January 2010
23 posts
Airports Could Get Mind-Reading Scanner →
infoneer-pulse:
WeCU Technologies is building a mind-reading scanner that can tell if a given traveler is a potential danger - without the subject’s knowledge. WeCU Technologies (pronounced “we see you”) is creating a system that would essentially turn the public spaces in airports into vast screening grounds:.
“The system … projects images onto airport screens, such as symbols associated...
Wired magazine Intelligence Briefing
via prezi.com
Just found this when reading about the new features in Prezi. Interesting to read about what Wired peoples sees!
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The Web's Return To Chaos - Forbes.com
People thought crime is one thing, politics and diplomacy are a second thing,” says one observer, “but I think it’s going to continue to merge. via forbes.com I agree with this review (and maybe the book Joseph Menn’s “Fatal System Error” as well even if I haven’t read it) and think this quote is describing one of he inevitable developments we see in...
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Whats up with virtual worlds? →
Just because things move out from the lime light doesn’t mean that they disappear. But the air of hipness might have faded a bit… What is happening is most likely exactly what is happening to any hype - it follows the hype curve. We all know that to weave a thicker and lasting web of interest and activity you need more than just social interaction, but finding out what sticks is an...
More wives are the higher-income spouse, Pew...
In a trend that researchers call “the rise of wives,” women are increasingly better-educated than their husbands and have emerged as the dominant income-provider in one of five marriages, according to a new report released today.read more in article in washingtonpost.com Posted via web from futuramb’s posterous | Comment »
Women rule in social media!
via penn-olson.com This finally ends at least one gender discussion (and maybe create a couple of others…) Posted via web from futuramb’s posterous | Comment »
Outlook 2010 by Glen Hiemstra, Futurist, Speaker
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The top underreported tech stories of 2009 | Tech...
The top 10 underreported tech stories of 2009 1. Wireless broadband woes are harder to fix than you might realize 2. “Conflict minerals” in your PC and cell phone fuel civil war in Congo 3. Malware’s new frontier: Organized gangs tricking users to act stupidly 4. GPU computing: Graphics accelerators aid mainstream, even business, PCs 5. Dumber may be smarter: Less-accurate...
Media Censorship - Top Censored Media Stories of...
Check out this post I found at wanttoknow.info
It is always interesting to read what is not being promoted, or even demoted or censored. A peeping hole through the media veil that covers reality…
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NYT - Google’s Move in China Won’t Save the...
It’s no surprise that China polices sites like Google.cn, but now nations like France are also cracking down on Internet users.
via nytimes.com
This is unfortunately (read article in NYT which notes that more countries are starting to restrict Internet) just the beginning of a fundamental and deep conflict between the power of horizontal emerging structures and the vertical traditional...
The Decade in Management Ideas - Our Editors -... →
A list of 12 management concepts that HBR saw emerge during the last 10 years.
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New York Times Ready to Charge Online Readers --... →
OK, so now NYT have decided to take cover behind a pay wall as well.
Well, they will definitely lose me!
Search the future with Recorded Future
via youtube.com If you are interested in the future, why not try this search engine called Recorded Future? It is developed by a couple of former colleagues of mine and this small video shows how it works. Posted via web from futuramb’s posterous | Comment »
Social Network Marketing: What Works? — HBS...
We found three distinct groups. Low-status members (48 percent of the users in our sample), who are not well connected to others, are generally unaffected by the purchases of other members. Middle-status members (40 percent of the users) are moderately connected and show a strong and positive effect due to friends’ purchases. In other words, this group shows strong “keeping up with...
Understanding Users of Social Networks — HBS...
From social media to social strategy Corporate marketers by and large struggle with how to use social networking sites to reach potential customers, says Piskorski, who advises companies on this subject. The problem is that execs think of online social networks as social media and treat it as another channel to get people to click through to a site. It doesn’t work that way. For one...
Open Innovation at Tesco | Working Knowledge ®
The Open Innovation strategy is a win/win: Tesco doesn’t have time to develop and support all these apps internally, so it benefits from the skills of external developers. The developers might have special relationships with particular customer segments (e.g., a tie to allergist or being the author of a best-selling diet books). External developers get compensated (currently 5 pounds) for each...
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China passes US as world's biggest car market -...
In 2009, Chinese sales of cars, trucks and other vehicles soared to 13.6 million, a 46 per cent rise from the previous year’s levels and comfortably higher than the 10.4 million equivalent vehicles sold in the United States last year. Only 33 years ago, there were only one million privately owned cars in the whole of China. via business.timesonline.co.uk Posted via web from...
Meet The MAVINs - www.businessinsider.com
via businessinsider.com “The Next BRICs: Six Surging Countries You Must Pay Attention To This Decade” Posted via web from futuramb’s posterous | Comment »
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Women and work: We did it! | The Economist
via economist.com The rich world’s quiet revolution: women are gradually taking over the workplace This is a driving force that have been going on for some time but we haven’t seen much of the effects on corporate management or top level politics yet - but it will most likely come. Posted via web from futuramb’s posterous | Comment »
New trends and technology map 2010+
A new beautiful map from Now & Next. Click on the map or 2010+ Trends and Technology Timeline to see a full scale PDF version.
(via RossDawson)
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