Institute For The Future

Artifact from the Future: "Day Maker" App

This Artifact from the Future is an example of products, services, and experiences that may play out in the future based on the forecast perspective EMPATHY: The Rise of Technologies to Expand Emotional Connections from our 2013 Reworking Health: New Authorities in a Well-Being Economy research.

"DAY MAKER" APP

WHAT:

You were just about to check your email when “Day Maker” sends you an alert. A woman named Maria is just down the platform and she needs someone to talk to. “Day Maker” has analyzed her and your biometric data and mobile activity and identified that she’s feeling stressed—and that you’re the right person to help her. Others have done the same for you, and "Day Maker"has calculated that their help has added 2 years to your life. Now it’s time to jump into action and pay it forward.

SO WHAT:

As we begin to better understand the downstream consequences of different emotional states and experiences they will create new imperatives to take preventative action. This will coincide with the rise in inference technologies—which can use everything from web-browsing habits to blood pressure to infer people’s emotional needs and preferred communication styles at any given moment, creating a way to know when and where to intervene upstream. “Day Maker” is a view into a world where real-time emotional data is commonly used for preventative interventions.

This Artifact from the Future is a snapshot of what might emerge if forecasts about the future materialize. It was developed as part of our 2013 Reworking Health: New Authorities in a Well-Being Economy research, which explored the new tools and resources that are challenging traditional roles of patients, consumers and providers and empowering new authorities to emerge and engage people in their health.

Like all of IFTF’s Artifacts from the Future, this image offers insights into future everyday lives and is intended to give you an immersive look at a possible future change.