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Marc Kozlow and Megan Routh are looking through the lenses of our 17 proprietary Trends. here’s where they saw the future leaking into the present learn more in slideshare  Five Big Ideas For The Future By Faith Popcorn was last…

The number of older persons (those 65 or older) in less developed countries is expected to increase from 249 million to 690 million between 2000 and 2030. Informal care—often provided by spouses, adult children or other family members—accounts for most…

The Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies (LIGTT) at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab has been thinking about that and recently published 50 Breakthroughs: Critical scientific and technological advances needed for sustainable global development.  learn more in fastcoexist 51 Breakthrough Technologies…

With both Google and Apple investing this year in developing and launching their respective health platforms, the serious intent and opportunity surrounding personal health technology is apparent. learn more in getresultsinaction Apple & Google and Health Data Silos By Clint…

Hoping to take the lead in the race to build the ultimate wearable device, Samsung offered  its next-generation health-tracking wristband, known as the Simband.   learn more in mashable  Samsung Shows Off a Futuristic Health Tracker by Chris Taylor was…

Half of the world’s population is now under the age of 25, and 1.8 billion people are between the ages of 10 and 25. This is the largest youth generation ever to exist. Yet few well-being measures and metrics focus…

What would you give for a retinal chip that let you see in the dark or for a next-generation cochlear implant that let you hear any conversation in a noisy restaurant, no matter how loud? Or for a memory chip,…

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have developed a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease that predicts with astonishing accuracy whether a healthy person will develop the disease. Though much work still needs to be done, it is hoped the test will…

Continued population growth and industrial expansion is having a major impact on food, water and energy supplies. In the early 2000s, there were six billion people on Earth. By 2030, there are an additional two billion, most of them from…

The EPFL spin-off Gait Up just put an extremely thin motion sensor on the market. It can detect the risk of a fall in an older person and is equally useful for sports and physical therapy.   Falls are a…