Over the summer of 2006 I worked in FORESIGHT (a think tank based in the Government Office for Science) to envision the impact of the predicted obesity epidemic over the next 50 years. I worked in collaboration with Michael Burton in the development of our scenarios which are explained further in the tackling obesities website.

The Foresight project on obesity will launch its findings at the RSA, London on October 17th 2007.

Other links: bbc news, google news

Recent RCA graduates + students together with Fiona Raby ran a workshop at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Lancaster University. The workshop was part of the ongoing 'New Sciences of Protection: Designing Safe Living' research programme [see earlier news entry]

The social scientists and designers began their discussions in the speculative space of the 2018 Tower Hamlets unregulated zone. It was up to the scientists to give feedback as experts in their particular field and work in multi disciplinary teams to instigate new services, protocols and institutes. The merging of these multiple paradigms of thinking created opportunities for much debate and inspiration.

Designers involved: Tanya, James, Jon, Michiko, Michael, Tuur, Revital, Fiona and me.

In January I was involved in a 5 day workshop focused on discovering future applications for Decision Support Systems (DSS). As part of a team of designers, developers, risk managers, facilitators + SME investors, we discussed the near to far future implications of DSS applications in various sci/tech, geopolitical and socio-demographic contexts.

More topics relating to DSS will be covered in my research blog in the near future.

I recently presented my nanonoia project at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Lancaster University as part of their academic research programme entitled New Sciences of Protection: Designing Safe Living.

Over the year a range of experts will present their research relating to the notion of safe living. I presented my project for their 'Proximities' workshop session and will be attending their next workshop entitled 'Protocols and Procedures' in February 2008.

I am currently their rapporteur for the year long programme attending workshops and creating an online presence to engage a wider audience.

Please visit the blog to learn more about telecare robots, slash proof school uniforms and robotic cow milking machines

How far down the rabbit hole do you really want to go? Do you live for the now or invest in your future? These questions are posed by the "Futures Association for Therapy and Entertainment"

The FATE institute, founded in 2021 is a quasi-scientific institute which applies an holistic approach to developing techniques of future self-knowledge.
The institute is divided into three therapy groups:"nature, nurture and neither" This system of services implements design-led strategies to create new personalized future forecasting methodologies in times of genetic determinism.

The FATE institute brings together research and design ideas to underpin "The Future of Self-Knowledge” philosophy; the cross fertilisation between three methodologies of future forecasting; ancient divination, corporate futurology and predictive gene testing.

Visit my research blog for more background material