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Bioshock 2 video game and what it says about the future

Posted on March 8, 2010 by

I am a video game lover. Not an addict-yet, a lover. For those who have seen SHUTTER ISLAND the world inside my head is like that inside the head of Leonardo DiCaprio. Worth seeing. I dream of games which will, by their sheer brilliance and capacity to understand societal dilemmas, lift us from our downward […]

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SOCIAL MEDIA TO PREVENT MURDERS AND SUICIDES?

Posted on December 14, 2009 by

This tidbit of creative thinking was found on the site of Jonathan Nguyen, who works in PR andcrises management. He saw a news story about George Sodini, who murdered three and wounded nine others in a Pennsylvania gym before killing himself. Sodini had talked about his plans on his blog, as have many others. Now, […]

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SOCIAL MEDIA PREDICTIONS FOR 2010

Posted on December 14, 2009 by

Social media has become the subject of a lot of writing and discussion and its hard for someone not in the field to get a sense of the realistic trends for the coming year in this arena. Here is what I have come up with for social media predictions (probable trends) for 2010; 1) New […]

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CAN STATISTICAL MODELS PREDICT THE GLOBAL FUTURE?

Posted on November 13, 2009 by

A 2007 article in Good Magazine summarized the work of Bruce Bueno de Mesquita who claims to predict mathematically, “virtually any international conflict, provided the basic inputs are accurate.” Bueno de Mesquita can also be seen on You Tube giving lectures. His work, which some dismiss too readily, raises important issues concerning the use of […]

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GLIMPSE THE FUTURE: AUGMENTED REALITY MONITOR

Posted on November 12, 2009 by

Take a look at the video on the right hand side of this website entitled FLIGHT SIMULATOR CURVED MONITOR. I haven’t tried it yet but I would sure like to! Slowly but steadily, progress is being made in the creation of more realistic virtual reality environments and that is combining with the richness and realism […]

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MIND READING BRAIN SCANS LEAD TO COMMERCIAL USES

Posted on November 12, 2009 by

Technical advances in brain scanning now allow individuals to post electronic messages just by thinking them. Last month, Adam Wilson posted a message “Go Badgers” on Twitter and became the first person to post an electronic message just by thinking it, when aided by a scanning device developed at the University of Wisconsin. With a […]

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VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY TO CHANGE BUSINESS, MEDICINE AND VIDEO GAMES

Posted on July 19, 2009 by

We may be on the verge of a significant technological breakthrough, likely to change our lives in many areas. Virtual and augmented reality and the use of videoconferencing is expected to alter daily business functions; […]

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NEW WAYS OF GETTING ON-LINE AND ENDER’S GAME

Posted on June 29, 2009 by

Since almost all of June has been rainy, I decided to begin reading more novels to remind me that we are in summer. I am almost finished with ENDER’S GAME by Orson Scott Card, a fascinating account of a boy drafted into the earth’s future military force to lead a final war against alien invaders. […]

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