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)
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.
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.
Subscription to ICE Breakers - http://eepurl.com/S1ZFL
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?
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.
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
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.
Download the Wellness in 2050 Infographic - http://www.slideshare.net/UXTrendspotting/wellness-in-2050
The Technological Singularity - Prepare for the Disruption of Human IntelligenceManuel Koelman
As technological development progresses at an exponential rate a central question comes up: Will machines at some point be more intelligent than humans? If so, when will that "Singularity" happen?
I held this talk at execfintech.com in Frankfurt on March 8th 2016.
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.
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.
Subscription to ICE Breakers - http://eepurl.com/S1ZFL
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?
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.
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
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.
Download the Wellness in 2050 Infographic - http://www.slideshare.net/UXTrendspotting/wellness-in-2050
The Technological Singularity - Prepare for the Disruption of Human IntelligenceManuel Koelman
As technological development progresses at an exponential rate a central question comes up: Will machines at some point be more intelligent than humans? If so, when will that "Singularity" happen?
I held this talk at execfintech.com in Frankfurt on March 8th 2016.
On March 11, 2011 Todd Marks presented The Singularity is Here at SXSW Interactive.
The topic of Singularity is heating up as more people discuss what will become of the human race when computers exceed our intelligence. This presentation explores several theories about the future of mankind and points out how the technology leading us there is already HERE.
“The Singularity is Near” is a book and movie written by futurist and prominent Singularitarian, Ray Kurzweil. It is a documentary with a B-line drama where Ray’s digital alter ego Ramona sets off on a quest to pass the Turing Test. Passing this test signifies the day computers can “think”, which came close to occurring a few years ago and is not far off.
Learn what milestones we have already reached toward Singularity and what technologies present and future are leading us there. We will explore Location Based Services, Augmented Reality, Bio-Feedback and Smart Agents. We will analyze current trends in Bio-Technology, Nano-Technology, Computing and Robotics and discuss the possibility of Digital Immortality.
My keynote at Velocity New York (#VelocityConf) on September 17, 2014. The failure of healthcare.gov was a textbook DevOps (or rather, lack of DevOps) case study. But it’s part of a wider pattern that reminds us that people should be at the heart of everything we build. In fact, getting the “people” part right is the key both to DevOps and great user experience design. It runs from the Internet of Things right through building government services that really work for citizens.
Ethics Ex Machina – Designing the Future With a ConscienceBrandon Ward
Volkswagen designed an unethical solution to a global and customer problem. It cost them $30 BILLION literal dollars, and who knows how much more in PR.
Cambridge Analytica is now a shuttered entity after unethical, if not illegal usage of our personal data.
Facebook's CEO had to testify before Congress, and Microsoft's AI bot "Tay" became a slanderous racist in less than 16 hours.
Forbes found that "Millennials prefer to do business with corporations and brands with pro-social messages, sustainable manufacturing methods and ethical business standards."
In this talk we'll dive into how we can begin to think about our work with the lens of what Alan Cooper calls being a good ancestor. How we can inject ethics and standards into our daily efforts to ensure we're designing the future we want, and our children deserve.
Software Above the Level of a Single DeviceTim O'Reilly
My talk at the O'Reilly Solid Conference on May 22, 2014. I mostly talk about UI implications of the Internet of Things, but also about the need for interoperability.
Makers! Le Strade dell'Innovazione @ iLab-LuissPaola Santoro
Ripensare l’innovazione tecnologica attraverso nuovi processi produttivi.
Storia del movimento dei makers, gli artigiani digitali
Autoproduzione e innovazione spontanea: I FabLab
Arduino e la tecnologia permissiva e accessibile
La stampante 3D e la nuova rivoluzione industriale
Can we unwarp reality before it's too late? #IAS18Hawkeye Thompson
Reality is under siege. From propaganda spread by bot armies to real journalism undone by cries of fake news, opinions trump facts and lies become truth. Publishers design content to trick consumers. Traditional and social media enable it. Our devices facilitate it. Emerging technologies like AI and machine learning complicate it. As virtual and real worlds continue to converge, we are our own last line of defense. We must learn how to protect ourselves from psyops before reality fades to black.
Future of Crowdsourcing: Creation to Curation, Search to Synthesis, Content t...Gaurav Mishra
Three trends are defining the future of crowdsourcing:
1. Input: From asking community members to create original contributions to curating contributions that already exist elsewhere.
2. Output: From searching for the best contributions from community members to synthesizing contributions from community members into something new.
3. Focus: From crowdsourcing content like ideas, designs or software to crowdsourcing things like money, products or services.
