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Tim Mansfield

BEYOND FARMERS MARKETS... - Global Guerrillas - 0 views

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farmers markets scenario

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  • Tim Mansfield on 18 Nov 11
     
    …retail commercial activity within resilient communities will be growing and in some cases exceeding the activity seen before the depression. The reason?  The effort these communities made in building locally viable open markets that promoted the wares of local producers.  
jose ramos

Catalysts for Change: How to Gamify a Path Out of Poverty - Core77 - 0 views

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poverty foresight gaming

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  • jose ramos on 25 May 12
     
    It seems like we're playing video games every day. Every morning and evening on the subway, I see people swiping their phones, whether they're slinging a red bird into a pile of green pigs, guessing a friend's drawing, or any number of fun, frivolous, addictive activities. That's a lot of time spent on games, and a lot of cognitive energy. What if all of that brain power could be put toward social issues, like finding a way out of poverty?
Tim Mansfield

The Growth of the Internet and the Happy Recession - 0 views

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Cybernetic civilization crowdsourcing

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  • Tim Mansfield on 07 Jan 12
     
    Most popular web-based businesses are deflationary. They substitute expensive forms of content consumption for cheap ones, they make it logistically easier to deliver discounts to people who will respond to them, and they create numerous financially cheap forms of social status. As more activity moves on to the web, the main effect on the economy will be broadly lower prices and less need for employment.
jose ramos

In five years you will control gadgets with your mind - IBM | Smartphone News & Reviews... - 0 views

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gadgets mind control

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  • jose ramos on 21 Dec 11
     
    FORGET using passwords to log on to your computer, needing touch screens to navigate on your smartphone or paying expensive energy bills; in the future your daily activities will create all the energy you need to power your house, biometrics will unlock your devices, and your mind will be capable of controlling them.
jose ramos

iKnow WI-WE Bank - 1 views

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commons foresight

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  • jose ramos on 18 Jan 12
     
    To explore the iKnow system please use the top navigation menu to access the iScan - to monitor and search WI-WE issues, the iDelphi - to assess and prioritise WI-WE issues, the iLibrary - to share innovation and foresight and horizon scanning (FHS) documents, the iCommunity - to engage and network innovation and FHS people, the iNews - to feature selected contributions to iKnow's FHS systems, and the iOracle - to map FHS practices, players and outcomes - in collaboration with the mapping activities of the European Foresight Platform. To learn about the iKnow project's objectives and background, please click here .
Tim Mansfield

Ambient intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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Cybernetic civilization

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  • Tim Mansfield on 16 Nov 11
     
    In computing, ambient intelligence (AmI) refers to electronic environments that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of people. Ambient intelligence is a vision on the future of consumer electronics, telecommunications and computing that was originally developed in the late 1990s for the time frame 2010-2020. In an ambient intelligence world, devices work in concert to support people in carrying out their everyday life activities, tasks and rituals in easy, natural way using information and intelligence that is hidden in the network connecting these devices (see Internet of Things). As these devices grow smaller, more connected and more integrated into our environment, the technology disappears into our surroundings until only the user interface remains perceivable by users.
jose ramos

Commentary: Prospects for cash | ATM Marketplace - 0 views

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  • jose ramos on 08 Mar 12
     
    When we look at the future of global cash, we need that extra pair of eyes my parents longed to possess to give them greater power to keep track of their highly active children. The story of cash is a very old and rich one, going back to the invention of coins in the earliest civilizations several centuries B.C. The story continues into our own time, which has seen a remarkable global bounce-back effect since the credit crisis of 2008 turned our economies, and the global economy, upside down. This bounce-back has given rise to positive figures for the growth of cash, and the ATM industry which distributes that cash, on a truly monumental scale.
jose ramos

The Institute for Alternative Futures Announces Winners of International Pro-Poor Scena... - 0 views

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futures poverty scenarios

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  • jose ramos on 22 Nov 11
     
    ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF) has announced the results of its Pro-Poor Scenarios Competition, a global contest that invited policymakers, futurists, academics and active citizens around the world to develop scenarios that apply foresight methods to expand social and economic opportunities for poor and marginalized populations.
jose ramos

Pro-Poor Scenarios Competition | Institute for Alternative Futures - 1 views

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futures poverty scenarios

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  • jose ramos on 22 Nov 11
     
    The Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF) has announced the results of its Pro-Poor Scenarios Competition, a global contest that invited policy‐makers, futurists, academics and active citizens around the world to develop scenarios that apply foresight methods to expand social and economic opportunities for poor and marginalized populations.
jose ramos

The Project Anticipation website - 0 views

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  • jose ramos on 01 Sep 13
     
    "Project Anticipation is the website of the UNESCO Chair in Anticipatory Systems awarded to Roberto Poli, University of Trento. Formally speaking, the chair's activities will begin January 1, 2014. However, since the project is on the many forms of anticipation, and a crucial aspect of anticipation is taking antecedent actions, the project's advance publication shouldn't come as a surprise."
jose ramos

About SOIF | School of International Futures - 0 views

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  • jose ramos on 20 Sep 13
     
    SOIF's Vision Policy-makers and business leaders make better decisions when informed by strategic foresight, resulting in greater prosperity, security and well-being. SOIF's Way of Working Build a community and foster links internationally Host conferences, seminars, training events focusing on foresight approaches and tools Convene foresight activities involving multiple partners or countries, support foresight studies and develop foresight capacity
jose ramos

