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Jul 29, 2010

By Alex Carmichael in The Future Now

crowdsourced research, environment, GPS, participatory sensing, sensors

Crowd-Tracking Noise and Air Pollution

A new noise/ozone sensor watch being tested in Europe.

At the recent Health...

Jul 26, 2010

By Bradley Kreit in The Future Now

direct-to-consumer genetics, genetics, HC2020, probabilistic medicine

The Geneticist Will Skype you Now

One of the more startling statistics I learned last year came from something by geneticist and science writer Misha Angrist: At least as of a couple years ago, there...

Jul 22, 2010

By Lisa Mumbach in

Only 6 weeks left to submit your idea to BodyShock the Future!

The BodyShock the Future Contest is well underway, with over 20 videos posted on the website as of today and many more written submissions. Brian Dolan recently posted a blog on ...

Jul 22, 2010

By Alex Carmichael in The Future Now

genetics, health community, networked health

What If Your Genetics Defined Your Community?

Imagine a world where people band together in activism around their genetic...

Jul 21, 2010

By Lisa Mumbach in

IFTF hosts first Ubiquitous Media Studio meetup

On Thursday, July 22, IFTF's Director of Technology Horizons, Lyn Jeffery will be hosting the first Ubiquitous Media Studio (@ubistudio) mini-workshop and meetup. The Ubiquitous Media Studio is conceived as an open network of artists,...

Jul 21, 2010

By Bradley Kreit in The Future Now

augmented reality, behavior change

Filtering Out Temptations

When was the last time you looked into the refrigerator or at a store shelf with every intention of grabbing a healthy snack--only to wind up with dessert? The problem, of course, is that even while salad might sound good in theory, in practice, in the moment, chocolate sounds a lot better ...

Jul 19, 2010

By Bradley Kreit in The Future Now

agriculture, genetic engineering, genetics, green health

Can I Have a Featherless Chicken and a Side of Healthy Bacon?

The New Scientist has a great round-up of the various efforts geneticists are undertaking to modify farm animals. The story doesn't break any new ground, per se, but it's...

Jul 18, 2010

By Alex Carmichael in The Future Now

augmented environments, BodyShock, global health, synthetic biology

15 Ideas to Improve Global Health

If you imagine a healthy future, what does it look like? What will we have done to our bodies, networks, and environments to improve our...

Jul 13, 2010

By Bradley Kreit in The Future Now

HC2020, HC2020 artifacts, health previews, persuasion, visualizations

Previewing Your Future Self

A few months ago, I highlighted a treadmill at Japanese gyms that flashes pictures of desserts at exercisers as they hit certain calorie counts in order to keep them motivated. Want that milkshake? Just run another half hour.

At the time, I was...

Jul 13, 2010

By Anthony Townsend in The Future Now

idea management, incubation, innovation

Lightweight Innovation: Guidelines for Reinvention (Part 1)

Lightweight innovation processes are emerging on the web, aided by new ideas about how to organize innovation and technologies that reduce the cost and complexity of incremental innovation. But which of these tools might enable a shift to lightweight models in other industries? This...

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2009 Ten-Year Forecast: Research Materials

[Conferenece PPTs with their scripts] The 2009 Ten-Year Forecast Annual Retreat, "Superstructing the Next Decade," took place in historic Cavallo Point in Sausalito, CA on April 20-21, 2009. Materials from this meeting are available for download, including:OverviewThe Future is our chance to be new. This year’s TYF research delves into issues from a collapsing economy paving the way for new kinds...

What is the Future of Food?

In recent years, rising obesity rates, a crushing disease burden, and the direct impact of what we eat on our health has moved food to the forefront of health discourse. Food nourishes and sustains us, but it also impacts our health, environment, and politics in critical ways. We are pleased to announce the public release of IFTF's 2007 map of The Future of Foodscapes, which explores the major...

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Crowd-Tracking Noise and Air Pollution

The Geneticist Will Skype you Now

Only 6 weeks left to submit your idea to BodyShock the Future!

What If Your Genetics Defined Your Community?

IFTF hosts first Ubiquitous Media Studio meetup

Filtering Out Temptations

Can I Have a Featherless Chicken and a Side of Healthy Bacon?

15 Ideas to Improve Global Health

Previewing Your Future Self

Lightweight Innovation: Guidelines for Reinvention (Part 1)

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