IFTF InternNet

Beautecam is an app that analyzes your skin type based on a set...

drweidinger — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:01:07 -0400

Beautecam is an app that analyzes your skin type based on a set of criteria, then recommends beauty products, and connects you to a social network where you can share your skin related data.

Quantified self + beauty products + social networks + global skin type data collection = ???

I (nic) have the magnifying lens if you want to try it out. Available in the Public Area.

http://ec2-46-51-242-2.ap-northeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com/wordpress/

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/j4qyd/this_is_how_i_shop_fo...

drweidinger — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:23:29 -0400

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/j4qyd/this_is_how_i_shop_for_groceries/

Photo

drweidinger — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:31:16 -0400

http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/toothpaste.htm

drweidinger — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:13:49 -0400

http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/toothpaste.htm

Interesting take on using gaming elements to motivate… As...

drweidinger — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:42:58 -0400

Interesting take on using gaming elements to motivate…

As North Korea cannot produce enough chemical fertilizer, citizens are urged to collect kitchen waste and even human excrement to produce compost. Competitions are held between neighbourhood units in order to step up compost production. The photo shows the “compost production competition chart of district no. 13”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kernbeisser/2420680926/in/set-72157604582048816/

Open Source Ecology

joeyjoseph — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:39:40 -0400

Open Source Ecology

LA | Kullection FAQ

joeyjoseph — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:19:18 -0400

LA | Kullection FAQ

Future: News From The Year 2137 - Now Available (by TheOnion)

zeepost — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:48:15 -0400

Future: News From The Year 2137 - Now Available (by TheOnion)

According to the EPA, 50% of the oil spilled in our waterways...

drweidinger — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:20:10 -0400

According to the EPA, 50% of the oil spilled in our waterways every year comes from motor oil runoff. Natural waste fibers such as hair clippings are really good at socking up oil. But when BP spilled all that oil a while back they insisted on using synthetic fiber to clean it up. Even though natural fibers are a free and abundant resource…

IDEO’s water team created three scenes envisioning a positive...

drweidinger — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:47:00 -0400

IDEO’s water team created three scenes envisioning a positive future with water.

also see : http://vimeo.com/6967118, http://vimeo.com/6971914

mikasavela: From California water: a study in resource...

joeyjoseph — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:39:19 -0400

mikasavela:

From California water: a study in resource management, 1971, by David William Seckler.

Researchers are the first to have made an artificial neural...

drweidinger — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:17:17 -0400

Researchers are the first to have made an artificial neural network out of DNA, creating a circuit of interacting molecules that can recall memories based on incomplete patterns, just as a brain can.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142501.htm

"How often a given word is used, relative to other words, can convey information about the..."

zeepost — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:54:05 -0400

“How often a given word is used, relative to other words, can convey information about the word’s linguistic utility. Using Google word data for 3 languages over the 209-year period 1800-2008, we found by analyzing word use an anomalous recent change in the birth and death rates of words, which indicates a shift towards increased levels of competition between words as a result of new standardization technology. We demonstrate unexpected analogies between the growth dynamics of word use and the growth dynamics of economic institutions. Our results support the intriguing concept that a language’s lexicon is a generic arena for competition which evolves according to selection laws that are related to social, technological, and political trends. Specifically, the aggregate properties of language show pronounced differences during periods of world conflict, e.g. World War II.”

- Statistical Laws Governing Fluctuations in Word Use from Word Birth to Word Death

“Postcards is an award-winning large format feature motion...

drweidinger — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:53:40 -0400

“Postcards is an award-winning large format feature motion picture that explores our future in space - seen through the eyes of an engineer working to build a base on the moon, and who occasionally sends video postcards back to his wife and family on Earth.”

Postcards From The Future.

Are we in danger of running out of water? California’s...

drweidinger — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:25:00 -0400

Are we in danger of running out of water? California’s population is growing by 600,000 people a year, but much of the state receives as much annual rainfall as Morocco. With fish populations crashing, global warming, and the demands of the country’s largest agricultural industry, the pressures on our water supply are increasing.

http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/state-of-thirst-californias-water-future/#edguide

useful resources by Futurists at museums....

drweidinger — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:29:41 -0400

useful resources by Futurists at museums. http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/aam/ (archived articles on right side)

KQED gets people to take pictures of high water around the bay...

drweidinger — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:57:10 -0400

KQED gets people to take pictures of high water around the bay area, post photos to flickr. http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/01/20/taking-photos-from-the-future/

Fabrique | Hacktion designs small-sized objects to twist and...

zeepost — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:11:43 -0400

Fabrique | Hacktion designs small-sized objects to twist and improve urban and collective spaces. Recharges for mobile phones rehabilitate declining phone boxes. Grafted to public walls, coat racks create hospitable places. Light signals on top of train ticket machines enable the travelers to check the state of the terminal from a distance.

A Tale Of Two Countries: The Growing Divide Between Silicon Valley And Unemployed America

zeepost — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:56:52 -0400

A Tale Of Two Countries: The Growing Divide Between Silicon Valley And Unemployed America

Pandemic 2 is a world simulator where you play as the virus. You...

drweidinger — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:56:00 -0400

Pandemic 2 is a world simulator where you play as the virus. You have “evolution” points that can be used to acquire symptoms, resistance, or new transmission vectors. Its similar to Daniel’s drug simulator, except the variables are population, infected, deaths, etc. There is also a new feed along the side that proclaims things like, “GOVERNMENT OF MIDDLE EAST BEGINS BURNING BODIES TO PREVENT INFECTION.” or “GOVERNMENT OF PERU DECLARES MARSHAL LAW.”

Congratulations! You just won the Apocalyptic Optimist Badge and 15 points!

Badge earned:

A pessimist would say the glass is 1/2 empty. An optimist would say the earth is 2/3 infected with a deadly virus.

I am hesitant to say this is a fun simulator, but it sure is interesting.