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Lisa Eriksen

Hawaiians have highest well-being rating for 4th year - 0 views

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    Normally don't pay too much attention to these "contests" or these polls, but this it was interesting to think about how museums play a role in the community life in these states.......
Lisa Eriksen

Brains of rats connected allowing them to share information via internet | Science | gu... - 0 views

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    An organic computer? Brain communication over continents via the internet? This would be one way to "connect" with our museum visitors;-)
Ruth Cuadra

What if EVERYONE was a futurist? - 1 views

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    applying futures methods to individuals...www.personalfutures.net
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    I know Verne from the Houston program and APF-- maybe we could get him to do a webinar or post>?
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    Garry, this would be great. I'll suggest it via the new Foresight Committee.
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    Happy to do an e-ntroduction -- otherwise he is a very accessible if a member wanted to reach out-- Verne Wheelwright Let me know how the committee receives idea...1
Ruth Cuadra

British MOD says Genetically Modified Humans will be Normal in 2045 | inQuid - 0 views

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    According to a Ministry of Defence think tank in the UK, genetically modified super humans could be a part of everyday life by the year 2045.
Ruth Cuadra

Office Oasis: When The Workplace Doubles As A Space To Unwind (PHOTOS) - 1 views

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    Third space concept inversed to mean in-office refuges, an effect of what Bob Fox, publisher of the industry magazine Workspace Design, calls the Google philosophy to "give its employees a city."
Johanna Fassbender

P2PU | School of Open - 1 views

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    How can museums participate in this trend?
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    I like this trend --- how do we get in? Open course material by age group -- by themes --- design for cross institutional learning -- micro credentialing (Mozilla just opened the Badges Backpack platform)... lots of potential for museums to provide continuity of learning experiences...
Ruth Cuadra

Algorithms Rule the World - [INFOgraphic] | Futurist Foresight - 0 views

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    Whatever the purpose, algorithms will continue to shake up the status quo.
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    I think our opportunity is to learn how they can personalize the museum experience... remember the data value chain graph-- descriptive to predictive to prescriptive. If we need to learn from another sector= 'Adaptive Learning Platforms' like Knewton and LearnSmart (McGrawHill)--- what are analogs for guiding museum goers?
Lisa Eriksen

Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com - 2 views

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    Great talk.  So much of what we have been reading about and discussing over the years in one presentation. I particularly support his points on staff compensation and risk taking.
Ruth Cuadra

Here's How to Legalize Phone Unlocking | Center for Internet and Society - 0 views

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    In the wake of a public petition to allow people to unlock their cellphones for use on the wireless network of their choice, both the White House and the Federal Communications Commission came out in favor of a change in the law. 
Ruth Cuadra

Uplifting music can boost mental capacity - 0 views

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    Uplifting concertos from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons can boost mental alertness
Ruth Cuadra

Digital talking head expresses human emotions on demand - 0 views

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    Here comes "face messaging"....a digital talking head which can express human emotions on demand could herald a new era of human-computer interaction.
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