Wellness, in today’s context, is much more than diagnosing and curing poor health or diseases. It is a multidimensional and holistic state of being that is conscious, self-directed, and constantly evolving. Trying to make sense of wellness in a world of rising healthcare costs, shortage of wellness professionals, and technological advances in everything from computing to genetics, gives rise to several pertinent questions.
-- Will there still be any universally recognized concept of wellness? Or will it be hyper personalized to each individual's environments, genetics, and experiences?
-- What will wellness look and feel like in the future? What will be the new indicators of wellness?
-- As people experience enhanced wellness, will they become more self-aware and adopt additional experiences that will promote wellness?
-- Will we be more in control of our well-being? Or will we stop caring in a world where every aspect of our person is closely and constantly monitored and serviced?
-- As roles in the wellness ecosystem shift, what are the new well-being authorities and environments that will emerge?
-- Will big data around wellness help create better early warning systems about potential pandemics? Or will there be a drive to protect and hide our personal wellness and risk profiles online?
-- Will we ever be 'unwell', given all the new technologies to enhance (as well as prevent) wellness that will be in place?
-- Will we prefer being looked after and treated by robotic care givers/surgeons?
We attempt to answer these questions through 10 current trends we have identified, which will impact the course of wellness in the future.
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The PowerPoint slides used in the Windsor Islamic Association's event Fit and Fasting: A Guide to Maintaining a Nutritious Lifestyle this Ramadan held on July 19, 2012.
Healthy habits can help avoid certain health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure by maintaining certain biomarkers, such as cholesterol and blood pressure, within their targets. This fusion keeps your blood flowing smoothly, decreasing your risk of cardiovascular diseases.
For more information please visit http://www.markusgiebel.com/
Healthy life includes both physical and mental health. Healthy lifestyle is the only way with which we can build a strong immunity system and survive much longer. Go through the slides to know more about healthy lifestyle.
The PowerPoint slides used in the Windsor Islamic Association's event Fit and Fasting: A Guide to Maintaining a Nutritious Lifestyle this Ramadan held on July 19, 2012.
Healthy habits can help avoid certain health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure by maintaining certain biomarkers, such as cholesterol and blood pressure, within their targets. This fusion keeps your blood flowing smoothly, decreasing your risk of cardiovascular diseases.
For more information please visit http://www.markusgiebel.com/
Healthy life includes both physical and mental health. Healthy lifestyle is the only way with which we can build a strong immunity system and survive much longer. Go through the slides to know more about healthy lifestyle.
Exercise is defined as any movement that makes your muscles work and requires your body to burn calories. There are many types of physical activity, including swimming, running, jogging, walking and dancing, to name a few. Being active has been shown to have many health benefits, both physically and mentally. It may even help you live longer.
Herbalife Business opportunity presentation from Herbalife international . Basic presentation and Herbalife guide lines are to be followed . Only actual product and income result should share . All income and product results will vary from person to person and depend up on their effort..
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For more Info visit www.healthlibrary.com "Lifestyle And Mental Health" by Ms. Vijayanka Shah held on 31st May 2016.
Mental health professionals have significantly underestimated the importance of lifestyle factors (a) as contributors to and treatments for multiple psychopathologies, (b) for fostering individual and social well-being, and (c) for preserving and optimizing cognitive function. Consequently, therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLCs) are underutilized despite considerable evidence of their effectiveness in both clinical and normal populations. TLCs are sometimes as effective as either psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy and can offer significant therapeutic advantages. Important TLCs include exercise, nutrition and diet, time in nature, relationships, recreation, relaxation and stress management, religious or spiritual involvement, and service to others.
Smart recipes and the future of personalized nutrition
- Personalized nutrition depends on recipes and guidance, both intelligently adjusted to the individual needs of the consumers
- NLP, AI, Chatbots are already capable today to adjust recipes fully automated to the specific needs of consumers (Needs, such as vegan diet, 4-person household, allergic requirements or microbiome demands)
- Recipes are the essential success factor for fulfilling the demands of personalized nutrition profiles. They are providing a substantially stronger lever in improving nutritional demands than other testing and tracking applications. Interactive chatbot dialogues are guiding consumers through the process while generating relevant datapoints
- Understanding personalized nutrition will provide essential insights into uncovering unfulfilled needs in the market place. Addressing those drives a new perspective on product and service innovation
5 Healthy Lifestyle Habits To Increase Your Life ExpectancyCareClues
According to a study published in the Journal Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, following these five healthy lifestyle habits during adulthood may increase life expectancy by a decade or more.
This guest lecture was delivered in 2008 to HHP 300, Fitness Maintenance course at Columbia College to teach life-long learners how healthy lifestyle choices regarding eating, exercises and stress management among others can help them to life a healthier life. Note: This lecture is copyright under Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs license.
Contact me if you are interested in using this lecture.
What is the future of transportation? We at the Institute of Customer Experience share our insights by analyzing the trends in technological advancements in transportation, which you can find on our Facebook page: facebook.com/UXTrendspotting
Exercise is defined as any movement that makes your muscles work and requires your body to burn calories. There are many types of physical activity, including swimming, running, jogging, walking and dancing, to name a few. Being active has been shown to have many health benefits, both physically and mentally. It may even help you live longer.
Herbalife Business opportunity presentation from Herbalife international . Basic presentation and Herbalife guide lines are to be followed . Only actual product and income result should share . All income and product results will vary from person to person and depend up on their effort..
This presentation is from Herbalife international . Only uploaded for reference only. Check with local leadership to understand the local rules and regulation before showing in public presentation .
Please enjoy the presentation . If you are interested or want to give feed back ,please Contact 8erich@gmail.com for Herbalife product or Business opportunity
For more Info visit www.healthlibrary.com "Lifestyle And Mental Health" by Ms. Vijayanka Shah held on 31st May 2016.