For more, see: http://gauravonomics.com/future-crowdsourcing-trends/
The Future of Humanity
Through our interaction with machines, we develop emotional, human expectations of them. Alexa, for example, comes alive when we speak with it. AI is and will be a representation of its cultural context, the values and ethics we apply to one another as humans.
This machinery is eerily familiar as it mirrors us, and eventually becomes even smarter than us mere mortals. We’re programming its advantages based on how we see ourselves and the world around us, and we’re doing this at an incredible pace. This shift is pervading culture from our perceptions of beauty and aesthetics to how we interact with one another – and our AI.
Infused with technology, we’re asking: what does it means to be human?
Our report examines:
• The evolution of our empathy from humans to animals and robots
• How we treat AI in its infancy like we do a child, allowing it space to grow
• The spectrum of our emotional comfort in a world embracing AI
• The cultural contexts fueling AI biases, such as gender stereotypes, that drive the direction of AI
• How we place an innate trust in machines, more than we do one another
Methodology
For this report, sparks & honey conducted US-focused research on the future of AI. Together with Heartbeat AI Technologies, we examined the emotional sentiment (feeling and emotions) around artificial intelligence in a Heartbeat AI Pulse Survey of 150 people in the US. Tapping into our Influencer Advisory Board and proprietary cultural intelligence system, we combed through thousands of signals to build a vision of the future of AI. We also interviewed leading experts in the field of artificial intelligence.
What is the ultimate goal of artificial intelligence yogesh malikYogesh Malik
Can artificial intelligence solve world hunger and bring eternal peace? We will see that when the time comes but the inevitability of artificial intelligence becoming smarter than human has raised many questions about the long-term survival of the human race
More on ArtificialIntelligence ,Singularity ,Transhumanism ,Automation ,AGI ,AITakeover ,Algocracy ,MachineLearning ,DeepLearning
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.
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?
Link - http://ice.humanfactors.com/money.html
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.
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.
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?
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.
On March 11, 2011 Todd Marks presented The Singularity is Here at SXSW Interactive.
The topic of Singularity is heating up as more people discuss what will become of the human race when computers exceed our intelligence. This presentation explores several theories about the future of mankind and points out how the technology leading us there is already HERE.
“The Singularity is Near” is a book and movie written by futurist and prominent Singularitarian, Ray Kurzweil. It is a documentary with a B-line drama where Ray’s digital alter ego Ramona sets off on a quest to pass the Turing Test. Passing this test signifies the day computers can “think”, which came close to occurring a few years ago and is not far off.
Learn what milestones we have already reached toward Singularity and what technologies present and future are leading us there. We will explore Location Based Services, Augmented Reality, Bio-Feedback and Smart Agents. We will analyze current trends in Bio-Technology, Nano-Technology, Computing and Robotics and discuss the possibility of Digital Immortality.
My keynote at Velocity New York (#VelocityConf) on September 17, 2014. The failure of healthcare.gov was a textbook DevOps (or rather, lack of DevOps) case study. But it’s part of a wider pattern that reminds us that people should be at the heart of everything we build. In fact, getting the “people” part right is the key both to DevOps and great user experience design. It runs from the Internet of Things right through building government services that really work for citizens.
Ethics Ex Machina – Designing the Future With a ConscienceBrandon Ward
Volkswagen designed an unethical solution to a global and customer problem. It cost them $30 BILLION literal dollars, and who knows how much more in PR.
Cambridge Analytica is now a shuttered entity after unethical, if not illegal usage of our personal data.
Facebook's CEO had to testify before Congress, and Microsoft's AI bot "Tay" became a slanderous racist in less than 16 hours.
Forbes found that "Millennials prefer to do business with corporations and brands with pro-social messages, sustainable manufacturing methods and ethical business standards."
In this talk we'll dive into how we can begin to think about our work with the lens of what Alan Cooper calls being a good ancestor. How we can inject ethics and standards into our daily efforts to ensure we're designing the future we want, and our children deserve.
Software Above the Level of a Single DeviceTim O'Reilly
My talk at the O'Reilly Solid Conference on May 22, 2014. I mostly talk about UI implications of the Internet of Things, but also about the need for interoperability.
Makers! Le Strade dell'Innovazione @ iLab-LuissPaola Santoro
Ripensare l’innovazione tecnologica attraverso nuovi processi produttivi.
