Envisioning Kanak Independence: A Cosmopolitan Future?

Envisioning future mobile spatial applications

This paper presents two empirical investigations of future applications of mobile spatial interaction, i.e. the use of mobile phones as pointers to the real world. In situated interviews and a photo diary study, real-world objects of interest for referencing services were identified. Furthermore, envisioned services, their attractiveness and relevant usage situations were explored. The presente...

Neural substrates of envisioning the future.

The ability to envision specific future episodes is a ubiquitous mental phenomenon that has seldom been discussed in the neuroscience literature. In this study, subjects underwent functional MRI while using event cues (e.g., Birthday) as a guide to vividly envision a personal future event, remember a personal memory, or imagine an event involving a familiar individual. Two basic patterns of dat...

Envisioning the Future of Computing Research

H OW CAN WE work together to establish, articulate, and pursue compelling visions for our field—visions that will shape the intellectual future of the field, that will catalyze research investment and public support, and that will attract the best and brightest minds of a new generation? The National Science Foundation asked the Computing Research Association to create the Computing Community C...

Envisioning the Future to Empower Action

A single tweet brings about the end of the world as we know it. It sounds highly implausible, but in 2027, it could be our reality. Threatcasting Workshop West 2017, which was jointly sponsored by the Army Cyber Institute and Arizona State University, aimed to provide new clarity about tomorrow. In early May, 47 participants from diverse organizations used threatcasting to create 22 futures reg...

Envisioning a future of nurse leaders in the boardroom.