Scan™ Signals of Change and Patterns
Every month Scan provides six Signals of Change and twelve Patterns.
- Patterns are quick alerts to developing areas of interest.
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Interactive Signals of Change and Patterns (clients only)
2012
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April 2012:
Signals of Change
- SoC578 – Localization as Strategy
- SoC577 – Human-Computer Labor Divisions
- SoC576 – Online-Advertising Concepts in the Physical World
- SoC575 – Economics of Happiness
- SoC574 – DIY Health Care
- SoC573 – Developing Innovation Hubs
Patterns
- P0336 – Debatable Climate-Change Solutions
- P0335 – Inoculating the Internet
- P0334 – Tackling Democratic Corporatocracy
- P0333 – For Medical Research, the Future Is Now
- P0332 – Deepening Understanding of Emotion
- P0331 – Carbon's Rapid Evolution
- P0330 – Autonomous Robots in the Wild
- P0329 – Serenity: The Reward of Disconnecting
- P0328 – Pervasive Surveillance
- P0327 – Chinese-Western "Coopetition"
- P0326 – Food Labels Change Food Choices
- P0325 – The Future of Text
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March 2012:
Signals of Change
- SoC572 – Proliferating Renewable-Energy Options
- SoC571 – New Layers of Health-Care Diagnostics
- SoC570 – Learning in Context
- SoC569 – The Era of Individual Empowerment
- SoC568 – Converging Industries: Automotive, Electronics, and Energy
- SoC567 – Enhancing Human Sensory Perceptions
Patterns
- P0324 – DIY Pharmaceutical R&D
- P0323 – Shifting Societal Values
- P0322 – Limiting Innovation as Threat Prevention
- P0321 – IT-Based Taylorism
- P0320 – Seeing Sound, Hearing Touch
- P0319 – Surprising Health Ingredients
- P0318 – Novel Teaching and Learning Methods
- P0317 – Immersive Virtual Environments Diffuse
- P0316 – Backlash to Mobile Apps
- P0315 – Social HR Strategies
- P0314 – Open Conflict: Online Retail versus Offline Retail
- P0313 – Facebook Economics
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February 2012:
Signals of Change
- SoC566 – New Insights in Neuroscience
- SoC565 – Drug Discovery: Efficacy Meets Efficiency
- SoC564 – Printing Body Parts
- SoC563 – Challenging Capitalism
- SoC562 – Invisibility: From Fiction to Science
- SoC561 – Urban Connectivity
Patterns
- P0312 – The Pursuit of Personal Purity
- P0311 – Predicting the Future as a Business
- P0310 – Cancer Diagnostics Moving Ahead
- P0309 – Renewables Achieve Grid Parity
- P0308 – Algorithms: Architects of the Invisible World
- P0307 – NFC and QR: Symbiotic Competitors
- P0306 – Machines versus Human Resources
- P0305 – Sensor Sensibility
- P0304 – Touch Screens 2.0
- P0303 – Diasporas Connect Economies
- P0302 – Innovation Encounters Headwinds
- P0301 – Digital Health Care
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January 2012:
Signals of Change
- SoC560 – Rise of Machine Vision
- SoC559 – Migration's Beneficiaries
- SoC558 – Dynamics of Discontent
- SoC557 – Postrecessionary Dilemmas
- SoC556 – Urban Economic Forces
- SoC555 – Software Runs the World
Patterns
- P0300 – Memory and the Mind's Eye
- P0299 – Mining Data and DNA
- P0298 – Malleability of Human Traits
- P0297 – Life in the Cloud
- P0296 – Apps' Tug-of-War with Television Advertising
- P0295 – New Performance Metrics
- P0294 – Recipe for Success: Adaptability
- P0293 – Motivating Labor, Labor Motivations
- P0292 – Automotive's Strange Bedfellows
- P0291 – Employing LED Lighting
- P0290 – Retail-Store Analytics
- P0289 – The New Digital Natives
2011
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December 2011:
Signals of Change
- SoC554 – Currency Commotion
- SoC553 – The Social Role of Corporations
- SoC552 – Toward Immersive Sensory Environments
- SoC551 – Navigating Urban Futures
- SoC550 – Self-Tracking Every Move
- SoC549 – 100% Sustainability: Dream or Delusion?
Patterns
- P0288 – China's Potential Ceiling
- P0287 – Corporations as Moral Giants
- P0286 – Saving Capitalism
- P0285 – Counterintuitive Organizational Psychology
- P0284 – Ratings' Repercussions
- P0283 – The End of Capitalism as We Know It?
