Institute For The Future

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IFTF has just posted a menu of workshops based on our most recent research, facilitated by IFTF staff. In today's volatile, uncertain world, it seems...

10 Ways Ruby's Bequest Can Add Value to Your Organization

On March 16, IFTF launched the fourth in a series of ground-breaking open collaborative research platforms—Ruby's Bequest—and we know your company...

Ulcer-Fighting Yogurt

While new studies find associations between some food and disease pretty much every day, this study is the first study I can remember that tests the...

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With the Ten-Year Forecast annual retreat just weeks away, the team has been fine-tuning our thoughts about the major reinvention our economy and...

I mentioned the other day the idea of the quantified self.  While doing some research for Health Care 2020, I came across a journal article that...

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Lifescan Integrate Glucose Monitor with I-Phone

While most of the attention of Apple's new operating system for the I-Phone has focused on its cut and paste feature, mobile health enthusiasts should...

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Mining Search Trends for Public Health

Google Flu has been using search trend data as a crude way to provide an early warning of the threat of an outbreak--and a new study seems to confirm...

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One of the most interesting parts of the Signtific project for me has been the opportunity to do interviews and workshops with scientists around the...

Social Genetics

Via Blaine Bettinger comes word of the official launch of a website that combines genetics and social networking: GeneTree. The company, which...

I had an opportunity to interview up-and-coming independent artist Thao Nguyen (of Thao with the Get Down Stay Down) for the 2009 Noise Pop Festival a...

Background on Health Proposals in the Federal Budget

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