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Museums & the IoT: Innovating With Wayfinding
In TrendsWatch 2013, Phil and I explored the implications of entering a time “When Stuff Talks Back.” The Internet of Things, as this phenomenon is also known, arises from the proliferation of internet connected devices that can collect … -
TrendsWatch Update: 3-D Scanning and Printing
So much good stuff, what to highlight? 3-D printing overall continues to take off. In June, MakerBot was bought for $403M by industrial printing company Stratsys, demonstrating the industry’s belief in the exploding market for desktop … -
Through a (Google) Glass, Darkly
At the Tech@LEAD conference last week, Neal Stimler let me try his Google Glass. I had been kicking myself for not applying to be an early adopter of Glass, so I was happy to draft off Neal’s successful bid, however briefly. I’ve been … -
Do You Want to Live Forever?
Phil and I read far more broadly than we can travel, so when Rohit Talwar of Fast Future was kind enough to arrange a complimentary registration to the Global Futures 2045 conference in New York City earlier this month, we tapped Paul … -
Futurist Friday: Robo-bees to the Rescue
This post from Scientific American paints a lovely picture of the future of disaster response. “Consider a rescue worker with a box full of 1,000 RoboBees—a package that would weigh less than a kilogram. The RoboBees could be … -
Disconnecting to Reconnect Can People Unplug from a Hyperconnected World?
In our always-on, hyperconnected world, people are beginning to assess the potential downside of being tethered to the Internet and hand-held devices. Turns out, however, that digital detox isn’t always easy; the umbilical Internet is … -
Reports of Losing Your Museum Job to a Robot have been Greatly Exaggerated.
Forecasting is about exploring “fringe futures” as well as more probable outcomes. Part of the art of futures studies is casting your imagination out to the edges of the Cone ofPlausibility, but also knowing when to reel it back in. This … -
Another Round of Technology and the Future of Education
Today’s guest post comes from Phil Katz, the Alliance’s assistant director for research and co-conspirator on many CFM research projects. Tomorrow andBeyond There’s nothing new about the prediction that technology is going to remake … -
CFM Returns to the Future with TrendsWatch 2013
The Alliance has just released TrendsWatch 2013: Back to the Future, CFM’s second annual watch list of important emergent trends. If we’re right, and the trends we’ve tagged this year shape the evolution of museums, a museum visit in the … -
Democracy in 3D: Making Natural History Accessible to All
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2013 edition of Museum magazine. When the digital age transitioned into the 21st century, the coupling of incredible advancements in interactive technologies with the global exchange of …
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