Mental health professionals have significantly underestimated the importance of lifestyle factors (a) as contributors to and treatments for multiple psychopathologies, (b) for fostering individual and social well-being, and (c) for preserving and optimizing cognitive function. Consequently, therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLCs) are underutilized despite considerable evidence of their effectiveness in both clinical and normal populations. TLCs are sometimes as effective as either psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy and can offer significant therapeutic advantages. Important TLCs include exercise, nutrition and diet, time in nature, relationships, recreation, relaxation and stress management, religious or spiritual involvement, and service to others.
Smart recipes and the future of personalized nutrition
- Personalized nutrition depends on recipes and guidance, both intelligently adjusted to the individual needs of the consumers
- NLP, AI, Chatbots are already capable today to adjust recipes fully automated to the specific needs of consumers (Needs, such as vegan diet, 4-person household, allergic requirements or microbiome demands)
- Recipes are the essential success factor for fulfilling the demands of personalized nutrition profiles. They are providing a substantially stronger lever in improving nutritional demands than other testing and tracking applications. Interactive chatbot dialogues are guiding consumers through the process while generating relevant datapoints
- Understanding personalized nutrition will provide essential insights into uncovering unfulfilled needs in the market place. Addressing those drives a new perspective on product and service innovation
5 Healthy Lifestyle Habits To Increase Your Life ExpectancyCareClues
According to a study published in the Journal Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, following these five healthy lifestyle habits during adulthood may increase life expectancy by a decade or more.
This guest lecture was delivered in 2008 to HHP 300, Fitness Maintenance course at Columbia College to teach life-long learners how healthy lifestyle choices regarding eating, exercises and stress management among others can help them to life a healthier life. Note: This lecture is copyright under Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs license.
Contact me if you are interested in using this lecture.
What is the future of transportation? We at the Institute of Customer Experience share our insights by analyzing the trends in technological advancements in transportation, which you can find on our Facebook page: facebook.com/UXTrendspotting
Is our current materialistic lifestyle sustainable for our planet? How long can we continue to do things that make us feel good, but that are harmful and not sustainable for our environment? We need to start seeing our interests and nature’s interest as one and the same.
At, HFI’s Institute of Customer Experience (ICE) we believe that there is hope to turn things around from leading a materialistic lifestyle that is indifferent to the planet to leading a sustainable lifestyle; and we have that hope in people. So we went out searching for people from around the world who do live a sustainable lifestyle, and it shows in their work and in their personal lives each day. They are ordinary people, but with a refreshing new mindset, which makes them extraordinary. They are cleaning up our planet, making it a better place to live in, and empathizing with nature all along the way. They mobilize others into action and have drawn many to their work.
We at ICE believe that these people are the “Trendsetters for Sustainable Lifestyles”. Through the eight photobooks that follow we want to showcase their work to the world for the simple and elegant ways in which they have made a difference to the planet as individuals. They are doing their bit and as a result have positively affected communities and the environment around them. We hope they inspire our readers the way that they have inspired us. If we can learn from sustainability being their state of mind and from their work, we can make changes in our lives and fields of work to start living in a manner that will keep Earth a beautiful and habitable place for us for a very long time to come.
As part of Institute of Customer Experience, we are constantly on the look out for opportunities that give us an insight into the future of things. We wanted to explore the concept of “beginner’s mind” which is said to be an attitude of openness, eagerness and lack of preconceptions and realized that it was the mind of a child that we wanted a peek into.
We ideated and devised a unique way of getting children to give us their insights about what they think will happen in the future. The result was a board game called “The Trip to the Future” which we used to conduct “playshops”. This method got us very exciting responses. We would love to take you through the journey.
Taking off our from our ICE breaker on Child's Play of the Future, here we present five futuristic scenarios of a highly intelligent and self-adapting toy and its interactions with a child.
By the year 2050, the world’s population is projected to swell to 9 billion. 80% of us will be urban-dwellers. Demand from developing countries for a wider range of foods is on the rise. Experts estimate that we will need new farmland larger than the size of Brazil to produce enough to meet the demands of growing populations.
Food security therefore represents one of the single biggest challenges of our future, with environmental, economic, political, and lifestyle implications.
How will we fix our broken and unsustainable systems of industrial food production to serve the needs of an ever-growing planet? In what ways will we rethink food via new practices and new technologies? This latest report from the Institute for Customer Experience considers how we are re-imagining our food practices in order to project anew our collective, global future.
The diversity of South Africa is on one hand a treasure that should be preserved and people still do recognize its importance and carry forward their cultural values. On the other hand, the very same diversity is a challenge for policy makers, marketers, advertisers, government and other institutions that want to reach out to greater masses and those who look for scalability.
However, the “mobile first” generation is the answer. The mobile revolution has introduced the people in South Africa to the power of social media, enabled them to open and operate bank accounts, helped them level their healthcare needs and now it is being used in many more avenues with greater possibilities.
This report aggregates the current trends to showcase the possibilities. Further on, it challenges the designers and innovators by planting the Brainstorming Seeds that will grow on to become possibilities of tomorrow—to build a more prosperous and vibrant Rainbow Nation!
We come across dozens of design breakthroughs and technological innovations daily--so many that it's easy to miss important trends emerging in the chaos all around us and not connect the dots to see the BIG picture.
Here at The Institute for Customer Experience (ICE), we understand the business and design value of capturing the right trend insights at the right moment. We observe and analyse trends in design, technology, and business, and keep our fingers on the pulse of the global zeitgeist. In this series of trendbriefs, we bring you alerts on what's trending in our world and their possible impact on our future.
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The first in a series on the Future of Money. Sponsored by The Institute of Customer Experience (ICE).
