IFTF: Future Now

How to get kids physically active? Reward them!

Feb 22, 2010 By Vivian Distler

The Flintstones and the Epistemological Rapture

Feb 21, 2010 By Jake Dunagan

A recent survey by the University of Texas/Texas Tribune showed that 30% of Texans believed that humans and dinosaurs lived together at the same...

Life as a Persuasive Role Playing Game

Feb 19, 2010 By Michael Liebhold

Here's a video of an energetic and provocative talk by Jesse Schell, Carnegie Mellon Professor, and former Disney Imagineer, on how we will be...

The Great Recession and community currencies

Feb 19, 2010 By Mani Pande

The Great recession has brought into focus the role community currencies (sometimes referred as complementary currency) can play in fostering local...

What do we have and what do we need?

Feb 19, 2010 By Vivian Distler

Proposed clusters so far:...

Jake Research Nut Cluster 1: 21st Century Quarantines

Feb 19, 2010 By Jake Dunagan

Jake #1, FIRST ROUND RESEARCH TEMPLATE...

Jake Research Nut Cluster 2: Subjective Measurements

Feb 19, 2010 By Jake Dunagan

Jake, #2, FIRST ROUND RESEARCH TEMPLATE...

The Onion and the Future of Persuasion

Feb 19, 2010 By Jason Tester

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Helping others see the pollution you hear

Feb 19, 2010 By Vivian Distler

As part of our ongoing work examining the intersection of health and citizen-environmental monitoring, we are always on the look out for new products...

Google buzz wasn't invasive—just persuasive!

Feb 18, 2010 By Jason Tester

3-d bioprinting (and other miscellaneous 3-d printing signals)

Feb 18, 2010 By Bradley Kreit

Three recent articles have looked at the pending commercialization of 3-d printing: ...

Writing Stress into Children's Brains and Genes

Feb 18, 2010 By Bradley Kreit

As a review article in JAMA from last year notes, a growing body of research shows that environmental stress, pollutants, and exposure to other such...

Infectious Disease Previews

Feb 18, 2010 By Bradley Kreit

According to the WSJ, a Pentagon project has identified several genes that activate shortly before a person begins to show signs of/experience the...

The Future of Social Networks is Storytelling Part 2

Feb 18, 2010 By Anthony Townsend

Last week, in Part 1, I wrote about my frustration with the ephemeral nature of social network conversations (cacophony would be a better word). There...

Science and Technology -- response strategy and social cause

Feb 17, 2010 By Miriam Lueck Avery

This section from the article I linked earlier, CLA as Pedagogy In studies of Science and Technology, triggered two somewhat vague discussions to...

bots and chatbots

Feb 16, 2010 By Michael Liebhold

As part of IFTF research on futures of persuasion, we might consider the role of non human intelligence persuaders: ...

Resilient Joints, Streets, Societies (thoughts on Laura Carstensen)

Feb 16, 2010 By Miriam Lueck Avery

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What Are You Printing for Dinner?

Feb 16, 2010 By Bradley Kreit

An early design prototype called Cornucopia is aimed at bringing 3-D printing into the kitchen.

Bus shelter ad with built-in scale

Feb 16, 2010 By David Pescovitz

Amsterdam agency N=5 created this bus shelter ad for Fitness First, the world's largest privately-owned health club chain. The bus shelter displays...