IFTF: Future Now

Technologies to Measure Emotion

Feb 01, 2011 By Rachel Hatch

Today I measured the number of minutes I jogged, how many glasses of water, tea & coffee I drank, and the number of hours of sleep on which I am...

This is your brain. This is your brain on meditation. Any questions?

Jan 31, 2011 By Rachel Hatch

Studies of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) are taking off, with the recent addition of a study to be published in Neuroimaging today. Will...

But You'll Look Sweet Upon the Seat of a fMRI Built for Two

Jan 27, 2011 By Rachel Hatch

Today's New Scientist features a write-up on a new research tool for studying human social interaction, a...

The Future of Wild California

Jan 26, 2011 By Michael Liebhold

So far, most discussion stimulated by the Institute for the Future's Future of California research map and California Dreaming contest have focused on...

What Your Facebook Profile Can Tell Fraud Investigators

Jan 26, 2011 By Bradley Kreit

An interesting story in the Los Angeles Times highlights the different ways that insurance companies have begun to monitor social networking cites in...

BodyShock Winner Profile: Portion Control

Jan 24, 2011 By Alexandra Carmichael

Thrive PortionWare from IFTF on Vimeo.

Announcing the 2011 Technology Horizons Research Agenda!

Jan 21, 2011 By Lyn Jeffery

The second decade of the new millennium will be about finding our footing to survive and thrive in an increasingly uncertain and volatile world. As we...

Exploring Digital Media and Empathy with Facing History

Jan 20, 2011 By Anna Davies

Local Money for the Buy Local Movement

Jan 20, 2011

Prepare Yourself for Life in the Programmable Age

Jan 20, 2011 By Lisa Mumbach

Programming has long conjured images of computer engineers toiling away in solitude, but that is quickly changing—if you follow our thinking, you too...

Honey Laundering and Authenticity

Jan 19, 2011 By Bradley Kreit

It's hard to find just one or two things to excerpt from Jessica Leeder's great investigation into the large amount of global crime that has grown up...

BodyShock Winner Profile: Educating Underserved Patients

Jan 17, 2011 By Alexandra Carmichael

Anjna Patient Education from IFTF on Vimeo.

Flavor Trip Your Way to Health

Jan 12, 2011 By Bradley Kreit

I've long thought that the key to being a good cook is the ability to make terrible tasting but healthy food palatable. I mean, anyone can make a...

Urban Farms, Wal-Mart, and Hybrid Futures

Jan 11, 2011 By Miriam Lueck Avery

BodyShock Winner Profile: Smarter Sleep

Jan 10, 2011 By Alexandra Carmichael

zedAlert from IFTF on Vimeo.Here is another of the winning presentations from the BodyShock the Future contest for ideas to improve global health that...

IFTF Releases Case Study on How to Run an Online Contest based on BodyShock The Future

Jan 07, 2011 By Alexandra Carmichael

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Interface Overload

Jan 07, 2011 By Bradley Kreit

One key strategy for making feedback more persuasive is to use real-time, contextually appropriate feedback. In other words, don't tell me that, in...

Democratized data for a renewed California

Jan 06, 2011 By Anna Davies

Jan 12 SF event, The Power of Play: Innovations in Getting Active

Jan 06, 2011 By Rachel Hatch

In just under a week, on January 12, leaders in the areas of fitness, science, health care, game design, video games, and education will converge to...

BodyShock Winner Profile: Patient Narratives

Dec 21, 2010 By Alexandra Carmichael

Recovery Project from IFTF on Vimeo.Here is another of the winning presentations from the BodyShock the Future contest for ideas to improve global...

The Future of Reading Faces

Dec 17, 2010 By Bradley Kreit

An interesting blog post in the Wall Street Journal a couple weeks ago highlighted a startup company called MedNetworks that, among other things,...

Wikileaks and the Power of the Internet

Dec 15, 2010 By Jake Dunagan

Mercury News columnist Chris O'Brien published a column this week about the power of the Internet and its potential to erode the power of nations and...