Broader Perspective

It is clear that quantified self-tracking, preventive medicine, and community-based research conducted by citizen scientists could be a huge...

The farther future could include smartpatches - non-invasive, invisible, continuously-worn health self-monitoring skin patches. In the neare...

Thought experiment: Assuming a world or worlds without basic resource constraints, if technologically possible, would it be more humane or l...

An interesting question arose from discussions at the recent IFTF annual forecast presentation - Would people be more or less healthy in a ...

A new internet trend has popped up – asking questions to friends and strangers. Questions are a light-weight means of bringing structure and...

Technology-driven tools are evolving so that crisis response can be more participatory, and have more advance preparedness. A demo of the Tr...

Easily the phreshest idea from New York’s Internet Week , held in Manhattan June 7-14, was Dollar Van Demos! Dollar Van Demos are a showcas...

The overall tone of the Consumer Genetics Show , held June 2-4, 2010 in Boston MA, was a pragmatic focus on the issues at hand as compared w...

The Canary Foundation ’s eighth year of activities was marked with a symposium held at Stanford University May 25-27, 2010. The Canary Foun...

There is starting to be more data than ever available to individuals, including personal data, every detail of interactions, activities, beh...