Plutopia 2012 – The Future of Imagination Line-up
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Category Archives: The Future
Plutopia Productions, Inc. produce immersive “sense event” for Intel
Intel Corporation in Santa Clara recently engaged Plutopia Productions, Inc. to produce a one day highly immersive “sense event” for 150 of its staff. The theme for the day was a Day in the Life of Brazil, including a vision … Continue reading
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Great Plutopia 2011 Review in The Futurist
NeuroTribes
We’re big fans of Plutopia pal Steve Silberman’s recently-launched blog, called NeuroTribes, which includes “dispatches on science and scientists, culture, politics, and neurodiversity.” Latest post is an interview with Carl Zimmer, author of the new e-book Brain Cuttings: Fifteen Journeys … Continue reading
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Charlie Stross has a working hypothesis
Brilliant science fiction author Charlie Stross suggests why we’re seeing “a worldwide upwelling of bigotry and intolerance,” noting predictions by Alvin and Heidi Toffler in Future Shock, where they argue that change from industrial to “super-industrial” society “will overwhelm people, … Continue reading
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How to stay alive!
From Gong…
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The Medium Doesn’t Matter: Shaping the Future of Play
“Play is the greatest natural resource in our creative economy.” (This was the keynote at MIT’s 2010 Sandbox Summit) Future Of Play – Keynote MIT 2010 – Sandbox Summit View more presentations from frog design.
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Plutopia unveils theme for SXSW Interactive 2011: The Future of Play
PLUTOPIA 2011: THE FUTURE OF PLAY An extravaganza of music, performances, art, and talks based upon “The Future of Play” Following the momentum generated by Plutopia 2010: The Science of Music , an official SXSW evening event held last March … Continue reading
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Plutopia 2010: Sensation-al
For the second time in three years, the annual Plutopia extravaganza was reported as “the best SXSWi party to date.” In 2008, it was the Austin Chronicle’s columnist, Stephen Moser, who proclaimed this, and in 2010, Jean Russell, global community … Continue reading
Dense sensing for humane communications
I am excited by a new project being undertaken by Pattie Maes’s group “Fluid Interfaces Group” at MIT. Titled ”ioMaterials”, it is an umbrella project encompassing a variety of collocated sensing-actuation platforms looking at various aspects of dense sensing for … Continue reading