Future – Insight Sciences

Why the iPad shall replace your ugly black television

December 16, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy, Systems Science

The future of television has arrived: it’s called the iPad
By Nilay Patel, theverge.com

Why owning the second screen is Apple’s game to lose

The future of the television is the iPad.

That was the overwhelming message at the TV of Tomorrow conference in New York, which saw executives and decision makers from across the…

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Here’s What The Next iPad Will Look Like According To A Bunch Of Case Makers (AAPL) (businessinsider.com)
Steve Jobs Was Right Again: Netbooks Are Officially Dead, iPad Killed Them (cultofmac.com)
New iPad To Be Announced June 18th, Says Casemaker (cultofmac.com)

The cities of the future will be grown, not built

September 29, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

The cities of the future will be grown, not built
By Ian Steadman, wired.co.uk

Technology

The cities of the future will have waste-to-energy plants, not shopping malls or churches, at their centre, according to urban designer Mitchell Joachim of Terreform ONE.

Speaking at DLD Cities in London, he said “cities hav…

http://flpbd.it/39qUZ

How will our future cities look? (bbc.co.uk)
Calgary aims to make strides toward improving walkability (calgaryherald.com)
$10K grant from City 2.0 awarded to TED Fellow Faisal Chohan, during TEDx Workshop (ted.com)
New development code aims to remake Raleigh’s urban core (newsobserver.com)
Vision for smaller Detroit unveiled (blogs.windsorstar.com)
GM EN-V Concepts (motortrend.com)
Top Urban Design/Planning Books in 2012 (urbanvista.net)
It’s Time for a New Approach to Urban Design Education (rashidfaridi.wordpress.com)
What urban design means to me… (nclurbandesign.org)

Singularity University uses software startup model to incubate synthetic biology ventures

April 19, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Health Informatics, Regenerative Economy, Systems Science

Singularity University which is a private university dedicated to speeding education in science and technology is giving away about 50k in cash and services to startups pursuing the new field of synthetic biology to help solve major projects including energy, healthcare.

Singularity University To Incubate Synthetic Biology Startups With New Program | Singularity Hub.

Singularity University Changes Terms For Student Startups (keptup.typepad.com)
New synthetic biology circuits that combine memory and logic (nanowerk.com)
George Church on Singularity 1 on 1: Inactivity and Complacency Are The Most Dangerous Ideas (singularityweblog.com)
FutureMed 2013 Day 1: The 6 “Ds” of Exponential Growth (medgadget.com)
SEED SPOT Incubates Health Startups in Phoenix (forbes.com)
Google lets you pick the problem in improved ‘Solve for X’ think tank site (theverge.com)

Jan Chipchase: Future Perfect ethnographic design research

August 30, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Jan Chipchase – PopTech 2011 – Camden Maine USA (Photo credit: poptech)

Cell phone (Photo credit: imtfi)

Future Perfect » Everything’s Rosy.

Jan Chipchase: Smart Service Design Needs A New Language For Anonymity (fastcodesign.com)
chipchase chitchat (wklondon.typepad.com)
Learning how to listen (slideshare.net)
Using Drone for Ethnographic Research? Not Yet. (w5blog.com)
Ethnographic Practice in Industry (qrfrag.blogspot.com)
Ethnography in the public eye; a few lessons along the way (blogs.lse.ac.uk)
User experiences (ethnographymatters.net)
The Joy of Uprooting (One’s Own) Assumptions (ethnographymatters.net)
The Ethnographer’s Reading List: Carla Borsoi’s Summer Reading [guest contributor] (ethnographymatters.net)

Foresight Into Insight Into Action: Institute For The Future

May 15, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

A nice think tank that hires anthropologist futurists.

Foresight Into Insight Into Action | Institute For The Future.

Future Work Skills 2020 (classroom-aid.com)
Renowned Game Designer Jane McGonigal to Speak at BlackBerry DEVCON Americas 2011 (blogs.blackberry.com)
Renowned Game Designer Jane McGonigal to Speak at BlackBerry DEVCON Americas 2011 (devblog.blackberry.com)
Can Video Games Change the World? (innovationmanagement.se)
ISF: 15 years of sustainable futures research and consulting (chrisriedy.me)
Crowdsourcing The Future Of Citizenship (fastcoexist.com)

Looking Down the Road: A Systems Approach to Futures Studies by Hamilton College anthropologist Douglas Raybeck

November 12, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management

Cover of "Looking Down the Road : A Syste... — Cover via Amazon

Amazon.com: Looking Down the Road : A Systems Approach to Futures Studies (9781577661160): Douglas Raybeck: Books.

Douglas Raybeck, one of my professors at Hamilton, taught me the importance of a socio cultural perspective on new technologies, technical communications, ethnography, and physiological anthropology.

Anthropologists Approve Comprehensive Overhaul of Ethics Code (aaanet.org)
Experienced Meeting Goer Provides Candid Presentation Tips To Newbies (aaanet.org)

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