Forecasting World Events - 1 views

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crowd sourcing

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  • jose ramos on 14 Mar 11
     
    This is a USA based project that seeks to crowd source predictions about the future. It is being run by the Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). IARPA "invests in high-risk/high-payoff research programs that have the potential to provide our nation with an overwhelming intelligence advantage over future adversaries." Jose's little analysis - because it is limited to a US audience it will probably have good technological inputs, but its cultural and political input will be largely worthless. I don't see any cultural studies and political scientist types making a contribution (could be very wrong of course) and commentary will most likely come from a combination of mis-informed moderates and Fox news fruitcakes. For ICT and the CRC project it is an example of crowdsourcing for competitive intelligence.
jose ramos

Alterglobalization And Unlearning - 0 views

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Sustainability ecology Ecological tsunami

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  • jose ramos on 13 May 11
     
    "Marianne Maeckelbergh: "In this brief article I would like to summarise some alternative approaches to 'knowing' that I have encountered through activism and anthropological fieldwork within the alterglobalization movement. Specifically I will address four assumptions about knowledge found within the alterglobalization movement that diverge considerably from 'standard' assumptions. First, the idea that knowledge is collectively constructed. Second, that knowledge is context specific, partial and provisional. Third, that a distinction must be made between knowing something and knowing better. Finally, I describe the idea that ignorance is useful. First, however, it is necessary to briefly describe the context within which these alternatives are emerging and the type of knowledge that they resist."
Gareth Priday

Facebook and facial recognition - you've been tagged - 0 views

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facebook panopticity

shared by Gareth Priday on 14 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Published: June 10, 2011 Facebook and facial recognition – you’ve been tagged Author David White Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of New South Wales Disclosure Statement David White is employed on an ARC Linkage Grant in collaboration with Australia Passports. Our goal is to ensure the content is not compromised in any way. We therefore ask all authors to disclose any potential conflicts of interest before publication. Re-publish We licence our articles under Creative Commons — attribution, no derivatives. Anyone can re-publish our content provided they follow some simple guidelines. Your Facebook snaps now come with a hidden catch. rishibando Around 2 million photographs are uploaded to Facebook each day. As of this week, every new image will be processed by automatic face recognition software, designed to identify the people in the photographs.
  • Gareth Priday on 14 Jun 11
     
    2 million photographs are uploaded to Facebook each day. As of this week, every new image will be processed by automatic face recognition software, designed to identify the people in the photographs. It's not the addition of this new function that has caused the creeping sense of unease, but the covert manner with which it has been activated
Gareth Priday

Intel's Facebook 'Museum of Me' is a must-try | The Digital Home - CNET News - 0 views

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museum

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  • Gareth Priday on 08 Aug 11
     
    Facebook users who want an interesting (and perhaps creepy) visualization of their activity on the world's largest social network can get it with the help of Intel's new Museum of Me application. Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20068257-17/intels-facebook-museum-of-me-is-a-must-try/#ixzz1UOjMmAlE
jose ramos

P2P Foundation » Blog Archive » Osiris software - Establish serverless p2p co... - 0 views

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Network mediated politics peer-to-peer

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  • jose ramos on 19 Jul 11
     
    "Our activities on the net are being closely monitored and there are plans in several countries to allow governments to shut down communications, as recently happened in Egypt. Tools are needed to help circumvent such blocks, so as to keep communications going even in adverse conditions. While hardware is an important choke point - physical connections can be severed - software is no less important. As the attempt to suppress Wikileaks has shown, taking an internet address off line is quite possible, but the direct connections of p2p are less susceptible to such disturbance. "
jose ramos

Enipedia - Enipedia - 1 views

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energy strategic foresight futures eco tsunami

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  • jose ramos on 27 Apr 11
     
    " Enipedia is an active exploration into the applications of wikis and the semantic web for energy and industry issues. Through this we seek to create a collaborative environment for discussion, while also providing the tools that allow for data from different sources to be connected, queried, and visualized from different perspectives. "
Tim Mansfield

Truthsquad - Fact-check the news - Overview Page - NewsTrust.net - 0 views

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crowdsourcing

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  • Tim Mansfield on 24 Oct 11
     
    How can you tell fact from fiction on the Internet? Join Truthsquad, a community fact-checking experiment led by NewsTrust, in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity. Together, we are developing a pro-am network to fact-check political claims during the 2012 elections - and aim to extend this small pilot site into a daily service by early 2012. By combining the Center's newsroom of investigative journalists with our moderated crowd-sourcing service and contributions from our partners, we hope to provide daily fact-checks, as well as engage visitors as active participants to verify controversial claims.
Gareth Priday

Global Innovation Index - 0 views

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Innovation

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  • Gareth Priday on 13 Aug 13
     
    2013 - Australia 19, New Zealand 17 Australia primary weakness innovation output.... Global Innovation Index 2013 Conceptual Framework The Global Innovation Index 2013 (GII) relies on two sub-indices, the Innovation Input Sub-Index and the Innovation Output Sub-Index, each built around pillars. Five input pillars capture elements of the national economy that enable innovative activities: (1) Institutions, (2) Human capital and research, (3) Infrastructure, (4) Market sophistication, and (5) Business sophistication. Two output pillars capture actual evidence of innovation outputs: (6) Knowledge and technology outputs and (7) Creative outputs. Each pillar is divided into sub-pillars and each sub-pillar is composed of individual indicators (84 in total). Sub-pillar scores are calculated as the weighted average of individual indicators; pillar scores are calculated as the weighted average of sub-pillar scores. The framework is revised every year in a transparent exercise to improve the way innovation is measured.
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