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Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Category Foresight
Gilder’s dark future [News.com]
Speaking at the AlwaysOn conference at Stanford University, futurist George Gilder predicted a harrowing future for humanity. TV will die, he said, and be replaced by blogs. Read full story Listen to webcast
Futuribles
For more than 40 years, Futuribles has been an independent non-profit centre for prospective studies and foresight. Its overall aim is to contribute to a better understanding of the contemporary world. By taking an interdisciplinary approach, Futuribles explores current issues,…
Big thinkers show the way forward [BBC]
The BBC News website reporters attending the TEDGlobal (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference in Oxford sum up their impressions as the gathering ends. Read full story
A future full of hopes and fears [BBC]
Science and technology have powered huge leaps in understanding and a fantastic future of novel life forms and advances in biotech beckons. But it isn’t without dangers. Our biggest challenges lie ahead. The science of complexity is perhaps the greatest…
Co-opting the creative revolution [BBC]
Digital technology is providing people with the tools to produce and share content like never before, and it is set to throw the relationship between them and institutions into turmoil, say experts. “I am predicting 50 years of chaos,” said…
Simulated society may generate virtual culture [New Scientist]
A society of virtual “agents†— each with a remarkably realistic personality and the ability to learn and communicate in their own language — is being crafted by scientists from five European research institutes who hope to gain insights into…
Eco-designs on future cities [BBC]
Internationally renowned designer, sustainability architect and author of Cradle to Cradle, William McDonough, argued at the TEDGlobal (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference in Oxford, UK, that we can only think of our future cities if we think about what our…
Social machines [MIT Technology Review]
[…] The latest [technological] tools are both digital, rooted in the world of electrons and bits, and fundamentally social, built to enable new kinds of interactions among people. Blogging, text messaging, photo sharing, and Web surfing from a smart phone…
It will pay to be creative, nimble in the ‘conceptual age’ [Boston Globe]
We are entering a new age in economic history, and it will elevate those who are nimble and creative. When we moved from industrial economy to the information economy, jobs became more interesting; coal miners were unemployed, tech support centres…
Leading brains take on big ideas [BBC]
Luminaries from the worlds of technology, entertainment and design are gathering in Oxford to share their thinking about our future. The big thinkers include leading authors, musicians, playwrights, and pioneers in technology and science. Sir Bob Geldof, top political author…
CNN vision
CNN asked leading thinkers for their thoughts and ideas about the challenges facing the world. Norman Forster: Building a sustainable future Two trends will affect global practice over the next two decades: the need to pursue sustainable patterns of development;…
Technology could grow beyond human control, warns Millennium report [Cordis]
Many people still do not appreciate how fast science and technology (S&T) will change over the next 25 years, and given this rapid development along several different fronts, the possibility of technology growing beyond human control must now be taken…
How to ride the fifth wave [Business 2.0]
Cheap computing, infinite bandwidth, and open standards are powering an epic technological transformation that will churn up huge new opportunities — and perils for those who can’t adapt. Read full story
Reinventing the car industry [Fast Company]
Read this fascinating article on how the automobile industry is reinventing itself, from high tech to high touch, from car design to experience design. The long article features elaborate case study-like sections on Ford’s eConsumer Group, Toyota’s electronic commerce strategy…
Howard Rheingold investigating a new literacy of cooperation in business
Howard Rheingold, author of “Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution”, sees a common thread in such disparate innovations as the Internet, mobile devices, and the feedback system on eBay, where buyers and sellers rate each other on each transaction. He…
Global Risks Programme of the World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Programme, launched in 2004, works with the Forum’s networks and communities (such as business leaders, NGOs and policy-makers) to develop scenario-based foresight studies. It recently produced a first guide to the global risks to…
How Skype and Kazaa changed the net [BBC]
Niklas Zennström, the internet entrepreneur behind both Kazaa and Skype, spoke to BBC Click Online about how his two inventions came about, and how broadband and wireless devices are shaping his vision for the future. Read full story
Office of the future 2020
The future office will be increasingly mobile, with technology enabling employees to perform their jobs from virtually anywhere, according to Office of the Future: 2020, a research study recently released by OfficeTeam. But greater control over where and how…
NextD – NextDesign Leadership Institute
NextDesign Leadership Institute aims at helping design educators and practicing professionals meet the challenges of cross-disciplinary design and innovation leadership. The latest issue of their journal addresses the role of design journalism in creating the future of design.