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In this trendwatching podcast, Cathi Bond talks about a concept for how to solve London’s booming population requirements, without resorting to urban sprawl: this “Super Tower” at popularchitecture.com
Meanwhile, Nora Young looks at an interesting concept from Simon Fraser University: the ladybag lets you know if you’ve forgotten to put your daily must-haves (phone, wallet etc) [...]

Published: 8 months ago
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In this trendwatching podcast, Nora Young talks about this Guardian article on the future of work. It’s a look at a new study that suggests ‘work life balance’ is being replaced with ‘work life integration’. Nora and Cathi wonder whether, in spite of all the great tools for remote collaboration out there, creative collaboration really [...]

Published: 8 months ago
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In this trendwatching podcast, Nora Young talks about her obsession with Simon Carter accessories. Nora and Cathi Bond continue their conversation about wireless connectivity in the developing world with this Business Week story about Tata’s plans to create an enormous WiMax wireless internet mesh that will serve over 100 Indian cities.
Meanwhile, Cathi Bond continues to [...]

Published: 8 months ago
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In this trendwatching podcast, Cathi Bond looks at intriguing research into A.I. applications for Second Life. Nora Young has some background with this New York Times magazine article into what seems to be a similar type of research with sociable robots.
Nora has a look at Nike’s sexy new running shoe Trash Talk, made from stitched [...]

Published: 8 months ago
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In this trendwatching podcast, Cathi Bond talks about the Mindwire V5
It delivers a mild electric jolt to simulate kicks and punches in video games. Nora says…why?
Meanwhile, Nora found this cool video at the New Scientist blog. A company called The Audeo works with connecting the nerve impulses to computer systems. In this case, through trained [...]