Today’s world increasingly challenges us to think differently about value and money. Almost everyone agrees that reputation is important. But how important is it? Does it have an impact on your finances? What is the currency of reputation and is it transferable or exchangeable?
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Derived from the Latin term for “enslaved by” or “bound to”, Addictions primarily lead to cravings, dependence and uncontrollable use with negative consequences. Today, Addictions are being recognized as chronic diseases that alter both the structure as well as the function of the brain. With the evolution of humans and technology, addictions and compulsions are undergoing a constant metamorphosis and ave evolved from substance, behavioral and impulse controlled disorders to territories around Social media, electronics and applied science.
Love is a very complex emotion to decode. Or is it?
Machines and their relationship with humans have been explored in great detail. However the impact of machines on the future of love and the connection between technology and emotions seem more pertinent now than before.
Waste management is an important part of any sustainable future. In this report we present our views on Sustainable Futures for India from a waste management perspective.
-- We research and present our findings on why waste management is becoming increasingly important for India.
-- Who are the stakeholders involved in waste management? What happens to our waste - lifecycle of our waste.
-- We explore global trends in waste management and present innovative uses of waste from around the world.
-- Finally, we come down to the biggest challenges that India faces in waste management.
-- We identify two key pressing issues and propose innovative solutions for the same.
Lifelogging is the practice of tracking personal data generated by our own behavioral activities in continuous digital streams. As it is slowly becoming mainstream, it raises a lot of intriguing questions and thoughts.
Lifelogging and self-tracking are altering the Futures of:
Memory,
Remembering,
Forgetting,
Storytelling,
Privacy,
Law enforcement,
Governance,
Bodies,
and our very Humanness.
This report explores these questions, thoughts and futures.
How will the future of politics and political campaigning look like? Who will be the heroes in the future political battles? Where will the battle take place - on the streets or in the virtual world? What weapons will the future political parties use?
In this report, the Institute of Customer Experience raises many of such questions and presents possible scenarios that might become a reality given the present trends.
Will we stop packing a water bottle and collect air on-the-go? Will personal straws be the next big thing to ensure we get access to drinking water? Will ancient desalination techniques be our saving grace and enable us to engineer the future of water? Or will the ocean start cleaning itself?
Transhumanism is the belief or theory that the human race can evolve beyond its current physical and mental limitations by means of science and technology. The more we explored this subject, the more we got fascinated to see how people are riding on the current era technologies to surpass the capabilities of human body. If the current explorations in transhumanism are anything to go by, then, we believe the future will be very exciting!
In this report we explore the various technologies, people involved and the advancements made in the field of Transhumanism. We would love to hear your feedback, comments and suggestions. Please mail us at ice@humanfactors.com
3D printing is a form of additive manufacturing technology that allows for production of physical objects from digital data, constructing an object of virtually any shape layer-by-layer, by depositing material layers in sequence. 3D printing is a quickly expanding field, with popularity and uses for 3D printers growing every day.
In this report, ICE Team has aggregated all the intriguing applications of 3D printing. The report also includes information on how 3D printing works and major 3D printers available in the market. Finally our future scenarios for a world with 3D printing will provoke you and help you take a step up and see how the future might look like. As always we look forward to your comments, suggestions and feedback.
World population is growing continuously with more people living on the Earth than ever before. In 2007, humanity’s total ecological footprint was estimated at 1.5 planet Earths. Resources are becoming increasingly valuable as the Earth is the only source till date and others planets are still to become a viable source of these resources.
Projections estimate that we will need the equivalent of two planets by 2030 to meet our annual demands. The only way, we can reduce our footprint is by producing more with less, and consuming better, wiser and less - the way forward is better and 'frugal' choices!
In this report, we present the trends that encourage better choices; trends in Frugal Innovations, 'Jugaad' and Do-It-Yourself are explored to see how and where we can make our better choices for the future.
We conclude our report with 3 thought provoking future scenarios.
As various smart home technology companies spring up in India, in this report, we explore how smart homes can benefit the elderly by listing the cultural dimensions of the elderly in India and taking a closer look at a model for elderly care in Norway for inspiration.
Provided with a detailed description on BioHacking, it's types, applications, examples, and it's aftermath are described. Potential issues and consequences of BioHacking are also discussed. Gives an idea on how you can become a Biohacker.
Biohacking es la optimización del rendimiento, la salud. y el bienestar mediante la
utilización de la ciencia, la tecnología y un Conocimiento profundo de la fisiología y
nutrición humana. El Biohacking es también un arte en sí mismo, la “escultura” de
que es el individuo.
La fuerza impulsora detrás de este libro es un enfoque holístico. a la salud y el
bienestar. La salud humana no puede ser abordarse de manera reduccionista si el
bienestar es el objetivo a largo plazo. Por lo tanto, el secreto para una vida mejor
puede No se puede encontrar en un frasco de pastillas, en una dieta de moda o en
un ejercicio de moda. régimen. Lo opuesto al reduccionismo es el holismo. Por mucho tiempo, Se suponía que
resolver el enigma de la genética humana Proporcionaría respuestas a todas las
preguntas relacionadas con la salud. y bienestar. En cambio, sólo recientemente
hemos comenzado a entender cuán cruciales son los factores ambientales
complejos (es decir, la epigenética) se encuentran en este escenario. Al estudiar
individualmente genes, tenemos evidencia de que su función es de hecho
controlados por el impacto que el medio ambiente tiene sobre ellos.
The Longevity Dividend: What advancements in longevity science mean for indiv...Dr. Lydia Kostopoulos
The information theory of biology has accelerated scientific knowledge of the inner workings of our bodies – understanding them from an almost machine and code perspective. Advancements in gene therapy, cellular rejuvenation and the longevity science field is growing exponentially and many experts in the field are claiming we now live between mortals and immortals. Renown technologist Ray Kurzweil predicts that we will reach longevity escape velocity by 2029. This would mark a moment when technological improvements add years to life faster than time passes. This presentation explores what these advancements mean for individuals, society, the economy and the military.