Storia del movimento dei makers, gli artigiani digitali
Autoproduzione e innovazione spontanea: I FabLab
Arduino e la tecnologia permissiva e accessibile
La stampante 3D e la nuova rivoluzione industriale
Can we unwarp reality before it's too late? #IAS18Hawkeye Thompson
Reality is under siege. From propaganda spread by bot armies to real journalism undone by cries of fake news, opinions trump facts and lies become truth. Publishers design content to trick consumers. Traditional and social media enable it. Our devices facilitate it. Emerging technologies like AI and machine learning complicate it. As virtual and real worlds continue to converge, we are our own last line of defense. We must learn how to protect ourselves from psyops before reality fades to black.
Future of Crowdsourcing: Creation to Curation, Search to Synthesis, Content t...Gaurav Mishra
Three trends are defining the future of crowdsourcing:
1. Input: From asking community members to create original contributions to curating contributions that already exist elsewhere.
2. Output: From searching for the best contributions from community members to synthesizing contributions from community members into something new.
3. Focus: From crowdsourcing content like ideas, designs or software to crowdsourcing things like money, products or services.
For more, see: http://gauravonomics.com/future-crowdsourcing-trends/
The Future of Humanity
Through our interaction with machines, we develop emotional, human expectations of them. Alexa, for example, comes alive when we speak with it. AI is and will be a representation of its cultural context, the values and ethics we apply to one another as humans.
This machinery is eerily familiar as it mirrors us, and eventually becomes even smarter than us mere mortals. We’re programming its advantages based on how we see ourselves and the world around us, and we’re doing this at an incredible pace. This shift is pervading culture from our perceptions of beauty and aesthetics to how we interact with one another – and our AI.
Infused with technology, we’re asking: what does it means to be human?
Our report examines:
• The evolution of our empathy from humans to animals and robots
• How we treat AI in its infancy like we do a child, allowing it space to grow
• The spectrum of our emotional comfort in a world embracing AI
• The cultural contexts fueling AI biases, such as gender stereotypes, that drive the direction of AI
• How we place an innate trust in machines, more than we do one another
Methodology
For this report, sparks & honey conducted US-focused research on the future of AI. Together with Heartbeat AI Technologies, we examined the emotional sentiment (feeling and emotions) around artificial intelligence in a Heartbeat AI Pulse Survey of 150 people in the US. Tapping into our Influencer Advisory Board and proprietary cultural intelligence system, we combed through thousands of signals to build a vision of the future of AI. We also interviewed leading experts in the field of artificial intelligence.
What is the ultimate goal of artificial intelligence yogesh malikYogesh Malik
Can artificial intelligence solve world hunger and bring eternal peace? We will see that when the time comes but the inevitability of artificial intelligence becoming smarter than human has raised many questions about the long-term survival of the human race
More on ArtificialIntelligence ,Singularity ,Transhumanism ,Automation ,AGI ,AITakeover ,Algocracy ,MachineLearning ,DeepLearning
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.
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?
Link - http://ice.humanfactors.com/money.html
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Highlights from WPP's Stream (Un)Conference 2015Young & Rubicam
The WPP Stream (Un)Conference was a mash-up of discussions on the industry's biggest challenges, demos of new potentially-disruptive technology, a pitch to solve a major world crises - and so much more!
With no agenda, no PowerPoints and no pre-determined content planned, Y&R worked with an on-site illustrator to capture the loose structure of the conversations, the honesty of the questions, and the openness of the participants.
Enjoy the highlights...and Stream On!
Contact us for your kids & family marketing projects and kids experiences. Dreammachine, www.dreammachine.be, gerda@dreammachine.be, +32 (0) 479 98 26 34.
Presentation given by Gerda Van Damme (Dreammachine Kids) at the Kids & Family Marketing Congress, organized by Dreammachine Kids in Brussels, September 2016.
A presentation on what communication technology will look like in the year 2026. A review of where we came from with technology and a look into the future of whats still to come.
Gamification, Pandemics, Appropriate Technologies, Classroom Strategies, Rapid Games Prototyping, Data Visualisation, Pattern Recognition, Robot Trust and Big Data Analytics
Welcome to the GAETSS August 2015 E-Newsletter. This newsletter is a mixed bag of new presentations, ideas and opportunities that have arisen over the last month during a trip to Asia for 3 conference events.
PlayScience: 10 things you need to know to PlayBig in the kids gaming space (...PlayScience
What are the keys to winning with kids today (and tomorrow)? We will reveal our "Top 10" list of things you need to know about what kids are doing, what is engaging them, and how we can use these insights to build the "next big things."