- P0282 – Connecting Home Environments
- P0281 – Understanding Chemical Pollution
- P0280 – Favorable Urban Energy Costs
- P0279 – Gamification Segmentation
- P0278 – Government Parenting
- P0277 – Taxing Fat and Sugar
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November 2011:
Signals of Change
- SoC548 – Education 2.0
- SoC547 – Developing Smart Spaces
- SoC546 – Narratives: Hubs of Meaning
- SoC545 – Advanced Augmented-Reality Applications
- SoC544 – The Advent of Cyberwar
- SoC543 – The Higher Education Bubble
Patterns
- P0276 – Peak Energy Demand
- P0275 – The New Computer Analysts
- P0274 – Hyperspecialization and Teams
- P0273 – The Age of Chinese Migration
- P0272 – Seas of Change
- P0271 – Refreshing the Mind
- P0270 – Silence Is Golden
- P0269 – Outsourced R&D Centers
- P0268 – Policing Social Media
- P0267 – Public Opinion of Innovations
- P0266 – Novel Cross-Industry Partnerships
- P0265 – Solyndra and the PV Industry
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October 2011:
Signals of Change
- SoC542 – Cloud-Computing Concerns
- SoC541 – Japan's Changing Economy
- SoC540 – Mitigating Traffic
- SoC539 – The Experience Market
- SoC538 – Changing Technology Landscapes: Areas of Uncertainty
- SoC537 – Mind and Machine Merge
Patterns
- P0264 – Asymmetric Omniscience
- P0263 – The Value of an Idea
- P0262 – Trouble with DNA
- P0261 – Political Internet; Internet Politics
- P0260 – Embedded Health Monitoring
- P0259 – Component Hacking
- P0258 – Social Responsibility for Medical Data
- P0257 – The Bleak Generation
- P0256 – Hacking Incentives
- P0255 – App-Store Proliferation
- P0254 – New Layers of Hacking
- P0253 – US Dietary Struggles
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September 2011:
Signals of Change
- SoC536 – Branding Government Data
- SoC535 – International Middle-Class Shifts
- SoC534 – Ongoing Changes, Shifting Dynamics: A Recap
- SoC533 – The Changing States of America
- SoC532 – A New Age in Materials
- SoC531 – Global Demographic Changes, Global Challenges
Patterns
- P0252 – Toward the Synthetic Cortex
- P0251 – Personalized Data Bubbles
- P0250 – Data Shortcuts
- P0249 – Individual Spheres of Networking
- P0248 – Proliferating Personalized Matching
- P0247 – Consequences of Casual Content
- P0246 – Authentic, Fake, and In Between
- P0245 – Fast Forensic Detection Technologies
- P0244 – The Old-Is-the-New-Young Generation
- P0243 – Ambient Electronics
- P0242 – Japan's Structural Changes
- P0241 – Low-Hanging Health-Care Fruits
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August 2011:
Signals of Change
- SoC530 – Fractal Economies: New Patterns and Self-Similarities
- SoC529 – Embracing Complexity
- SoC528 – Avoiding Bad Decision Making
- SoC527 – Entertaining Pricing Schemes
- SoC526 – Start-Up Overdrive
- SoC525 – Securing Strategic Resources
Patterns
- P0240 – The New Legoland
- P0239 – Lost@Home
- P0238 – The Art of Experienced-Based Learning
- P0237 – Self-Tracking Health Data
- P0236 – Virtuality Crimes
- P0235 – Promising Today, Problematic Tomorrow
- P0234 – Matching Education and Economies
- P0233 – Home Automation Gaining Ground
- P0232 – Motivational Human Resources
- P0231 – Dangerous Food Supply
- P0230 – Mobile First Drives Innovation
- P0229 – Big Projects, Big Consequences
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July 2011:
Signals of Change
- SoC524 – Advocating Business Experiments
- SoC523 – Handheld Evolution, Social Revolution
- SoC522 – Organizational Pricing
- SoC521 – Convivial Data Environments
- SoC520 – Powering Mobile Devices
- SoC519 – Automotive Transportation Revolution
Patterns
- P0228 – Focusing on Food
- P0227 – The Value of Vague Messaging
- P0226 – Convivial Social Networks
- P0225 – Not-So-Rare Materials
- P0224 – 3D Print Your Own
- P0223 – Innovation: Patently Complex
- P0222 – Comparing Genomics Health Data
- P0221 – Education Shake-Up
- P0220 – Photovoltaics Gold Rush
- P0219 – Collaborative Health Care
- P0218 – Developing Talent, Leveraging Talent
- P0217 – China's Business Culture Provokes a Backlash
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June 2011:
