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A 24 year old Cameroonian engineer, Arthur Zang, has invented the Cardiopad, a touchscreen medical tablet used to perform tests similar to a...
During their work on the Future of Persuasion, my colleagues in the Technology Horizons program developed the idea of a personal persuasion profile -...
When thinking about the future of health, it’s natural to look first at emerging technologies— indeed, part of this year’s Health Horizons research is...
Could snacking do the cultural work of meals in the future?
IFTF was invited by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to help organize a workshop at the White House conference center on health...
My most recent Fast Coexist piece is up - taking a look at a concept I wrote about in 2010 called Embedded Health, which argues that the future of...
Since one of my research beats at the Institute is to track the emergence of weird, misguided, and yet, at times, brilliant packaged foods, I'd be...
IFTF has lost a dear colleague and a bright node in its network community in December. Vivian Distler, a Director of Research and Collaborative...
I enjoyed, but was also a bit disappointed by, a recent Health Affairs article by David Erickson and Nancy Andrews looking at the role that community...
The American Academy of Pediatrics released a fascinating, and potentially transformative, statement a couple of weeks ago about something that would...
It’s that time of year again. The global holiday of January 1, and with it, the annual ritual of self-improvement: setting New Year’s resolutions. ...
Regenerative medicine will replace, restore, maintain, or enhance tissue and organ functions, dramatically improving patients’ health and quality of...
On October 5, 2011 Marina led a session at the World Business Forum in New York, an annual two-day conference that brings together executives and...
At IFTF, we're always looking for new tools to better understand future possibilities--and our 2010 Science, Technology and Well-Being map highlighted...
A couple months ago, Good had a great feature about the idea of a fitness desert--essentially, a place where, due to some combination of environmental...
It’s exciting to think of the world as a highly connectedplace, where people, goods, and ideas spread easily and freely to the larger global...
Last year, when we created our Map on the Future of Science and Technology and Well-Being, we were looking for convergences. What experimental, and...
On Thursday November 17, we hosted a group of urban and regional planners from the California Silicon Valley APA to discuss futures thinking, city...
IFTF's Mike Liebhold is featured in the Ericsson's Business Review cover story on the transformative world of augmented reality. The dreams of sci-fi...
My colleague Jake Dunagan and I are going to be contributing occasional pieces to Fast company's new Co Exist site. My first piece, on Biosocial...
Staying healthy can be a lot of work, whether it means remembering to take your meds, keeping track of how much pie you're eating or figuring out how...