Researchers, Discovery and the Internet: What Next?David Smith
A web2.0 issues and implications overview I put together for the Research Information Network as part of their workshop on researchers and discovery services.
http://www.rin.ac.uk/discovery-services-workshop
PRIMER Speculative Futures Conference 2017George Wang
As the inaugural speculative design conference, PRIMER brought together some of the best minds in the field of speculative design. This is a recap of my own takeaways from the conference.
For more, or to simply connect, get in touch with me at
georgewang89@gmail.com
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1. Trip to the Future:
Future Visualization Workshops for
Children at Kala Ghoda Festival 2016
March 2016
2. An Introduction to
the Workshops
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.
3. Approach to the Workshops
The approach was borrowed from the previous workshops. We:
• > Presented the stimuli as incomplete scenarios to be finished by the children
• > Encouraged all and any possible answers, with no right or wrong answers
• > Made the sessions about creativity, more play than work
4. 2016 Workshop Venue:
The Former Prince of Wales Museum Gardens, Kala
Ghoda, Mumbai
Dates: February 9th and 10th
Duration: 1 hour (each)
5. The Participants
Akansha (NGO)
Age group: 11 years
Total number: 30 children
Kala Ghoda Festival Public
Age group: 6-13 years
Total number: 10 children
6.
7. Trip to the Future As a Board Game
The game called “Trip to the Future” requires the children
to let their imaginations run wild in the context of the
following areas:
How will food be produced in the future?
What will future houses look like?
How will people entertain themselves?
Who will they look for as companions?
How will they get information in the future?
8.
9. Linking the Responses to Trends
The formative minds of children project important trends
that society can expect to actually manifest in the future.
Here, we take a closer look at what are the key
influences on children today:
Children in the urban environment of Mumbai are
exposed to various kinds of technologies and
gadgets, including laptops, smart phones, tablets,
and wearable tech.
Games and toys make a huge impact on the
imaginations of children through which they can go
on journeys of open-ended play.
The films, television series, and advertisements that
the children consume also impact how they might
think about the future.
Source: Simon Davidson, Flickr Creative Commons
https://flic.kr/p/rGWgm
10. The Response-Trend Links Found
This report aims to bring out themes we spotted in the responses of the participants along with current
trends that are emerging in technology, housing, entertainment, food and so on. Here are the themes
that the drawings point to:
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)
11. Although space travel was also the theme of the board game, the ideas on having an oxygen supply,
“advisor” on space, jetpacks, space suits, robots, etc. indicate that space exploration is becoming more
and more an imaginable, practical reality. As we recently saw with NASA’s release of space exploration
posters, promotion of space tourism, for example, imagine a Hilton on Mars.
Source: http://www.thedrive.com/article/2171/nasas-giving-away-brilliant-space-travel-posters-for-free
Trend #1: Practical Space Exploration
12. Five things you would take with you if you had
to leave Earth and go into space
Akanksha (NGO)
Oxygen (cylinder/mask)
Food
Water
Safety clothes
Others: Small stones, Helmet, Rocket,
Medicine, Football kit, friends, TV, mom,
house, books, pen, basic needs, space suit,
games, sister, cycle,
Festival Public
Oxygen cylinder
Food
Space Suit
Games
Others: water, rocket, books, luggage, gum
sole shoes, paper, space car, jetpack, video
games, books, a robot, space car, sister, space
ship, space clothes, toys, an “advisor” about
space,
Trend #1: Practical Space Exploration
13. Trend #2: Beneficial Intelligence
In quite a few responses we see the way in which
children are motivated by the power of
technology to save their time, improve their lives,
and, most of all, to always be by their side as an
“assistant” to whatever they might be doing.
Source: http://trendwatching.com/trends/5-trends-for-2016/
14. Trend #2: Beneficial intelligence
Akanksha (NGO) Festival Public
When we tell the robot to do something, it does that. “Robot, bring my games back!” (space garage)
15. Trend #2: Beneficial intelligence
Akansha (NGO) Festival Public
The circle is the machine that can say
information of any planet.
“My robot, produce a pizza machine and make pizza from it.”
16. Trend #2:
Beneficial
intelligence
“My robot is always with me.”
This drawing indicates that
children are starting to think
of their relationship with
technology as not only
“beneficial” as a life assistant
but also comforting in its
constant presence.
17. The Maker Movement was also evident in many of the drawings that the children at the festival made.
The workings of the “machines” conceived to produce pizza were designed in a way unique to each
child, characteristic of the maker movement trend. In addition, 3D printing is technology that assists to
make a lot of different conceptions possible.
