Future Now
The IFTF Blog
In a line of work dependent on the projection of power, criminals use social media to exude influence, intimidate rival gangs, and connect with their...
In the next decade, autonomous vehicles will evolve to become the ultimate mobile computer.
Lydia had known her PADIS (Personal Autonomous Data Intelligence Service), Hillary, for almost five years now. She’d named her after a childhood...
In early 2016, an engineer named Jason Goecke posted a video that quickly went viral. Working in his spare time, he had hacked together the Amazon...
Technology has transformed our relationships with animals. Horses were once the “motors” for long-distance transport, but are now mainly pets for...
IFTF is thrilled to announce the research fellowship of internationally recognized design advocate and speaker, Amber Case—author of Calm Technology...
Whether we know it or not, we are all under constant bombardment by efforts to change our beliefs about the world....
It’s 2026. Listening has multiplied and flourished. And who is doing most of the listening? Machines, thanks to advances in natural language...
David Birnbaum manages Haptic User Experience Design at Immersion Corporation. During his eight years there, Birnbaum has been working to transition...
As we wade deeper into the 2020s, the lines between fun, learning, and data-mining continue to blur beyond...
Young people embrace and pioneer new strategies for communicating with each other that the rest of us just don’t “get.” But we know they shape tech...
For millions of people in China, livestreaming is becoming a new form of work. Based on the value of digital gifts their viewers send them, they can...
N2U is a revolutionary technology that allows us to help you discover who is available, and who isn’t, and how interested they really...
Maria Konnikova is the author of two bestselling books, “The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time and “Mastermind: How To Think Like...
Emoticons? Yep. I’m talking about augmented-reality images, overlaid onto my visual input by a synthetic encephalitis virus that I infected myself...
An essay by Marina Gorbis
"To overcome poverty, we have to free our mind, imagine what has never happened before, and write social fiction. We need to imagine things to make...
Institute for the Future and Digi.City will host public conversation (with refreshments) to explore the prospects for making cities smarter and the...
In January of 1969 at St. Augustine’s Church in Oakland, California, the Free Breakfast for School Children program was started by a group of...
VR could be a gamechanger when it comes to learning and training.
Institute for the Future and Innovate+Educate to host Close It 2018: Future Meets Now conference Oct. 16-17 in Austin, Texas; event brings experts in...
Van Ton-Quinlivan, Executive Vice Chancellor, California Community College,s is IFTF's new Executive in Residence....
A new partnership between Institute for the Future and Zebras Unite aims to work with investors, policymakers and entrepreneurs to design new funding...
"Beyond Organizations: New Models for Getting Things Done" forecasts transformations in organizational...