We’ve all been there. We’re “surfing the web” looking for things to read, and it hits us. We see a story link, a tweet, or perhaps something that pops up on Facebook that makes us click. It’s not because the topic is of any particular relevance to us, it’s because the story lets us vilify… Continue Reading
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Curating Needles in the Haystacks of the Internet
If the authors of this blog are lucky, someone on the internet has recommended this post to you. One might say, we hope it was curated amongst the other 500,000 wordpress blog posts each day. The topic of web curation has been explored extensively in the past year, and as social networks and applications continue… Continue Reading
Modern Storytelling: Enhanced or Spawned by Technology?
Len: This panel-style blog post was spawned by my recent interest in the game Zombies, Run! As someone who is passionate about the Zombie genre, but not at all passionate about exercise, I was excited to find a fusion of mobile technology, storytelling, and real-world activity that would help gamify my healthy habits. I’ll let the video… Continue Reading
Does digital help resurrect analog?
The following is a Q&A that explores the reoccurrence of analog and obsolete technology within our highly-connected present day. It was inspired by Rick Liebling’s latest explorations of this topic. 1)Francesca: As digital kicks in and everything becomes convergent, there is also a big comeback of analog products like vinyl, radio devices, .., and yes typewriters. How… Continue Reading
Wired Poverty, Fighting Dystopia and Homeless Hotspots
Homeless Hotspots was a program developed by BBH Labs to help homeless individuals earn an income during the South by Southwest conference. By providing a wi-fi signal to hordes of connection seekers nearby (by literally carrying a mobile hotspot on their back) in crowded areas, members of the HH team were able to earn donations… Continue Reading
Everything is a Remix Volume 4: A Play by Play
By now you may have seen Kirby Ferguson’s series “Everything is a Remix.” He’s back with a fourth edition and we highly recommend you put your headphones on and watch in its entirety. If you’re one of the many people who has already viewed part four, Sasha, Francesca and Len wanted to offer you a… Continue Reading
Future of Money: Alternative Currencies and Transactions
This is part 1 of a 3 part series penned by myself, Gunther, and Sasha. We’ll be sharing our thoughts on the future of digital economies over the coming few days. The global economy is a composition of constantly changing smaller economies. Ones that morph in value in relationship to each other literally every second…. Continue Reading
Our future will be better than we think?
The following post is from +Singularity Utopia, a well-regarded source on FAI or “friendly artificial intelligence”. She writes a lot about post-scarcity, and in this letter, makes an appeal for people to embrace a new book on the subject by Dr. Peter Diamandis. Please note that none of the co-authors of the blog are actual Singularitarians (Sasha did… Continue Reading
The Future of Robotics is… Cute?
This week, Siobhan is driving the conversation with her questions on robot-human relationships, with responses from Gunther, Sasha, and Len. Have you seen those crazy videos of Japanese humanoid robots that can mimic human expressions taking us closer to the seamless humanoid robots of AI, Bladerunner and Alien? Creepy huh? That’s why the future of… Continue Reading
3D Printing: What does the power to make ANYTHING mean to the world?
Imagine a world where 3-D printers are as common as dishwashers. The technology has been around for about a decade on an industrial level, but 3D printers are beginning to be marketed as home devices with prices getting lower, and lower. It’s predicted that in the next 3-5 years anyone will be able to afford to print/build… Continue Reading