Future Now
The IFTF Blog
Political upheaval. Turbulent markets. Massive climate disruptions. Today’s volatility means big challenges tomorrow. Will the future find you or your...
Twitter recently released a 1.6 GB archive of tweets that it determined had been spread by the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as...
The Significance of China’s Debut as a Disinformation Actor...
Whenever I call a customer service line and have to sit through a torturous series of non-human interactions — “If you are calling x, press y,” “sorry...
Negotiating trust and what's real in the new world of Social VR: From thinking about data in three dimensions to re-inventing audience experience,...
When was the last time you traveled to the future? If you’re like most people, the answer is: just a few minutes ago. That’s because the average...
What happens when fleets of autonomous cars battle it out for the same street corner? As fleets of autonomous cars make their way into messy, crowded...
What happens when your health is dependent on an upgrade you can't afford? As intelligent autonomous objects proliferate, they can be seen as...
What happens when products can lie to their owners? Advances in multi-material 3D printing render intricately designed objects called “roshkis” into...
What happens when infrastructure enforces the law? As public spaces become increasingly reconfigurable, and infrastructure becomes capable of...
The path to telepathy is coming indirectly, through Jepsen’s exploration of a more costeffective medical diagnosis tool: essentially an affordable...
In 2013, hackers installed malware onto servers belonging to the retailer Target, eventually stealing the credit and debit card information of 40...
Clea and her 8-year-old son Alex are in a coffee shop before school. It’s Alex’s birthday. While waiting for their latte and hot chocolate, they play...
Lumina Foundation's Holly Zanville reports on IFTF Future of Assessment convening.
South Korea has robot snipers at the North Korean border that can recognize and kill a person from a mile away. They can shoot them dead in their...
In 1994 a journalist named Josh Quittner registered the domain name mcdonalds.com. On assignment for Wired, Quittner called McDonald’s corporate...
All life as we know it is made of cells that are squishy and full of salt water. That’s why animals’ control systems (networks of neurons and glial...
Around the world, governments are the least trusted institution in half of the 28 countries surveyed for the Edelman Trust Barometer. In the United...
Re-envision the ways that learners in the future will signal their skills and competencies for...
For most organizations, global turbulence today means big challenges for tomorrow. The smartest move? Team up with the world’s top foresight experts....
Imagine taking a video stream of someone—Vladimir Putin, for example, or Lady Gaga, or your spouse—and changing what they say onscreen to whatever you...
These foresight materials were created to quickly get you up to speed on this powerful new technology, to help you understand how blockchains are...