Institute For The Future

Welcome to the Delta Scan

A number of us at the Institute have spent the last 18 months working on a project for the British government on the future of science and technology-- a very broad scan of how and where science and technology might progress over the next fifty years. As an historian of science turned futurist, it was pretty much the ideal project for me; it was also one of those excellent projects that was able to draw on the combined skills of lots my colleagues, and a good part of the Institute's research network.

 

As part of the work, we built a database with a bunch of specific outlooks on particular areas, ranging from energy use, to scientific publishing, to the implications of pervasive computing for the practice of field science.

 

And as of midnight, the database is open to the general public. Visitors can read and comment on the outlooks, but it's not a wiki, so there's no facility for editing existing pieces or writing new ones.

 

Enjoy.