Friday, June 29, 2007
Futurelab
Futurelab - Projects - Innovations Workshops
"The Futurelab Innovations Workshops bring together experts from research, design and practice to investigate how new technologies can impact upon learning in 5, 10 and 15 years' time..."
Links include papers/workshop reports (or both) on :
- Future music
- Future TV
- Future phones
- PDAs
- Young people & health
- Emotion technology
- Visual display technologyon outcomes
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Monday, June 25, 2007
GLIMPSES of tomorrow: GLIMPSES of tomorrow
GLIMPSES of tomorrow: GLIMPSES of tomorrow
"GLIMPSES provides a 'map' of recent trends to help people answer three questions: Where have we come from? Where are we going? What do we need to think about? Topics are grouped under the following headings:
Each topic is addressed in three parts: 'The story so far', 'The next 20 years' and 'Implications'.
The GLIMPSES database draws on the latest academic and other research. The material, which is focused on the UK, has been reviewed for quality by experts (except where we specify that particular section is subject to review) and will be regularly updated. It has been mainly compiled by Dr. Michael Moynagh at Templeton College, Oxford, and GLIMPSES is project managed by Richard Worsley."
OK, it's rather simplistic sometimes (e.g. the linear model of innovation rides again), but this is a large and useful set of material that is put together in a clear way!
OK, it's rather simplistic sometimes (e.g. the linear model of innovation rides again), but this is a large and useful set of material that is put together in a clear way!
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Putting people first » Scenarios
Putting people first » Scenarios
This is what a futures blog should be like, with helpful descriptions, illustrations, and other things to make it like a newsletter. Focus here is on user-centred innovations (widely defined).
This is what a futures blog should be like, with helpful descriptions, illustrations, and other things to make it like a newsletter. Focus here is on user-centred innovations (widely defined).