Archive for the ‘innovation’ category: Page 182
Sep 19, 2016
The United Nations: What’s the Point? — By Uri Friedman | The Atlantic
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: governance, innovation
“History “teaches us that order in international relations is the exception, rather than the rule,” Kevin Rudd, the former Australian prime minister, writes in a new report on the uncertain future of the UN.”
Sep 19, 2016
Can Technology Help Fine-Tune Your Happiness?
Posted by Dan Faggella in categories: augmented reality, entertainment, innovation, software, virtual reality
Given the demands of the modern world, many people find solace and relaxation when they disconnect from their smart phones, computers and email. But what if you could improve your overall happiness simply by playing games on your phone? In a recent interview, tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Happify Ofer Leidner said gamification can make people “happier”, and that the development of technology that improves well-being is only just getting beginning.
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It should be noted that not just any game on your phone can help one live a happier, healthier life. Instead, Happify and other comparable platforms use science-based games to drive behavior and to help people learn skills for generally improving their outlook on life. It’s still gaming and gamification, but gaming done with a meaningful purpose.
“After telling us a little bit about themselves, we recommend a certain track, which is a topic around which (Happify users) want to build those skills for greater emotional fitness. We then prescribe for them a set of activities and interventions that have been transformed into an interactive app,” Leidner said. “You can do them on your phone, when you’re commuting, or you can do it at night. What we’re doing, in terms of the measurement of improved outcome, is we’re actually measuring them based on scientific event reports.”
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Sep 15, 2016
5 Epic Inventions You MUST SEE! ▶8
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: futurism, innovation
New amazing inventions, cool gadgets, futuristic new technology, and things you didn’t know exist. Mind blow!
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Sep 14, 2016
China will promote standardization to accelerate industrial upgrading: premier
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: business, innovation
Good move by China especially as one is determine to expand quickly and expedite their competitive edge around PLM and SCM.
BEIJING, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — China will promote standardization to push industrial upgrades and foster new competitive edges, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday.
Standardization represents a country’s core industrial competitiveness and overall prowess and China will highlight standardization as part of its reform agenda, Li said while addressing the ongoing 39th International Organization for Standardization (ISO) General Assembly.
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Sep 10, 2016
The Familiarity of the Future: A Look Back from 1999
Posted by Steve Fuller in categories: counterterrorism, disruptive technology, futurism, governance, hacking, innovation, internet, law, policy
In preparation for writing a review of the Unabomber’s new book, I have gone through my files to find all the things I and others had said about this iconic figure when he struck terror in the hearts of technophiles in the 1990s. Along the way, I found this letter written to a UK Channel 4 producer on 26 November 1999 by way of providing material for a television show in which I participated called ‘The Trial of the 21st Century’, which aired on 2 January 2000. I was part of the team which said things were going to get worse in the 21st century.
What is interesting about this letter is just how similar ‘The Future’ still looks, even though the examples and perhaps some of the wording are now dated. It suggests that there is a way of living in the present that is indeed ‘future-forward’ in the sense of amplifying certain aspects of today’s world beyond the significance normally given to them. In this respect, the science fiction writer William Gibson quipped that the future is already here, only unevenly distributed. Indeed, it seems to have been here for quite a while.
Dear Matt,
Here are the sum of my ideas for the Trial of the 21st Century programme, stressing the downbeat:
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Sep 8, 2016
Room-temperature deposition of interfacial contact layers for organic photovoltaics
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: innovation
Nice breakthrough.
Solution-processing methods are used to synthesize metal-oxide nanoparticle suspensions and thus realize efficient and stable devices.
Sep 4, 2016
The Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: electronics, innovation
Sep 3, 2016
Helping mayors do their job — By Michael R. Bloomberg and Drew Faust | The Boston Globe
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: governance, government, innovation
“As more and more people around the world live in cities — nearly two in three Americans already do — how well cities are run will affect the future of the planet in profound ways.”
