Forbes has named Pentland the grandfather of Google Glass and the Verge has called him the godfather of wearable tech, in recognition of his work imagining and realising the future of hardware.
We need to realise that the future of our country is at stake.
"Every player needs to realise that the future of the club is at stake here.
"It's really important for Jakarta to realise that the future is with walking and cycling," he says.
Ultimately, though – as is true with virtually all environmental problems – if we want to see genuine action, we landlubbers need to realise how the future fate of the seas will directly impact on us all.
It is hoped that the savings that companies will realise in the future from geographically convenient 3D printing sites will be substantial, thanks to a reduction of shipping costs.
General practitioners expressed difficulties in knowing what benefit a patient would realise in the future from a particular intervention given today.
By supporting rural poor households to grow more, and access profitable markets for their produce, Africa's small-scale farming families can realise the better future that they desire for themselves and their communities.
Earlier than many even in Silicon Valley, he realised that the future belonged to such devices and the mobile internet.