Salutogenesis: discovering the causes of healthFarrow
Traditional medical research has focused on the question: What are the causes of illness?
Yet the cost of alarming increases in preventable chronic disease threaten to overwhelm health systems everywhere.
To reverse this trend, conventional pathology-centric investigations must be balanced by responses to this 21st century question: What are the causes of health?
The ABC of Active Bioresonance Corrections PrimerKevin Davies
At Bio Health Scan we have found a way for your to recover from your injuries quicker than conventional methods in a safe and pain free way.
You can probably imagine how complicated that can be...
Meet Kevin Davies, founder of Bio Health Scan, as he walks you though a new complementary healing modality.
First presented at the London Medical Conference, Nov 2023.
So your search for an unconventional way to effectively manage your health ends here.
Designed to Thrive: creating salutogenic environmentsFarrow
Tye Farrow's presentation to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia’s (AIBC) annual conference and exhibition in Vancouver. This talk is focused on an approach to raising awareness so that the public will begin to expect their built environment to cause health (salutogenesis) rather than cause “dis-ease" (pathogenesis).
The conference, entitled "Sea Change: Architecture on the Crest," was hosted by both the AIBC and the American Institute of Architecture’s Northwest and Pacific Region.
Design, Landscape, and Health - Gardening Therapy
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Definition of health, determinants of health, the galenic concept of health, modern health concepts, biological, ecological, psychological & holistic concept, lastly question-answer session.
Invasion of the Body Hackers - by Norwegian Airlines - Tom JenkinsWesley King
Gyms are so 2018. In LA right now, it's all about the biohacking lab, where treadmills and free weights have been replaced with cryotherapy, infrared therapy, and bone density enhancers. Is this the workout of the future?
Incarceration has historically been about punishment but recently the trend has shifted towards reform, schooling, and an entrepreneurial spirit. In this report, we look at trends in prison experiences, technology, as well as edtech and entrepreneurship in prisons. Prisons are increasingly enabling inmates to get a vocational training, degrees, and even healing. No longer are inmates looked upon as "less than human" but there is a curiosity about their minds and views that are pro-reform so that they integrate well into society on their release. We then forecast three scenarios on mass incarceration in 2040.
This month, at the Institute of Customer Experience, we explore trends that are converting the world into a shopping interface. Here are the top six trend categories covered in this report.
1. Immersive Experiences: Take a closer look at how VR and AR are changing the shopping experience.
2. Intelligence Explosion with Human Touch: Explore examples of artificial intelligence in assisting our purchases.
3. Data Sync: Check out how research about customers’ previous shopping data enhances anticipatory shopping.
4. Fluidity Among Channels: View examples of seamless integration of social media, QVC, live shows and online shopping.
5. Post-Money Economy: As shopping enters the post-money economy see how cashless, cardless purchases and even staffless retail stores are trending.
6. Automated Consumerism: Check out technologies that are enabling restocking and various ways of looking for the best deals on products.
The potential unemployment owing to automation and improvements in ICTs is likely to be more drastic than earlier rounds of automation. Will people be redundant at the workplace? Is this likely to lead to unemployment and strife? Or can we use this opportunity to explore more art, travel, have more fun, in short be more human?
In 2013, the Institute of Customer Experience designed a board game called “Trip to the Future” which was used to conduct “playshops” for children to get insights into how children’s minds work in visualizing the future.
Three years later, at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2016 held in Mumbai, we had an opportunity to conduct two similar playshops—one for an NGO called Akanksha and the second for the KGAF 2016 festival children.
The responses we received were intriguing and actually point to current trends in 2016, indicating the directions in which technology will evolve in the future.
Response-Trend that emerged:
1. Practical space exploration
2. Beneficial intelligence
3. Maker movement (3D printing)
4. Space-saving automated tech
5. Cognitive Internet of Things
6. Immersive screen display
7. Augmented knowledge (and immortality)
This report looks at the disruptive potential of automated vehicles: their impact on commuters, car companies, vehicle design and urban planning. It warns of the potential dangers of their unbridled proliferation and prerequisites to their effective deployment.
The Technological Singularity is a future point in time when technology will rapidly improve itself to surpass human intelligence, changing human life as we know it. In this report, the following topics are covered:
What is the Singularity?
How is it predicted?
What are its implications?
What does it mean for human evolution?
What when it happens: Utopia or doom?
Beginnings of the Singularity
Questions that arise
How will food and everything related to food will look like in future? What role will technology and innovation play in making people more conscious about what they eat?
What will be the food ecosystem of the future?
The current generation is getting health conscious and the same has been started reflecting in all the new age innovations.
In this report by the Institute of Customer Experience (ICE), we explore how the ecosystem around food will evolve and what are the key signals around this ecosystem.
We come across dozens of design breakthroughs and technological innovations daily--so many that it's easy to miss important trends emerging in the chaos all around us and not connect the dots to see the BIG picture.
Here at The Institute for Customer Experience (ICE), we understand the business and design value of capturing the right trend insights at the right moment. We observe and analyse trends in design, technology, and business, and keep our fingers on the pulse of the global zeitgeist. In this series of trendbriefs, we bring you alerts on what's trending in our world and their possible impact on our future.
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What if, in the future…
• “We”go on to live for a long time, and become our own future? There are no children?
• We forget what a “child”is?
• Children are no longer ‘born’ but manufactured? A child becomes a technological marvel?
• All the beauty inside (and outside) can be fabricated, can be artificially modified,and can be quantified?
