumonia infection.

Prevention

To protect yourself against bacterial pneumonia, there are two pneumonia vaccines recommended if you're 65 or older. If you have underlying health problems, like COPD or diabetes, or if you smoke, you will likely need one at an earlier age. Talk to your doctor.

You can reduce your chances of getting acute bronchitis by practicing good hygiene.

"That means handwashing, especially around kids with colds," says Boushey. "We love our grandchildren, but they do spread viruses. Get them to wash their hands frequently and to sneeze and cough into their elbows, not their hands. Those simple measures are important."

Horovitz recommends washing your hands before you touch your face. "You introduce infection-causing germs through your nose, your mouth, your eyes. You can touch sewers all day long and not get sick, as long as you don't touch your face before you wash your hands."

Finally, if you have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), get it treated, says Boushey. "The acid [produced by GERD] irritates the airways in the lungs, which makes them more susceptible to viruses and bacteria."

 

MAYBE A LITTLE EXTRA WEIGHT IS NOT SO BAD

Advantages of Body Fat (AARP 2017)

There are several ways that your body fat is of benefit to you.

By no means are we encouraging you to double your food portions after reading this story. In other words, don't go get fat.

An excess amount of poundage, even on so-called "healthy" obese adults, increases the risk of developing heart disease, according to a recent Danish study. Too much fat is also linked to type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis and certain cancers.

But ... a healthy amount of fat on your body has its benefits. Let us count four ways. 

1. Stores energy

Fat serves an important role for storing energy. "Older people tend to lose weight in the later stages of life, so having those energy reserves is beneficial," says Dain LaRoche, a kinesiologist and associate professor at the University of New Hampshire. Eons ago when humans had to hunt for food, that fat storage helped us survive through the winters, he says. Having some fat reserves also aids cancer patients, who often lose weight and become frail during advanced stages of the disease.

2. Good for vitamins

Our fat-soluble vitamins — A, E, D and K — are absorbed in the body's fat tissue. "If people cut out all the fat in their diet, they would be deficient in those vitamins," LaRoche says. And it's less about having the fat, and more about consuming foods that have fat. By eliminating foods with fat, you miss out on nutrients that play a role in reducing inflammation, clotting blood, keeping your skin healthy and strengthening bones. You cannot find these important vitamins in doughnuts, but you can in fortified milk products, cold-water fish, carrots, avocados and a host of other foods.

3. Keeps us warm

In bone-chilling weather, the overweight dude has the advantage over the thin guy. Why? Fat is an insulator, so it's like wearing an extra layer of clothing. "When you're exposed to extreme cold weather, fat retards heat loss. It's an adaptive mechanism to help keep a core temperature," LaRoche says. Some studies have suggested that cold-water swimmers with a higher body mass index (BMI) have a lower risk of getting hypothermia.

So maybe, just maybe, adding a wee bit of winter weight isn't so horrible.

4. Protects the body from trauma

Visceral fat (fat located around your organs) provides padding and a source of energy for the kidneys, liver and heart.  Fat provides a layer of protection, almost like a barrier to physical trauma, LaRoche says. Think of the pounding athletes in contact sports take when competing and training. Fat comes in handy for them, and it has for you with the bumps and falls you've taken over the years.

Bottom line: 'Tis better to be fit than fat. "Everything in moderation," LaRoche says. "There are negative effects of having too little fat and negative effects of having too much fat. Since two-thirds of America is overweight or obese, we have a bigger problem with too much fat."

Stacy Julien is channel editor for AARP Health.

 

KEEP A WATCH ON THAT PURSE

Purses: Women love and need them, and some even go broke for them. The average thief knows this, too. For a quick steal, a bag in the wrong place at the wrong time can be gone in a heartbeat.

“Most people are law-abiding citizens, but a small percentage of thieves will target you when you’re vulnerable. They wake up thinking about who they’re going to steal from,” says detective Kevin Coffey, a retired Los Angeles police officer who founded Corporate Travel Safety.com to offer travel-risk advice and corporate training.

Here are Coffey’s tips on how not to become the next victim when you’re out and about.

At a restaurant

The first place you want to hang a pocketbook is on the back of your chair. But that’s the number one place from which they are stolen, Coffey says. To the left or right of you on the table or behind you on the seat is also no good. If you have a purse hook that hangs on your table, place it in front of you. A small bag can go right in your lap. Otherwise, Coffey advises, the safest spot is in front of your feet, on the floor, with the strap under one chair leg. “They would have to crawl under your table to get it.” But that could be unsanitary, adding germs to your satchel. So at a nice restaurant, use your dinner napkin as a barrier. If you have a long strap, hook it around your knee.

Bathroom

Handy as it is for you, the hook on the back of the bathroom door is handy for thieves, too. If the door is high enough, a crook needs only to look under the stall to see if you’re preoccupied before reaching over the door, unhooking your bag and getting away with it. The safest stall is the handicapped stall — when it’s available. “You have a solid wall on one side and more often a safe place to set your purse while you go,” Coffey notes. “If that one isn’t free, grab a toilet cover, put it on the floor and set your purse on top."

