Institute For The Future

Swine Flu Parties?

Taking a cue from chicken pox parties, stray groups of people around the country are apparently looking into holding Swine Flu Parties--something, I...

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Jacob Zuma, popularly known as JZ, was sworn in as the 4th president of South Africa on May 9th 2009. ...

Swapping Kidneys With Strangers

Health insurer Aetna has awarded a $50,000 grant to the National Kidney Registry to help the young nonprofit connect potential organ donors with...

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In 2007 the Institute for the Future laid out 10 workplace skills. Originally used as part of the Superhero Skills from the 2007 Ten-Year Forecast...

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We here at the Ten-Year Forecast Program and IFTF have been saying the Global South is developing it’s own global voice. The Global South is becoming...

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Asthma Alerts Through Social Networks

Arizona public health researchers are looking into updating asthma patients about environmental pollution through Twitter, Facebook and other social...

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How Quack Treatments Go Mainstream

Ineffective medical treatments become popular due to their ineffectiveness. Or, at least that's the conclusion of Mark Tanaka in a recent article ...

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I wanted to send this as a signal for the research areas I am focusing on for the map.  This is consistent with what the experts Fran Kaufman and Pat...

Smart Underwear May Prevent Ulcers

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Ars Technica reports that, according to a study conducted by the BI Norwegian School of Management, people who download music from P2P networks...

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