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The Caregiver / The Artificial Caregiver

Jun 13, 2019 By Ben Hamamoto

What happens when your health is dependent on an upgrade you can't afford? As intelligent autonomous objects proliferate, they can be seen as...

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The Ruse / The Roshki Ruse

Jun 11, 2019 By Mark Frauenfelder

What happens when products can lie to their owners? Advances in multi-material 3D printing render intricately designed objects called “roshkis” into...

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The Pass / I Shouldn't Have Done It

Jun 03, 2019 By Jamais Cascio

What happens when infrastructure enforces the law? As public spaces become increasingly reconfigurable, and infrastructure becomes capable of...

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In the News

Samuel C. Woolley is interviewed for "Social Media Scrutiny in Wake of the New Zealand Terror Attack"

Marina Gorbis is interviewed for "BUILDING A BETTER BAY AREA: Research shows Uber and Lyft pay little per hour"

Nearly 30 Percent Of Anti-Semitic Online Attacks Are Bots, says DigIntel Lab's report for ADL

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation presents "Good Food is Good Business," by IFTF's Food Futures Lab, at the Future Food-Tech conference in London.

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Events

Jun

26

IFTF Foresight Training

June 26 • 27 • 28 - Palo Alto, CA

Aug

20

IFTF Foresight Training

August 20 • 21 • 22 - Helsinki, Finland

Sep

24

IFTF Foresight Training

September 24 • 25 • 26 - Palo Alto, CA

Oct

23

2019 Ten-Year Forecast Summit: The Age of Distributed Superpowers

October 23 • 24 - Craneway Pavilion, San Francisco Bay Area

Nov

05

IFTF Foresight Training

November 05 • 06 • 07 - Singapore

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