Source: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/top-toy-trends-of-2015-announced-by-toy-industry-association-tia-the-official-voice-of-toy-fair-
300036276.html
Trend #3: Maker Movement
18. Trend #3: Maker Movement (3D Printing)
I’ll make pizza by pizza machine. I’ll make my pizza machine into a TV which can do anything.
19. Trend #3: Maker Movement
“Pizza Rocket” is conceived as being made out of pizza,
solving the problem of transport and food.
20. Trend #3: Maker Movement
Vegetables, sauces, outlet, bread. Pizza-producing machine. Play with the pizza machine, as a Frisbee
21. Trend #3: Maker Movement (3D Printing)
Pizza machine with dials:
1) First you have to put the pizza in the machine. Then turn
on the dials.
2) Set the place.
3) And you have the pizza there.
22. Trend #4: Space Saving Automated Furniture
Many of the responses indicated that kids are thinking of a
space saving, smaller, more compact material lifestyle that will
serve more than one purpose.
Source: http://www.gizmag.com/kraaijvanger-
hub/42268/?li_source=LI&li_medium=default-widget
23. Trend #4: Space-saving Automated Furniture
I’ll convert my spaceship into a
house which has many
features like… it can be
opened if we type the
password and my house will
look like an ancient warship of
chocolate. And whenever I
want to explore, I’ll covert my
house into a spaceship.
24. Trend #4: Space-saving Automated Furniture
If you wish, the Magic room to become a small
ball, it can fit in your pocket. You can wish it
back into a room.
Everything is integrated in the house. Space shop & sports arena.
25. Trend #4: Space Saving Automated Furniture
“A bed which will control all the things.” (With buttons)
“Small foldable structure that turns into a house”
26. IoT was one of the major recurring trends observed.
Kids depicted material things in their life that were
connected and functioned according to their mood
and preferences.
IBM’s Watson Internet of Things makes sense of the
vast amount of data generated by the Internet of
things, using machine learning.
Source: http://www.ibm.com/internet-of-things/watson-iot.html
Trend #5: Cognitive Internet of Things
27. Trend #5: Cognitive Internet of Things
Akansha (NGO) Akansha (NGO)
“Music system that plays according to my
mood, talking portraits.” The circle is the machine that can say information of any planet.
28. When asked about entertainment in the future,
communication through a large display “screen” came up as
a theme. Large screens on different products is also found to
be trending at CES 2016.
Sources: https://www.jwtintelligence.com/2016/01/ces-2016-key-trends/
http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/10/the-other-ces-2016-trend-put-a-screen-on-it/
Trend #6: Immersive Screen Displays
29. Trend #6: Immersive Screen Displays
I will have screen in which we can see TV or play
games and it has a voice to talk.
Talk to my friends on the Earth through a screen.
30. Trend #6: Immersive Screen Displays
I may be playing GTA 18 on my
latest technology suit. The glass
in front of me will project the
screen. Whatever I think will
happen in the game.
31. Trend #7: Augmented Knowledge (and Immortality)
When the kids were asked about the kind of life
they might see on other planets, a common
response was related to “superintelligence” and
“talking with the mind.” These “alien” beings had
qualities that were aspirational to the children.
For example, being born so intelligent, they
didn’t need to go to school. Also, immortality
was very appealing quality of the aliens.
HBR’s predicted trend for 2016 is around this
kind of augmented knowledge and
communication directly through the brain that
means enhanced cognitive abilities which will
impact what it means to “learn.”
Sources: https://hbr.org/2015/12/8-tech-trends-to-watch-in-2016
32. Trend #7: Augmented Knowledge
They do not go to school. They are so intelligent that
when they are born they know everything. They talk
with the phones in their heads (their mind).
33. Trend #7: Augmented Knowledge
They will have an antenna which will help
them to talk to each other.
When they are born, they are very smart so
they do not go to school.
They are colorful.
34. Trend #7: Augmented Knowledge
They will talk with their head because in the
head they will have a computer.
They cannot die because on the planet is
made like that. When anyone goes to that
planet, they cannot die.
35. Trend #7: Augmented Knowledge
Aliens are not like humans. They wear no clothes. As my friend is never tired, he can
go anywhere.
They are very intelligent. As soon as they are born, they become intelligent. They
never die.
36. Thank you!
The workshop team
• Kalika Sharma
• Jayna Bansal
• Khushboo Biyani
• Anand Vijayan
• Riddhi Shah
• Chinmay Sethe
• Anurag Bhattacharya
• Rasika Wadodkar
Thanks to
Apala Lahiri Chavan
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