Emergent Futures Tumblelog

This is the Tumblelog of Paul Higgins and Sandy Teagle - Futurists from Melbourne and Brisbane in Australia. Go to Emergent Futures to see more or follow on Twitter at FuturistPaul . If you right click on the pictures, titles or links in these posts you will be able to go to the original story on the web. If you click on comments for each post you can either read what others have said or add your own comment via Disqus. If you click on the date of a post it will take you to a single post view where you can copy the web link if you want to send it to someone else. If you click on the tags it will take you to other stories from Emergent Futures with the same tag.

May 14th 2012

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Queen’s Freddie Mercury Will Perform as ‘Optical Illusion’

Freddie Mercury will make a technology-enhanced appearance from beyond the grave at a tenth anniversary performance of the Queen musical We Will Rock You. But to be clear, the frontman — who died in 1991 — will not be a hologram. He will be an “optical illusion.”


Full Story: Spin

Posted at 5:31pm and tagged with: tech, technology, visualisation,.

Queen’s Freddie Mercury Will Perform as ‘Optical Illusion’ Freddie Mercury will make a technology-enhanced appearance from beyond the grave at a tenth anniversary performance of the Queen musical We Will Rock You. But to be clear, the frontman — who died in 1991 — will not be a hologram. He will be an “optical illusion.” Full Story: Spin

May 3rd 2012

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Laser System Paints Information on the Road Ahead   | Technology Review

Ever wondered if you could control your house’s climate, security, and appliances — along with your PCs and peripherals — using Microsoft software? That day may soon dawn, as its Research arm has started testing its home automation software, called HomeOS, in twelve domiciles over the past few months. The budding system views smartphones, printers and air conditioners as network peripherals, controlled by a dedicated gateway computer. The project even has a handful of apps in play, which perform functions like energy monitoring, remote surveillance and face-recognition. This growing list of applications, available through a portal called “HomeStore”, will allow users to easily expand their system’s capabilities. So how does it all work out in the real world? Head past the break, and let Redmond’s research team give you the skinny.

Posted at 3:39pm and tagged with: tech, technology, location, user interface, visualisation,.

smarterplanet: Laser System Paints Information on the Road Ahead   | Technology Review Ever wondered if you could control your house’s climate, security, and appliances — along with your PCs and peripherals — using Microsoft software? That day may soon dawn, as its Research arm has started testing its home automation software, called HomeOS, in twelve domiciles over the past few months. The budding system views smartphones, printers and air conditioners as network peripherals, controlled by a dedicated gateway computer. The project even has a handful of apps in play, which perform functions like energy monitoring, remote surveillance and face-recognition. This growing list of applications, available through a portal called “HomeStore”, will allow users to easily expand their system’s capabilities. So how does it all work out in the real world? Head past the break, and let Redmond’s research team give you the skinny.

March 30th 2012

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The future of social activism [infographic]


Full Story: AllTop

Posted at 3:40pm and tagged with: visualisation, social media, politics,.

The future of social activism [infographic] Full Story: AllTop

February 13th 2012

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stoweboyd:

Infographic that shows the number of new inhabitants of cities per hour.

Posted at 6:07pm and tagged with: cities, trends, urbanisation, visualisation,.

stoweboyd: Infographic that shows the number of new inhabitants of cities per hour.

January 30th 2012

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Who Buys All Those Google Ads? An Infographic Breakdown

Full Story: Wired

Posted at 6:07pm and tagged with: advertising, tech, technology, visualisation, economic,.

Who Buys All Those Google Ads? An Infographic Breakdown Full Story: Wired

January 28th 2012

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Rise of the Megacities

laurakirsop:

(Source: gu.com)

Posted at 10:50am and tagged with: Cities, Visualisation, trends,.

Rise of the Megacities laurakirsop:

January 27th 2012

Reblogged from bijan|181 notes |# Comments

Paul Higgins: Interesting. 

bijan:

arainert:

Amazing. Love how much it looks like a vein/neuron.

(via Twitter Traffic Map of New York — ANIMAL)

Incredible

Posted at 5:54am and tagged with: visualisation, tech,.

Paul Higgins: Interesting.  bijan: arainert: Amazing. Love how much it looks like a vein/neuron. (via Twitter Traffic Map of New York — ANIMAL) Incredible

January 17th 2012

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Consumers 71 percent more likely to buy based on social media referrals

Full Story: ragan

Posted at 8:30am and tagged with: social media, economic, visualisation,.

Consumers 71 percent more likely to buy based on social media referrals Full Story: ragan

January 12th 2012

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Plenty More Fish In The Sea? | Information is Beautiful

A visualization of the state of Atlantic fish stocks.

Commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts as part of European Fish Week

Popularly eaten fish include: bluefin tuna, brill, cod, haddock, hake, halibut, herring, mackerel, pollock, salmon, sea trout, striped bass, sturgeon, turbot, whiting.

Posted at 3:41pm and tagged with: environment, visualisation,.

smarterplanet: Plenty More Fish In The Sea? | Information is Beautiful A visualization of the state of Atlantic fish stocks. Commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts as part of European Fish Week Popularly eaten fish include: bluefin tuna, brill, cod, haddock, hake, halibut, herring, mackerel, pollock, salmon, sea trout, striped bass, sturgeon, turbot, whiting.

January 8th 2012

BRYCE DOT VC: Data Data Everywhere and Not a Drop of Value

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brycedotvc:

As I tune in and out of the recent flurry of discussion around “big data” I can’t help but be reminded of the the old sailor poem:

Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.

If I had a nickel for every founder who told…

Posted at 6:11pm and tagged with: data, technology, tech, visualisation, analytics,.