MakerBot Day 2: I Start to Build
Let me start off by saying that I mean this in the nicest way possible -- I am really enjoying the lurching process of building my MakerBot, and am more than happy to get the chance to work my way through the assembly of the machine.
That said, if the MakerBot is the future, then the future is f*&@ing complicated.
- Mathias Crawford's blog
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IFTF Releases Case Study on How to Run an Online Contest based on BodyShock The Future
In 2010, we at the Institute for the Future discussed a vision to create a contest that would ask people to enter and vote for ideas on how to transform our bodies and lifestyles for future health—a topic closely related to IFTF’s Health Horizons research.
- Alexandra Carmichael's blog
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14 Dreams for the Future of California
IFTF Summer Internships
Institute for the Future will be holding a 4-week internship program this summer, from June 22 – July 16. The program will focus on providing participants with an introduction to foresight research and practice. You will enjoy exposure to various foresight methodologies, many at the innovative edge of strategic foresight and futures work. It's an opportunity to work with a leading futures group in a creative environment, with a mix of direction and independence. Note: This internship is exclusively for graduate and undergraduate students.
- Lisa Mumbach's blog
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IFTF Researcher Testifies at Senate Hearing on Research Parks and Job Creation
Yesterday, I traveled to Washington to testify at a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on "Research Parks and Job Creation".
- Anthony Townsend's blog
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24 year old Cameroonian engineer invents a touchscreen medical tablet
A 24 year old Cameroonian engineer, Arthur Zang, has invented the Cardiopad, a touchscreen medical tablet used to perform tests similar to a traditional electrocardiograph. The Cardiopad can wirelessly transmit the results of a heart test from a remote location to specialists typically located in urban centers.
Cardiopad
- Tessa Finlev's blog
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Your Personal Placebo Profile
During their work on the Future of Persuasion, my colleagues in the Technology Horizons program developed the idea of a personal persuasion profile - that, in effect, each of us will be profiled based on the kinds of pitches, targeting and information we're most likely to respond to, that, over time, will follow us around in our virtual lives.
- Bradley Kreit's blog
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Financing the Business of a Healthy Life: Social Health and Well-being Innovation
When thinking about the future of health, it’s natural to look first at emerging technologies— indeed, part of this year’s Health Horizons research is going to focus on technological innovation. But looking at technology alone misses a big part of the picture. Social innovations, new systems people will use to improve well-being (some driven by technology but some not), are likely to transform health and well-being over the next decade.
- Ben Hamamoto's blog
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Exploring the Future of Games and Health
IFTF was invited by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to help organize a workshop at the White House conference center on health and games. Yesterday, my colleague Mike Liebhold and I were among a group of roughly two dozen researchers, game designers and key government officials exploring how games can be used to improve health and health care.
- Bradley Kreit's blog
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Embedded Health: Designing Future Health Interventions Around Our Weaknesses
My most recent Fast Coexist piece is up - taking a look at a concept I wrote about in 2010 called Embedded Health, which argues that the future of health design is to create interventions that help us overcome our weaknesses. It begins:
- Bradley Kreit's blog
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