Public transportation

On a packed train, the most vulnerable place to sit or stand is by the door. It’s easy for a thief to time it just right, grab your bag and bolt. But if you’re stuck by a door, Coffey recommends that you wear a pocketbook with a long strap across your body and keep it in front of you or on a side opposite the door. If it’s a bag with a flap, the flap should be facing you.

Walking on the street

Like public transportation, “on the street, you’re more concerned about snatching,” Coffey says. Again, wear your bag across your body. If you can’t, make it a point to walk close to buildings, keeping your purse between yourself and the structure. It’s a little thing that can make a difference.

Ultimately, if a crook wants your purse, that thief is going to take it. But do yourself a favor and walk out the door with “situational awareness.” “Those who don’t have it, and they’re oblivious to their surroundings, are more likely to become victims,” Coffey says.

Two more things you can do

Get a purse that’s hard to steal from! Thieves love bucket handbags, drawstrings or bags with no zippers or buttons to close them. “Your best bet is a purse with a flap and a zipper,” according to Coffey.

Sanitize your purse. In other words, prepare for your bag to be stolen. Reduce the number of items inside it that can compromise your financial and personal security. If you don’t need it, leave it at home. Things not to carry around willy-nilly include:

·                  Social security card

·                  Checkbook

·                  Every credit card you own

·                  Cheat sheets with passwords and PINs 

·                  Gift cards

·                  A cellphone without a password lock

Keep Your Purse Clean, Too

·                  Disinfect your bag regularly. Use antibacterial or bleach wipes to clean every inch of your satchel, especially the bottom. A mild detergent will also work.

·                  Be careful when putting your pocketbook on the floor. Though the floor can be a safe place, it isn’t the cleanest. Make sure your bag is sitting on a towel, a cloth napkin or something else to keep the germs away.

·                  Keep your handbag off of tables. That goes for kitchen countertops and restaurant tables, where crumbs and food spills are often found.

·                  Disinfect the items in your bag. Your cellphone is ripe with germs, and these get transferred, along with your device, to your purse. Keep it and other items you carry often clean with wipes.

Stacy Julien is channel editor for AARP Health. 

 

A FEW WEEKEND LAUGHS

Perspective
A question given to a banker, an electrician, and a politician was, "What term would you use to describe the problem that results when outflow exceeds inflow?" The banker wrote, "Overdraft." The electrician wrote, "Overload." The politician wrote, "What problem?"

No Pain

A woman and her husband interrupted their vacation to go to the dentist. "I want a tooth pulled, and I don't want any pain killers because I'm in a big hurry," the woman said. "Just extract the tooth as quickly as possible, and we'll be on our way." The dentist was quite impressed. "You're certainly a courageous woman," he said. "Which tooth is it?" The woman turned to her husband and said, "Show him your tooth, dear."

Lost

An American and his wife were driving in Canada and got lost on the prairie. After what seemed like forever, they finally came to a city. When they saw a gentleman on the sidewalk they pulled up to the curb and the lady wound down her window and asked: "Excuse me, sir. Where are we?" The gentleman replied, "Saskatoon, Saskatchewan." The woman rolled up the window, turned to her husband and said, "We really are lost. They don't even speak English here!"

Packaging

Recently, I bought a cartridge for my printer. It came in a box mounted on a card and wrapped in plastic. When I took it apart, I found that the printer cartridge itself was actually quite small, but they made the packaging unnecessarily large to make it harder to steal and to make the customer feel better about the high price. I pointed this out to my wife and mentioned how my weight gain over the years of our marriage should have the same effect: It made me seem more valuable and also made me harder for other women to steal. She's still laughing.

Changing Times

My granddaughter came to spend a few weeks with me, and I decided to teach her to sew. After I had gone through a lengthy explanation of how to thread the machine, she stepped back, put her hands on her hips, and said in disbelief, "You mean you can do all that, but you can't operate a cell phone?"

AMAZING SPECULATION ON OUR FUTUREAND TECHNOLOGY

Did you think back in 1998 that 3 years later you would never take pictures on film again?

       

In 1998 Kodak had 170,000 employees and sold 85 % photo paper worldwide. Within just a few years their business model disappeared and they went bankrupt. What happened to Kodak will happen in a lot of industries in the next 10 years and, most people  won't see it coming.  

Yet digital cameras were invented in 1975. The first ones only had 10,000 pixels, but followed Moore's law.  So as with all exponential technologies, it was a disappointment for a time, before it became way superior and became mainstream in only a few short years. It will now happen  again with Artificial Intelligence, health, autonomous and  electric cars, education, 3D printing, agriculture and jobs.  Welcome to the  4th Industrial Revolution.  Welcome to the Exponential Age.       

               

Some believe that software will disrupt most traditional industries in the next 5-10 years.

