Our first Future Human event, taking place this Wednesday and subtitled ‘Advertising at the Frontiers of Consciousness’, is now completely SOLD OUT. There will be no tickets…
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Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Events | February 8, 2010 4:13PM | No Comments »
After the black and white, the shades of grey: the government’s decision to allow product placement on UK television was modified yesterday to restrict “alcoholic…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | February 4, 2010 2:25PM | 1 Comment »
“Clever thoughts, pretty people and strong booze - could anything be better?” - Spoonfed
There’s just over a week to go until the first event at…
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Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Events | February 3, 2010 10:26AM | No Comments »
Last October the UK economy was expected to have grown once again, and the recession therefore to be called to an end, but it’s taken…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | February 1, 2010 12:14PM | No Comments »
Alongside the 3D televisions, tablet PCs and ebook readers that dominated this year’s consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, the biggest news to come out…
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Posted by Phil Rich in Sci-tech | January 29, 2010 5:16PM | 1 Comment »
There is no longer a question mark hanging over the mass uptake of electric vehicles (EVs). The transition appears to be imminent, with the roll…
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Posted by Jennifer Allan in Green Rush | January 28, 2010 4:52PM | No Comments »
It’s Wednesday 27th January, or Year Zero for some – today we finally get to see what Apple’s tablet device is. Variously able to save…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Sci-tech | January 27, 2010 11:55AM | 2 Comments »
Recently we interviewed David Cohn, a Bay Area entrepreneur who is experimenting with crowdfunded investigative journalism (journalism funded by small donations from a wide base…
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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Tomorrow People | January 21, 2010 3:07PM | No Comments »
I divide my time between the Caribbean and Britain. When you have the option of endless summer, the predictable grey of London may seem an odd thing…
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Posted by John Rapley in Green Rush | January 20, 2010 2:55PM | No Comments »
An industry calling for tax breaks in a recession may seem like an industry disconnected from reality, but the case for supporting Britain’s considerable videogames…
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Posted by Peter Walsh in Creative Economy | January 20, 2010 1:42PM | No Comments »
Kieron Bryan attended the UN’s COP-15 climate change conference in Copenhagen last month. Here he reflects on the mood at the end of the conference,…
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Posted by Kieron Bryan in Green Rush | January 18, 2010 3:15PM | No Comments »
The Bad Idea team are very excited to announce our new event series, Future Human, which begins February 10, 2010 at The Book Club in…
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Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Events | January 13, 2010 2:44PM | No Comments »