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Thomas Frey - Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute

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MARS Candy Bar Research could Lead to a Medical Breakthrough

July 25th, 2005 at 4:54 pm » Comments (0)

Mars, the company that made its fortune satisfying chocolate cravings, unveiled plans on Monday to develop medications that use a component of cocoa to help treat diabetes, strokes and vascular disease.



Scientists Study Stressed out Worms

July 25th, 2005 at 4:47 pm » Comments (0)

How well you respond to stress predicts how long you will live, at least if you are a little worm, U.S. scientists reported on Monday.



Open Source Beer

July 25th, 2005 at 4:34 pm » Comments (0)

Now … when you here the words “open source” most people think of computer software programs like Linux …It’s a model where the original “source code” can be modified and improved at no cost…and it’s shared among users for free. Well now … thanks to Rasmus Nielsen, beer is free too. Atleast the recipe [...]



Full Motion Ads in Video Games

July 25th, 2005 at 4:18 pm » Comments (0)

Advertising in videogames, dominated in the past by static ads such as billboards and signposts, is beginning to look more like TV commercials.



Cellphones Predict What you do Next

July 25th, 2005 at 4:12 pm » Comments (0)

Cell phones know whom you called and which calls you dodged, but they can also record where you went, how much sleep you got and predict what you’re going to do next.



Advice for Authors

July 25th, 2005 at 7:57 am » Comments (0)

Seth Godin: I get a fair number of notes from well respected, intelligent people who are embarking on their first non-fiction book project. They tend to ask very similar questions, so I thought I’d go ahead and put down my five big ideas in one place to make it easier for everyone.