Institute For The Future

From Computational to Biological Previews

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Varied Notes on Synthetic Biology

I haven’t placed this in one of the research templates just yet due to an inability to figure out how to make sense of synthetic biology research....

First Round Research: From Self-Experiments to Life-Doulas

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First Round Research: From Longevity to Labyrinth

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In the pursuit of Well-Being, Resilience and Multigenerational Health

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The Flintstones and the Epistemological Rapture

A recent survey by the University of Texas/Texas Tribune showed that 30% of Texans believed that humans and dinosaurs lived together at the same...

Life as a Persuasive Role Playing Game

Here's a video of an energetic and provocative talk by Jesse Schell, Carnegie Mellon Professor, and former Disney Imagineer, on how we will be...

The Great Recession and community currencies

The Great recession has brought into focus the role community currencies (sometimes referred as complementary currency) can play in fostering local...

What do we have and what do we need?

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Jake Research Nut Cluster 1: 21st Century Quarantines

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Jake Research Nut Cluster 2: Subjective Measurements

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The Onion and the Future of Persuasion

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Helping others see the pollution you hear

As part of our ongoing work examining the intersection of health and citizen-environmental monitoring, we are always on the look out for new products...

3-d bioprinting (and other miscellaneous 3-d printing signals)

Three recent articles have looked at the pending commercialization of 3-d printing: ...

Writing Stress into Children's Brains and Genes

As a review article in JAMA from last year notes, a growing body of research shows that environmental stress, pollutants, and exposure to other such...

Infectious Disease Previews

According to the WSJ, a Pentagon project has identified several genes that activate shortly before a person begins to show signs of/experience the...

The Future of Social Networks is Storytelling Part 2

Last week, in Part 1, I wrote about my frustration with the ephemeral nature of social network conversations (cacophony would be a better word). There...

Science and Technology -- response strategy and social cause

This section from the article I linked earlier, CLA as Pedagogy In studies of Science and Technology, triggered two somewhat vague discussions to...

bots and chatbots

As part of IFTF research on futures of persuasion, we might consider the role of non human intelligence persuaders: ...

Resilient Joints, Streets, Societies (thoughts on Laura Carstensen)

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What Are You Printing for Dinner?

An early design prototype called Cornucopia is aimed at bringing 3-D printing into the kitchen.

Bus shelter ad with built-in scale

Amsterdam agency N=5 created this bus shelter ad for Fitness First, the world's largest privately-owned health club chain. The bus shelter displays...