Jane McGonigal, PhD Director of Game Research & Development

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Has a volume of 1 L Can hold up to 1 kg of equipment Orbits the earth every 90 minutes (e.g., NOT geosynchronous) Can use space data transfer protocols and the Interstellar Internet to work together with many other cubesats

Has a volume of 1 L

Can hold up to 1 kg of equipment

Orbits the earth every 90 minutes (e.g., NOT geosynchronous)

Can use space data transfer protocols and the Interstellar Internet to work together with many other cubesats

Screenshot of Lab playtest

Screenshot of Lab playtest

Starts NOW ! Ends Thursday 2 PM. lab.signtific.org Follow the game on Twitter : signtificlab

Starts NOW ! Ends Thursday 2 PM.

lab.signtific.org

Follow the game on Twitter : signtificlab

Webstock: 3508 ideas! CeBit: 951 ideas! Etech: ##,### ???

HOW TO MAKE A SUPER-INTERESTING FORECAST 1) Assume all of the super-obvious problems have been SOLVED . How? 2) Say the things only YOU could think of. (your job, your org, your industry, your city…)

1) Assume all of the super-obvious problems have been SOLVED . How?

2) Say the things only YOU could think of.

(your job, your org, your industry, your city…)

TRY IT at least 3 TIMES 1 st thought: obvious, knee-jerk 2nd thought: witty, cute, smart-ass. 3rd response: new, thoughtful and probably surprising.

1 st thought: obvious, knee-jerk

2nd thought: witty, cute, smart-ass.

3rd response: new, thoughtful and probably surprising.

WE LOVE OUTLIERS.

OUTLIER FAIL Junk in space Falling junk in space Porn in space Terrorists in space Stalking from space Reality TV from space

Junk in space

Falling junk in space

Porn in space

Terrorists in space

Stalking from space

Reality TV from space

OUTLIER WIN DIY space research Crowdsourced eco-monitoring Disaster spotting & response Hacking democracy from space News from space, games in space Entrepreneurs , Social capital in space STUFF WE NEVER THOUGHT OF

DIY space research

Crowdsourced eco-monitoring

Disaster spotting & response

Hacking democracy from space

News from space, games in space

Entrepreneurs , Social capital in space

STUFF WE NEVER THOUGHT OF

Sounds like: “scientific”. Spells like: “What’s your “sign?” LAB. SIGNTIFIC .ORG

Sounds like: “scientific”.

Spells like: “What’s your “sign?”

LAB. SIGNTIFIC .ORG