Our latest report explores the future of children. We look forward to hear your comments, views and opinions.
The history of sports probably extends as far back as the existence of people as active beings. The history of sports informs a great deal about social changes and about the nature of sport itself.
In the current era, as technology changes at an exponential rate, the social impacts are varied and deep rooted. This implies a great deal of change in sports too.
As we move into the era of robotics, machines, transhumans, cyborgs, prosthetics and exoskeletons, the future of sports seems even more disrupted. And it raises questions at different levels.
On the ground level, how will sports and sports-viewing experiences evolve? On the next level, how will the sportsperson of the future look like? And on a much higher level, we raise questions on ethics in sports, sportsmanship, and team spirit.
As an initiative for International Women's day (March 8), we thought of compiling brief statements on gender futures as each one of us visualizes and envisions these.
QA Paediatric dentistry department, Hospital Melaka 2020Azreen Aj
QA study - To improve the 6th monthly recall rate post-comprehensive dental treatment under general anaesthesia in paediatric dentistry department, Hospital Melaka
CRISPR-Cas9, a revolutionary gene-editing tool, holds immense potential to reshape medicine, agriculture, and our understanding of life. But like any powerful tool, it comes with ethical considerations.
Unveiling CRISPR: This naturally occurring bacterial defense system (crRNA & Cas9 protein) fights viruses. Scientists repurposed it for precise gene editing (correction, deletion, insertion) by targeting specific DNA sequences.
The Promise: CRISPR offers exciting possibilities:
Gene Therapy: Correcting genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis.
Agriculture: Engineering crops resistant to pests and harsh environments.
Research: Studying gene function to unlock new knowledge.
The Peril: Ethical concerns demand attention:
Off-target Effects: Unintended DNA edits can have unforeseen consequences.
Eugenics: Misusing CRISPR for designer babies raises social and ethical questions.
Equity: High costs could limit access to this potentially life-saving technology.
The Path Forward: Responsible development is crucial:
International Collaboration: Clear guidelines are needed for research and human trials.
Public Education: Open discussions ensure informed decisions about CRISPR.
Prioritize Safety and Ethics: Safety and ethical principles must be paramount.
CRISPR offers a powerful tool for a better future, but responsible development and addressing ethical concerns are essential. By prioritizing safety, fostering open dialogue, and ensuring equitable access, we can harness CRISPR's power for the benefit of all. (2998 characters)
Telehealth Psychology Building Trust with Clients.pptxThe Harvest Clinic
Telehealth psychology is a digital approach that offers psychological services and mental health care to clients remotely, using technologies like video conferencing, phone calls, text messaging, and mobile apps for communication.
CHAPTER 1 SEMESTER V PREVENTIVE-PEDIATRICS.pdfSachin Sharma
This content provides an overview of preventive pediatrics. It defines preventive pediatrics as preventing disease and promoting children's physical, mental, and social well-being to achieve positive health. It discusses antenatal, postnatal, and social preventive pediatrics. It also covers various child health programs like immunization, breastfeeding, ICDS, and the roles of organizations like WHO, UNICEF, and nurses in preventive pediatrics.
2. INTRODUCTION
Wellness, in today’s context, is much more than
diagnosing and curing poor health or diseases. It is a
multidimensional and holistic state of being that is
conscious, self-directed, and constantly evolving.
Trying to make sense of wellness in a world of rising
healthcare costs, shortage of wellness professionals,
and technological advances in everything from
computing to genetics, gives rise to several pertinent
questions.
Will there still be any universally recognized concept
of wellness? Or will it be hyper personalized to each
individual's environments, genetics, and
experiences?
What will wellness look and feel like in the future?
What will be the new indicators of wellness?
As people experience enhanced wellness, will they
become more self-aware and adopt additional
experiences that will promote wellness?
What Is the Future of Wellness?
Will we be more in control of our well-being? Or will
we stop caring in a world where every aspect of our
person is closely and constantly monitored and
serviced?
As roles in the wellness ecosystem shift, what are
the new well-being authorities and environments
that will emerge?
Will big data around wellness help create better
early warning systems about potential pandemics?
Or will there be a drive to protect and hide our
personal wellness and risk profiles online?
Will we ever be 'unwell', given all the new
technologies to enhance (as well as prevent)
wellness that will be in place?
Will we prefer being looked after and treated by
robotic care givers/surgeons?
We attempt to answer these questions through 10
current trends we have identified, which will impact
the course of wellness in the future.
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Engineered Environments Evolutionized Neo-styled Life Smarter Intake Closing The Loop
Predictive Prevention Tech’Know’logy Customized Care Crowdsourced Fitness Gamified
4. Environments will be designed to motivate users
to lead healthy lives with the help of both intrinsic
and extrinsic factors, consciously and
subconsciously
Changes in lifestyle will lead to a significant
overlap between life at home, at work, and in other
environments. Clear-cut demarcations of time and
space for work and play will diminish
Health measurements will no longer take place
only in hospitals and traditional health spaces, but
increasingly in all spaces that humans inhabit
Engineered
Environments
Changing habits and nudging
behaviors through environments
TREND 1
5. A combination of advanced materials are being
incorporated into buildings to help remove harmful
pollutants from the air, creating safer and more
enjoyable places for people to work and live in.
http://www.slideshare.net/PSFK/the-future-of-cities-
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Living Walls
Work with Work-out
Brooklyn Boulders Somerville provides a
combination climbing gym and collaborative
workspace in Somerville, Massachusetts.
The space has also played host to corporate
meetings (companies like Puma and Vita-Coco)
and a hackathon to develop fitness-related
applications.
