Envisioning Community Recap #10
Our tenth weekly Recap brings news about immersive digital realities, neuro-privacy rights, indigenous algorithmic perspectives, and more.
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#feed-realities
Entering the metaverse.
The Metaverse defines the new framework of an interconnected immersive life succeeding the mobile internet. Now that we all agreed on how to call our mixed reality lives the term will become increasingly relevant.
#feed-urban-innovation
There are only humans online.
As our lives migrate more and more to the Metaverse, it might be time to invite other species to join as well.
Rodrigo shared The internet of Nature - a project by MIT researcher Dr. Nadina Galle that aims to use IoT to meet the needs of trees.
Whereas the Interspecies internet’s goal is to accelerate interspecies communication and translation. Shared by Luish.
#-2-chat
The Economist published 2021’s What If collection. This year, the design fiction section is exploring scenarios connected to the future of health. The pieces include themes such as: "What if biohackers injected themselves with mRNA?" and "What if everyone’s nutrition was personalized?"
News
#feed-emerging-tech
How is the climate crisis influencing design?
New fabric can cool down body temperature by up to 5°C. The T-shirt behaves like a mirror to light and infrared radiation.
Shared by mz.
#feed-decolonial-futures
Building AI from an indigenous perspective.
The Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence brings an in-depth approach to this topic.
#feed-privacy
It’s time to ensure our neuro-privacy.
Chile is the first country to push forward neuro-protection bills that address "rights to personal identity, free will, mental privacy, equal access to cognitive enhancement technologies, and protection against algorithmic bias."
Events
July 12–13 - Communicating Climate Science Through the Arts Training
July 13, 4pm UTC- Future Art Ecosystems: Art x Metaverse
July 21 – 23 - Dark Economies - Anxious Futures, Fearful Pasts
July 22, 2pm UTC - techDetector launch
How can we bridge the gap between accelerating technologies and urgent global challenges?
We invite sustainability experts, innovators, futures researchers, and technology writers to join us on July 22 for the official techDetector launch.
Learn more.
Bye, see you next week with more futures news and emerging technology research,
Caroline