How to understand what people expect from emerging technologies and why this matters to the future of innovation Grasping Duality The popsicles in the image above were made by a group of students at the National Taiwan University. After collecting water samples from over 100 different polluted sources across Taiwan…

what food history, culture and corporations can teach us to help us tackle mental obesity in a hyperconnected age PART 2 — TOWARDS A SOLUTION Time has never not been scarce. Ironically enough, the effort invested in saving more of it by streamlining one’s work, one’s home, and even oneself…

consequences of the conflict between infinite streams and finite attention PART 1 — THE EXPERIMENT “At first, it was horrible. I was angry with everyone. I hated the world. I was really hungry, ate everything in my kitchen. But then, I started doing other things. I started reading. I was…

what will it take for us to trust emotionally intelligent machines with data & decisions? “It’s your voice of reason — keeps you in check, pushes you, but also knows what’s best for you.” — Adnan, UK The Shape of Things to Come Everyday services will soon embrace a layer…

[2016 archive] In a previous post, we mapped out the needs and desires surrounding the future of connectivity, extracted from our global study Impressions of Connected Futures. As we explained in our introduction to the last post, our discoveries revealed significant tensions between the benefits of connectivity and their detractors…

[2016 archive] Impressions of Connected Futures was a strategic research project that aimed to help us all imagine what people will need from connectivity and connected experiences in both, the near and distant future. It was executed in partnership with C Space. Method The study spanned five markets (Germany, Spain…

what do people really know, care about, and need when it comes to their personal data? [2015 archive] Amidst an era-defining debate about personal data, many studies have emerged to suggest that around the world, people are increasingly concerned about their privacy. One study even claims that privacy fears are…