              

Uber is just a software tool, they don't own any cars, and are now the biggest taxi company in the  world.

                  

Airbnb is now the biggest hotel company in the world, although they don't own any properties.

                     

Artificial  Intelligence:  Computers become exponentially better in understanding the world. This year, a computer beat the best Go-player in the world, 10 years  earlier than expected.

                            

In the US , many young lawyers are finding it hard to get jobs. Because of IBM's Watson you can get legal advice (so far for more or less basic stuff) within seconds. With 90% accuracy compared with 70% accuracy when done by humans.

                                   

Some say there will be 90 % less lawyers in the future. Only specialists will remain.

              

Watson already helps nurses diagnosing cancer,  which is 4 times more accurate than human nurses.

              

Facebook now has a pattern recognition software that can recognize faces better than humans. In 2030 computers will become more intelligent than humans. (NEVER says Albert)

           

Autonomous cars: In 2018  the first self driving cars will appear for the public. Around 2020 the complete industry will  start to be disrupted. You may not want to own a car anymore.  You will call a car with your phone, it will show up at your location and drive you to your destination. You will not need to park it, you only pay for the driven distance and can be productive while being driven.               

              

Our kids may not need to get a  driver's licence and won't own a car.             

     

It will change the cities,  because we will need 90-95% less cars for that. We can transform former parking spaces into parks.               

              

1.2  million people die each  year in car accidents worldwide. We now have one accident every 60,000 miles  ( 100,000  km), with autonomous driving it's estimated that will drop to 1 accident in 6 million miles (10 million km). That would save  a   million  lives each  year.                      

    

Some car companies will become bankrupt. Traditional car companies try the evolutionary approach and just build a better car, while tech companies like Tesla, Apple, Google will do the revolutionary approach and build a computer on  wheels.                   

              

Many engineers from Volkswagen and Audi are already terrified of Tesla.               

              

Insurance  companies  will have massive trouble  because without accidents, the insurance will become many times cheaper. Their car insurance business model may disappear.                

              

Real Estate will change.  Because if you can work while you commute, people can move further away to live in more beautiful and or cheaper neighborhoods.                          

            

Some predict that electric cars will become  mainstream by about 2020 or so. If so, cities will be less noisy.               

               

Electricity will become far cheaper and cleaner. Solar production has been  on an exponential curve for 30 years, but you can now see the burgeoning impact.               

             

Last year, more solar energy was installed worldwide than fossil.  Energy companies are desperately trying to limit access to the grid to prevent competition from home solar installations, but that can't last.  Technology will take care of that strategy.               

              

With cheap electricity comes cheap and abundant water.   Desalination of salt water now only needs 2k Wh per cubic meter at 0.25 cents. We don't have  scarce water in most places, we only have scarce drinking water. Imagine what will be possible if anyone can have as much clean water as he wants, for nearly no cost.               

   

Health: The Tricorder X price will be announced this year. There are companies who will build a medical device (called the " Tricorder " from Star Trek) that works  with your phone, which takes your retina scan, your blood sample  and you simply  breath into it.               

            

It then analyses 54 bio-markers  that will identify many  diseases.  It will be cheap, so in a  few years many in remote areas of our planet will have access to world class cheap medical analysis. Goodbye medical  establishments?

              

3 D printing: The price of the cheapest 3D  printer came down from  $18,000 to $400 within 10 years. In the same time, it  became 100 times faster. All major shoe companies have already started 3D printing  shoes.       

      

Some spare airplane parts  are already 3D printed in remote airports. The space station now has a printer that eliminates the  need for the large amount of spare parts they used to have in the past.             

              

At the end of this year, new  smart phones will have 3D scanning possibilities. You can then 3D scan your feet and print  your perfect shoe at home.               

              

In China they have already 3D printed and built a complete 6 storey office building.  By 2027 10% of everything that's being produced will be 3D printed.                      

              

Business  Opportunities: If you think of a niche you want to go in, first ask yourself, "In the future, do I think we will have that?" If the answer is yes, how can you make that happen sooner? If it doesn't work with your phone, forget the idea.  And any idea designed for success in the 21st century imay be doomed to failure in the next century...or sooner.

 

Work:   It is estimated that 70-80 % of jobs will disappear in the next 20 years. There will be a lot  of new jobs, but it is not clear if there will be enough new  jobs in such a short time.  This will require a rethink on wealth distribution. Some communities and nations are already experimenting with guaranteed income "floors'.

 

Agriculture: There will be a $100  agricultural robot in the future.  Farmers in 3rd world countries can then become managers of their field instead of working all day on their  fields...many already use drones to detect diseases or dry areas,etc.

 

Aeroponics needs much less water. The first Petri dish produced veal, is now available and soon will be cheaper than cow-produced veal. Right now, 30 % of all agricultural surfaces is used for cows.  Imagine if we don't need that space  anymore...to say nothing about methane gas emissions.

 

... and, we can go on.