Are we going to use modern tech to empower or to enslave us (even further)?
As part of the 6Heads group I was able to attend a very inspiring day by BoraCo. The session was kicked off by futurist Gerd Leonhard from The Futures Agency. […]
Tag Archives: technology
Rise of the machines – towards utopia or dystopia?
This article is a collection of thoughts from many of the participants of Monday evening Crowd Forum. We are ‘learning our way’ into a better future and would be grateful […]
Toolkit for building the future: Notes from a start-up coach
First published on: Upstart Advice We are starting to see glimpses of a future of robots, autonomous vehicles, machine learning, mapped genomes and drones. Yet, this future doesn’t appear ready-made […]
VOTEHACK – design a campaign, build an app…be a mosquito
Are you disgruntled about finding affordable housing in London? Are you on a zero-hour contract, working from hope to hope? Are you watching as social housing, the NHS and other […]
28 Days of Inspiration – Day 8: Applied biomimicry
Designing with Nature Applied Biomimcry Today’s theme is provided by Isabella and it is Biomimicry – applying nature’s genius to human design challenges. Janine Benyus is the most prominent advocate of this concept that […]
Once upon a time… Part 3
Once upon a time in a hackerspace really not that far away… Every day Norman Hacker and Dorien Hacker turn up to their local hackerspace and work together to build […]
Once upon a time… Part 2
Once upon a time, crowdfunding platforms emerged as a way of securing funding for renewable energy projects in the UK. Every day, renewable energy installations generate power and deliver financial […]
Profiting from disruption – technology is changing our world
More than 2000 women (and a few brave men) sat in the dark for 3 hours yesterday, in a Barbican hall. They were gathered for the 12th Deutschebank Women in […]
Old guard businesses have plenty to offer sustainable economy start-ups
[By Aaron Hay, reposted from the original at the Forum for the Future blog, and his tumblr.] “All the old companies need to fit into the new economy.” That’s what I heard […]
Christmas as Unusual event summary
Thank you again to everyone who participated in the event last week! Below you can find great content such as interesting facts about Christmas, a Storify on tweets from the […]