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3023162/at-this-coworking-
space-in-a-climbing-gym-you-can-do-pull-ups-at-your-
standing-desk#2
EXAMPLES SUPPORTING THE TREND
6. Ecological Cities
Bo01 in Malmo, Sweden, is a recently developed sustainable
district, where:
Consumption of resources is minimized by wind turbines,
rooftop solar panels, and a biogas plant
Residents are encouraged to regularly check their energy
consumption on information panels installed in each home
Paths and cycle tracks have been given high-priority as
has the use of healthy materials in the dwellings and
surroundings
http://www.dac.dk/en/dac-cities/sustainable-cities/all-cases/master-
plan/malmo-bo01---an-ecological-city-of-tomorrow/
Compact Farming
In an effort to bring city centers closer to their food sources,
developers and architects are experimenting with farms and
gardens that maximize yield within a limited amount of space.
http://www.slideshare.net/PSFK/the-future-of-cities-27145532
7. Fitness Furniture
Designer Lucie Koldová has
transformed both a table and a
wardrobe into an exercise gym.
Offering various combinations and
workout suggestions it is an all-round
gym experience.
http://www.luciekoldova.com/projects/home
-fitness
Human-powered Street Lighting
The Citilite lamps by Zhongren Zhang will
use electricity generated through outdoor
fitness facilities to:
Save a significant amount of public
energy spending
Motivate a healthier life style for
individuals
Enhance community awareness of
green energy
http://www.coroflot.com/ericzzr/CitiLite-20
Obesity Fighting Chair
The Gymygym desk chair improves
circulation, promotes spine alignment,
and helps reverse the evils of sedentary
desk jobs.
http://www.gymygym.com/
8. People will be able to aspire to immortality, and take on any
technology enhanced avatar (mental, physical, emotional)
depending on their needs.
Evolutionized
Challenging the natural pace of human
evolution through genetic engineering and
transhumanism
TREND 2
9. Augmented Humans
Future citizens of Earth will have bio-tech and
technology enhancements at their fingertips.
Augmenting one's own body for physical or mental
advantages will be as easy as putting on or taking
off cosmetics.
http://www.nextnature.net/themes/augmented-bodies/
Nano Bots
Nano robots will patrol our bodies and destroy
disease as it breaks out, or repair diseases before
birth.
A century or more from now, cancer may well be a
thing of the past; so will other genetic disorders.
http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotics/world-150-years-
from-now-130702.htm
EXAMPLES SUPPORTING THE TREND
10. Robo Doc
Machine learning systems will be cheaper, more
accurate and objective, and also effectively replace
80% of doctors simply by being better than the
average doctor.
www.impactlab.net/2012/09/11/technology-will-replace-80-
of-doctors-vinod-khosla/
Live Forever
The nanotechnology revolution will decrease cell
deterioration and extend human lifespan in the
future.
Ray Kurzweil's hypothesis further states that this
will be not just be life extension, but life expansion.
We will lead longer and also more healthy and vital
lives.
http://www.macleans.ca/society/life/how-nanobots-will-
help-the-immune-system-and-why-well-be-much-smarter-
thanks-to-machines-2/
11. Rise of the New Species
Paleontologist Peter Ward speculates that a new
species of humans will emerge through genetic
engineering.
In time, scientists will modify our genomes to
design superhuman progeny with any combination
of desirable traits- intelligence, health, athletic
prowess, longevity, and more.
www.livescience.com/5859-future-evolution.html
12. To counter the stress and isolation of technology
saturated lives, we will develop novel ways of
reconnecting with our primal nature
New-age community activities will bring people back to
real life, face-to-face interactions
Living formats will be redesigned to help us stay close
to nature and be in touch with our spiritual core
Neo-styled Life
Finding unique new ways to “return to
innocence”
TREND 3
13. Disconnecting
Faraday Zones, or hang-out zones that offer the
opportunity to be “beyond reach,” will find
mainstream acceptance on trains, planes, and
automobiles, as well as in public spaces like
libraries and cinemas.
www.frogdesign.com/techtrends2014/?utm_campaign=Tech
+Trends+2014
Neo Emotions
A neo-emotional system will extend and modify
outdated emotions to better suit modern
situations, culture, and technologically-enabled
existence.
http://www.transhumanism.org/index.php/th/more/701/
EXAMPLES SUPPORTING THE TREND
14. Community-building Sports
Largescale participatory sports events
like Tough Mudder and other mud
runs are gaining success because of
the inter-personal interactions they
promote.
They also create a sense of
community and belonging between
like-minded people.
http://breakingmuscle.com/strength-
conditioning/the-future-of-fitness-who-will-
win-the-gym-wars
Future Sound of Yoga
The Future Sound of Yoga is a concept
created by husband and wife DJ and yogi
team, Angel and Matt Singman.
The juxtaposition of futuristic music with
the ancient art of yoga helps create a new
meditative experience.
http://www.futuresoundofyoga.com/What_is_it.html
Back to the Roots
Primal Move helps us relearn basic
natural movements in a scientific and
play-oriented way, for an overall sense of
well-being.
Through Primal Move “workouts,” our
bodies gain flexibility, remove pain,
repair and prevent injury, and build
strength and skills.
http://primalmove.com/
15. Consuming food that could lead to the onset of
diseases or health issues will be a problem of the past
Smarter food options will be developed, with edible
items classified based on the body type they are suited
for
3D printed food will ensure micro-customization of
dietary needs
Smarter Intake
Consuming according to your body's
unique needs
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TREND 4
16. Meat Alternatives
Beyond Meat and Hampton Creek Foods are
creating healthy plant-based alternatives that taste
just like eggs, chicken, and other animal sources of
protein.
This will satisfy meat cravings, and will be- toxin
and cruelty-free.