Signals of Change
- SoC518 – Downgrading from Web 2.0
- SoC517 – Robotics and Humans Interact
- SoC516 – Magnificently Manipulative Metamaterials
- SoC515 – Tools for Too Much Information
- SoC514 – Learning Systems Mature
- SoC513 – Reshuffling Regions of Success
Patterns
- P0216 – Robot Representation
- P0215 – Unexpected Influences on Decision Making
- P0214 – The Evolving Internal-Combustion Engine
- P0213 – Polarization of Text Media
- P0212 – Virtual Therapy's Tug-of-War
- P0211 – Protecting the Unwitting
- P0210 – Managing Urban Decline
- P0209 – Imaging for Visual Understanding
- P0208 – The Price of Connectivity
- P0207 – Health Care Appearances Can Be Deceptive
- P0206 – Talent Development and Migration
- P0205 – Low-Tech Benefits
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May 2011:
Signals of Change
- SoC512 – The Rush for Resources
- SoC511 – Cameras Enabling More than Mementos
- SoC510 – The Dangers of Familiarity
- SoC509 – Graphene: The Switch to Carbon-Based Electronics?
- SoC508 – The End of Upward Mobility?
- SoC507 – Novel Retail Payment and Charging Approaches
Patterns
- P0204 – Shifting Gears
- P0203 – Manipulating Ecosystems
- P0202 – Transnational Marketing
- P0201 – Up-Close-and-Personal Marketing
- P0200 – Communicating Risk
- P0199 – Data-Mining Science
- P0198 – Immigration Nation
- P0197 – EV Credibility Race
- P0196 – Accommodating 9 Billion People
- P0195 – Payment Battles
- P0194 – Urban Design as Innovation Driver
- P0193 – Fukushima Ripple Effects
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April 2011:
Signals of Change
- SoC506 – Crossing Borders: The Rise of Digital Clans
- SoC505 – The Value of Brands versus the Branding of Value
- SoC504 – Gamification: The Game of Life
- SoC503 – Amateur Professionals and Professional Amateurs
- SoC502 – Best of Both Worlds: Virtuality in Retail
- SoC501 – Repurposing Devices: Business Model or Threat?
Patterns
- P0192 – Social-Media Etiquette
- P0191 – More People, More Food
- P0190 – Smell and Scent Technologies on the Rise
- P0189 – Polarization of Societies
- P0188 – Malleable Beliefs about Complex Systems
- P0187 – Frugality Economies
- P0186 – Generating Profits in Low-Income Markets
- P0185 – Perpetration of Scientific Falsehood
- P0184 – Playing with Pricing
- P0183 – Batteries Are Moving the EV Market
- P0182 – Maintaining Domestic Manufacturing
- P0181 – The App Bubble
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March 2011:
Signals of Change
- SoC500 – The Social Construction of Age
- SoC499 – Retro Retail: Small and Local
- SoC498 – Defense Research beyond Military Targets
- SoC497 – Cautiously Embracing the Unintended
- SoC496 – Human(e) Workplaces
- SoC495 – Transparency Management
Patterns
- P0180 – Computing with Bacteria
- P0179 – Diminished Value of Education
- P0178 – Peak Travel?
- P0177 – Economics of Creativity
- P0176 – Transactionless Data Play
- P0175 – Help Wanted
- P0174 – Programmable Objects
- P0173 – Local Responses to Environmental Issues
- P0172 – Real Estate Meets Human Resources
- P0171 – The Case for Preventive Health Care
- P0170 – Increased Vulnerability to Hacking
- P0169 – Decreasing US Wallet Size
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February 2011:
Signals of Change
- SoC494 – The Advent of Mobile Banking
- SoC493 – Fluid and Open Work Environments
- SoC492 – Health-Care Robotics Points the Way
- SoC491 – Renewables' Strange Bedfellows
- SoC490 – Family Definition(s)
- SoC489 – A Different Kind of 'Internet of Things'
Patterns
- P0168 – Social Analysis Applies Seismology
- P0167 – Mob Computing
- P0166 – Where There Is Space, There Is Opportunity
- P0165 – The Fine Art of Spilling the Beans
- P0164 – Sharing Is Caring
- P0163 – Industry-Outsider Entrepreneurship
- P0162 – Not Saved by the Bell (Curve)
- P0161 – Garbage Economics
- P0160 – Corporate Bypass
- P0159 – Internet-Infrastructure-Financing Woes
- P0158 – Digital Media and Business Models
- P0157 – Coupons Galore
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January 2011:
Signals of Change
- SoC488 – Chasing Wage Levels Down: A Perfect Storm?
