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Archive for February, 2010

Interview: Dr. Caneel Joyce, on Placing Constraint on Creativity

Interview: Dr. Caneel Joyce, on Placing Constraint on Creativity

Dr. Caneel Joyce works as a tutor and researcher in Organisational Behaviour, an interdisciplinary field that seeks to efficiently marshal workers and draw the best…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Tomorrow People | February 26, 2010 2:33PM | 1 Comment »


Future Human: the ultimate Fashion Week debrief

Future Human: the ultimate Fashion Week debrief, Wednesday March 10

One of London’s Five Best Talk Events – The Evening Standard

‘Clever thoughts, pretty people and strong booze: could anything be better?’SpoonFed

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Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Events | February 25, 2010 12:53PM | No Comments »


London's New US Embassy Shows How Far Counter-terrorist Architecture Has Come

London’s New US Embassy Shows How Far Counter-terrorist Architecture Has Come

There’s quite the kerfuffle in the architecture world today, surrounding the selection of Philadelphia firm KieranTimberlake for the design of a new US embassy in…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | February 24, 2010 12:41PM | 1 Comment »


Windows Phone 7 Marks The Dawn of Holistic Microsoft

Windows Phone 7 Marks The Dawn of Holistic Microsoft

For the last couple of years, Microsoft have struggled with mobile phones. Along with Palm, the company was one of the early pioneers of the…

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Posted by Phil Rich in Sci-tech | February 18, 2010 11:46AM | No Comments »


Future Human Returns With Fashion's Microchic Shake-up, Wednesday March 10

Future Human Returns With Fashion’s Microchic Shake-up, Wednesday March 10, 2010

One of London’s Five Best Talk Events The Evening Standard

‘Clever thoughts, pretty people and strong booze: could anything be better?’SpoonFed

Brought to…

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Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Events | February 17, 2010 2:19PM | No Comments »


Should We Allow the Private Sector to Patent Our Genes?

Should We Allow the Private Sector to Patent Our Genes?

The last few decades of genetics research have unpicked the human genome, pinning down many of the ways we are shaped by our DNA. In…

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Posted by Eleanor Beal in Sci-tech | February 16, 2010 11:57AM | 4 Comments »


Future Human Info: Tickets Held on the Door

To anyone coming to our Future Human event on Wednesday, tickets have not been sent out ahead of the event. We have your names on…

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Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Uncategorized | February 9, 2010 8:11PM | No Comments »


Interview: Dr Brooke Rogers, Counterterrorism Innovator

Interview: Dr Brooke Rogers, Counterterrorism Innovator

Dr Brooke Rogers is an American social psychologist, who has directed her work and research at King’s College London towards analysing how terror and risk…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Tomorrow People | February 9, 2010 12:37PM | No Comments »


Future Human #1 is SOLD OUT: Book Now for Tickets to Future Human #2 on March 10

Future Human #1 is SOLD OUT: Book Now for Tickets to Future Human #2 on March 10

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…

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Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Events | February 8, 2010 4:13PM | No Comments »


Product Placement May Now Be Restricted, But Still Breaks Television's Crucial Spell

Product Placement May Now Be Restricted, But Still Breaks Television’s Crucial Spell

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 »


Future Human - One Week To Go!

Future Human – One Week To Go!

“Clever thoughts, pretty people and strong booze – could anything be better?” - Spoonfed

There’s just over a week to go until the first event…

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Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Events | February 3, 2010 10:26AM | No Comments »


Post-Recession, The Search for Quality of Life Begins

Post-Recession, the Search for Quality of Life Begins

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 | 1 Comment »