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/12/beyond
-eggs-meat-josh-tetrick
Guiltless Binging
Arctic Zero has created an ice cream made of whey
protein and purified water, that sets one back by
150 calories per pint.
http://www.arcticzero.com/
EXAMPLES SUPPORTING THE TREND
17. Obesity Control
A new drug that allows people to eat as much as
they want without gaining weight seems possible,
based on new research into certain brain
chemicals that influence how quickly we burn fat.
http://www.livescience.com/18860-marijuana-chemical-
brown-fat.html
Customized Food
The labels we use today to describe our diets -
vegetarian, Kosher, glucose-free, vegan, gluten-
free, lactose intolerant - will be replaced with new
terminology as we determine, on a molecular level,
which foods are suited for which body type.
In the future, we will be consuming 3D printed food,
catering to each person's unique dietary needs.
www.futuristspeaker.com/2011/10/the-coming-food-
printer-revolution/
18. Things people interact with will interact back with them
in smarter and more sensitive ways, giving them more
control over their wellness
Products and services a person uses will be able to
monitor, track and serve them well as per their
requirement, preferences and desires
Products and services will assist people to make
healthier and better choices in a world of increasing
complexity and multiplicity
Personalization will unfold across domains: mental,
emotional, physical and spiritual
Tech”Know”logy
Using technology to help your world
“know” you and work for you
TREND 5
19. Scan What You Eat
TellSpec is a device that can scan food and help
consumers make informed choices to buy or eat a
particular item.
It identifies allergens, chemicals, nutrients,
calories and ingredients in foods or beverages.
http://tellspec.com/
Track Your Well-being
The Lifewatch V is a smart phone that measures
temperature, stress levels, blood pressure, heart
rate to help users monitor their health status.
By placing their fingers on the sensors, LifeWatch
V users can measure and track their medical
condition, take corrective action, plan meals,
activities and more.
http://www.lifewatchv.com/
EXAMPLES SUPPORTING THE TREND
20. Wearable Light Tracker
“Sunsprite” is a wearable that tells when you need
more sunlight, to improve mood, energy and focus,
and regulate the body's sleep cycle.
http://www.sunsprite.com/
Healthy Commute
The Healthy Commute app plots a person's route
between two addresses, and displays alternative
routes that fit their health choices in terms of food
and activities.
http://suelynyu.com/Healthy-Commute-1
21. To overcome our guilt-laden collective conscience for
the harm caused to planet Earth, humans will end the
one-way track from consumption to disposal, and
develop a perfectly closed loop system between man
and nature
By successfully harnessing renewable energy sources
and energy created by human activity, we will help
create a sustainable energy cycle
Closing the Loop
Maintaining the fine balance of Earth's
resources
TREND 6
22. The Green System
In the Green System gyms by SportsArt Fitness,
you work out, and the electricity you generate with
the machines is fed into the grid to help the gym
save on its utility bills.
The watts you generate will be turned into eco-
points, a currency that will soon be accepted at
coffee shops and other retail outlets.
http://green.sportsartamerica.com/greenSystem.aspx
Wave Energy
Yinger Jin, a Wake Forest University sophomore,
estimated that swimmers generated 10-kilowatt-
hours of electricity, enough to keep the lights on at
Wake Forest's Reynolds Gym pool for a full day.
This research will form the basis of generating
electricity from wave energy on a much larger scale,
in oceans.
http://nationswell.com/college-students-clean-energy-idea-
making-waves-just-campus/
EXAMPLES SUPPORTING THE TREND
23. Rainwater Harvesting Pavilion
Tom David Architecten's Casablanca pavilion
design consists of structures that provide shade
from the scorching sun, and also collect rainwater
and channel it into underground tanks for use in
public toilets.
http://inhabitat.com/sustainable-leafy-canopy-in-
casablanca-by-tomdavid-architecten-wins-ac-ca-
competition/
The Copenhagen Wheel
The wheel, developed by a team at MIT, generates
energy during braking, similar to the regenerative
braking of hybrid cars.
The electricity, controlled via iPhone, can provide
power boosts for hills or long distances, making
commuting by bike a viable option for more
people.
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662103/breaking-hybrid-
bike-wheel-wins-us-dyson-award
24. The new trend will be to build a preventive world where
more focus is given to prevention of disease and
illness,much before the need for a cure
People will not only be aware of possible problems
beforehand, but technology will provide different
options for tackling these situations
Health-related apps will reach a new level of preventive
intervention, and close and continuous checks on
health and well-being will become routine
Predictive Prevention
Foreseeing and correcting wellness-
related issues before they occur
TREND 7
25. Body Weight Simulator
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health
have created a tool that predicts how one's body
weight will change and how long it will take to
reach a weight loss goal.
In the future, physicians will be able to use it to
design personalized weight management
programs based on a patient’s individual goals.
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/research-funding/at-niddk/labs-
branches/LBM/integrative-physiology-section/body-
weight-simulator/Pages/body-weight-simulator.aspx
Posture-correcting Shirt
Using an innovative and patented set of elastic
bands, the Up T-shirt reminds its wearer that their
shoulders ought to be held in a straight position
that is good for bone and circulatory health.
This promotes good posture way before we've had
a chance to ruin it.
http://designtaxi.com/news/363153/A-T-shirt-Designed-
To-Keep-You-From-Slouching/
EXAMPLES SUPPORTING THE TREND
26. Nutrition Guide
Fooducate is a free mobile app that empowers
supermarket shoppers to make healthy choices
effortlessly and change their purchase habits.
It scans barcodes and instantly provides a health
score to how nutritious food products really are.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fooduc
ate.nutritionapp
Personal Genomics
Research is on, to be able to get our complete
genetic code analyzed, so that each person's
propensity to disease, response to drugs, and other
tendencies can be individually mapped.
