In this sense, poverty research and welfare policies work on possibilities for the future on a new level, a future of a second order.
"In 1983, when I joined, one of the first things being worked on was the possibility of new high definition (HD) TV systems," says Graham Thomas of BBC Research and Development.
Other analyst reports and industry information suggest that an iWatch could also come with its own Wi-Fi or cellular radios on board, however, so this Bluetooth LE hotspot feature is likely just one of many possibilities Apple has worked on in its testing facilities.
And since then, we've moved from food assistance to really working on agricultural possibilities: apple trees and fish farms.
Making cellulose into sugar is technically possible, and many firms are working on that possibility.
"Tonight we're working on the possibility of a ceasefire.
Mark Golin, a former editor of Maxim on loan to Time Inc. from AOL, is currently working on the possibility of a magazine for grown-up males that uses lad motifs.
"We are already working on the possibility of responding in the area of security, in particular through the creation of a school for gendarmes or by training police," he said.
"We are working on the possibility of a gradual permanent agreement, which can be seen as a long-term interim agreement, in which parts are carried out in stages," Mr. Barak told Israeli Army Radio today.
Police are also seeking to identify a pair of blond men seen lurking around the holiday centre about the time of the disappearance, and a group of presumed bogus charity collectors who targeted nearby apartments – working on the possibility that Madeleine's abduction was carefully planned.