Doctors will be able to predict what might ail a
person in the future, and tailor-make therapies and
medications to prevent it.
http://www.wfs.org/futurist/2014-issues-futurist/may-june-
2014-vol-48-no-3/adventures-personal-genomics
27. The doctor-patient relationship and awareness about
health related issues will reach new heights due to deep
monitoring and instant availability and sharing of
information
Healthcare institutions will be able to provide patients with
customized treatments and organs, specifically matched to
their physiological make-up
More and more procedures will be performed with the help
of robotic technology, to assure patients greater precision
and surgical control
Customized Care
Evaluating patients' unique needs and
delivering tailor-made treatments
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TREND 8
28. 3D-printed Replacements
3D printers are already being used to quickly
create personalized body parts like teeth or knee
joints and medical devices like hearing aids and
wrist braces.
Viable human tissue and organs will follow suit,
doing away with patients' waiting time.
www.computerworld.com/s/article/9244884/The_first_3D_p
rinted_organ_a_liver_is_expected_in_2014
Advanced Surgical System
The Da Vinci surgical system enables surgeons to
perform delicate and complex operations through
a few tiny incisions with increased precision,
dexterity, and high definition 3D vision.
In the future, this will make it possible for complex
surgical operations to have 0% chances of error.
www.intuitivesurgical.com/products/davinci_surgical_syste
m/#sthash.3Xcf2NNG.dpuf
EXAMPLES SUPPORTING THE TREND
29. Electronic Skin
A multidisciplinary research team has developed
an ultra thin membrane with diagnostic sensors
and stimulatory components that can stick to skin.
This “electronic skin” allows remote patient
monitoring and may someday be used to deliver
treatments.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/525976/a-
bandage-that-senses-tremors-delivers-drugs-and-keeps-a-
record/
Ultra-sensitive Monitor
ZhenanBao, a professor of chemical engineering at
Stanford, has developed a heart monitor thinner
than a dollar bill and no wider than a postage
stamp.
The flexible skin-like monitor, worn under an
adhesive bandage on the wrist, is sensitive enough
to help doctors detect stiff arteries and
cardiovascular problems.
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/skin-heart-
monitor-051413.html
30. Healthcare professionals will use crowdsourcing
platforms and methods to research and solve critical
health problems, and suggest innovative solutions
People will seek diagnosis and suggestions on health
issues from professionals around the world, and accept
treatment from virtual clinics and hospitals
Crowdsourced
Leveraging the power of the people to
generate wellness solutions
TREND 9
31. Crowdsourced Diagnosis
CrowdMed is revolutionizing healthcare by
harnessing “the wisdom of crowds” to help solve
the world's most difficult medical cases quickly
and accurately online.
It aims to help people reach a diagnosis faster by
tapping into a unique database of experts.
www.crowdmed.com/
Telehealth
AccuHealth, Chile, uses sensors with a wireless
connection to remotely monitor vital signs of
chronically ill patients.
If the vital signs are not good, data center staff
can immediately contact the patient to
recommend actions to take.
The stored information can also be used for
preventive treatment, avoiding costly post-
emergency hospitalization.
https://www.accuhealth.cl/uploads/archive/filename/27_02
_12_BNAmericas_Accu.pdf
EXAMPLES SUPPORTING THE TREND
32. Fitness Gamified
Staying fit and fighting illness through
games
Innovative platforms and applications will be introduced to
educate and inspire users and groom children to practice
well-being and overcome health-related issues.
TREND 10
33. Reduce Anxiety
A mobile game based on an emerging cognitive
treatment for anxiety called attention-bias
modification training (ABMT) can reduce stress in
25 minutes.
The treatment involves training patients to ignore
a threatening stimulus, such as an angry face, and
to focus instead on a non-threatening stimulus,
such as a neutral or happy face.
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/relea
ses/reducing-anxiety-with-a-smartphone-app.html
Employee Wellness
Keas is a gamified employee wellness program, to
promote job satisfaction and encourage a fitter
workforce.
It provides a platform to share updates, pictures,
and healthy recipes, and participate in challenges
and games with co-workers for incentives.
It also integrates with biometric applications like
FitBit.
https://keas.com/
EXAMPLES SUPPORTING THE TREND
34. Fight Cancer
Re-Mission 2 gives kids and young adults with
cancer a sense of power and control over their
disease and also encourages treatment
adherence.
Each game puts players inside the human body to
fight and destroy cancer with an arsenal of
weapons and super-powers, like chemotherapy,
antibiotics and the body's natural defenses.
http://www.re-mission2.org/
Race Yourself
Race Yourself is a Google Glass app that makes
exercise more interesting, through the addictive
and social elements of gaming.
It lets you race against giant boulders, zombies,
fire, virtual friends, and even an oncoming train, to
stay fit.
http://mashable.com/2014/01/08/race-yourself-app/
35. The Way Forward, from Insights to Action
Confronting wellness-related challenges and planning for the future will take creative efforts and
collaboration with a variety of stakeholders:
User experience professionals
Technology innovators
Cyber security experts
Governments
Social scientists
Individuals and organizations involved in traditional and new age healthcare
Citizens
We would like this report to act as a catalyst, to help kick-start ideas around discovering and exploring
opportunities in the Future of Wellness.
As a tiny glimpse into the possibilities, we leave you with a vision of wellness for the year 2050.
37. SHANGHAI II, May 12, 2050
Changes in lifestyle and nature of human activities have lead to an overlap between home,
work spaces and other living environments.
Citizens of this neopolis are ultra-conscious of their health and wellbeing.
Technology-enabled environments motivate and aid them to lead a life of holistic wellness.
This is the era of ENGINEERED ENVIRONMENTS.
Meet Dr. Huang!
He is 32 years old and EVOLUTIONIZED.
He has had himself genetically altered, to be able to attach and control
robotic arm modifications.
This helps him perform complicated surgery with greater precision, even
when stressed or exhausted.
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