- SoC487 – Virtual Living Goes Public
- SoC486 – Grid-Tied Energy-Storage Approaches
- SoC485 – Better Medicine: Conflicting Approaches
- SoC484 – Overcoming versus Leveraging Consumer Frustration
- SoC483 – Beyond the Uncanny Valley
Patterns
- P0156 – Eco Natives
- P0155 – Advanced Camera Applications
- P0154 – The Cost of Psychological Stability
- P0153 – Bypassing Institutions
- P0152 – Partnerships of Goodwill
- P0151 – Valuing the Environment
- P0150 – Assigning Price Tags
- P0149 – Avoiding Investments in Innovation
- P0148 – Privacy-Protection Approaches
- P0147 – Spying on Social Media
- P0146 – Renewable-Energy Insecurity
- P0145 – Legal Catch-Up with IT
2010
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December 2010:
Signals of Change
- SoC482 – Issues with Rating Systems
- SoC481 – Layered Internets
- SoC480 – Open-Collaboration Innovation
- SoC479 – Agriculture Info-Cultures
- SoC478 – Women Economies
- SoC477 – Automated Health
Patterns
- P0144 – Deducing Intention
- P0143 – Accessing Human Thought
- P0142 – Economic Well-Being of Cities
- P0141 – Plugged-In Retirement
- P0140 – Intergenerational Job Pressures
- P0139 – Collaborative Consumption
- P0138 – Redefining Cars
- P0137 – Work as a Spa
- P0136 – Smart Grid's Dumb Assumptions
- P0135 – New Weapons in Warfare
- P0134 – Demanding Food
- P0133 – China's Moving Upscale
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November 2010:
Signals of Change
- SoC476 – Organizing for and Managing Innovation
- SoC475 – Apps, Apps Everywhere
- SoC474 – Location-Based Business Enablers
- SoC473 – Sensory Product Design
- SoC472 – Longer Productive Working Lives
- SoC471 – Urbanization and Transportation
Patterns
- P0132 – Driving Innovation: Sharing versus Plagiarism
- P0131 – The Return of the Citizen Scientist
- P0130 – Self-Organizing Decentralized Systems
- P0129 – Media Fractals
- P0128 – China: Growing in a Resource-Constrained World
- P0127 – Insights through Network Analytics
- P0126 – Freemium Forever
- P0125 – Rethinking the Late Adopter
- P0124 – Invoking Loyalty and Commitment
- P0123 – Comparative Risk and Economic Competitiveness
- P0122 – Quickening Development Time
- P0121 – Smart Grids and Energy Storage
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October 2010:
Signals of Change
- SoC470 – New Locusts in Africa?
- SoC469 – Innovating Innovation
- SoC468 – Data-Addiction Disorder
- SoC467 – Ghosts of Monocultures
- SoC466 – Ad Hoc Diagnostics
- SoC465 – The End of Plagiarism?
Patterns
- P0120 – Ubiquitous Photovoltaics
- P0119 – Designing Corporate Environments
- P0118 – Connecting Virtual and Physical Environments
- P0117 – "Transinstitutions" for Social Solutions
- P0116 – Versatile Vending Machines
- P0115 – Medical Contraindications
- P0114 – Diminishing Workplace Privacy
- P0113 – Migration and Competitiveness
- P0112 – Happy Workers and Performance
- P0111 – Affecting Supply Chains
- P0110 – The Chinese Century?
- P0109 – Rethinking Africa
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September 2010:
Signals of Change
- SoC464 – Connected Cities
- SoC463 – Transforming the Automotive Industry's Reach
- SoC462 – Throttling Changes in the Energy Sector
- SoC461 – The Embodiment of Mind
- SoC460 – Placing Virtual Elements in the Real World
- SoC459 – Evolving Middle-Class Markets
Patterns
- P0108 – Virtual Immortality
- P0107 – Large-Scale Virtual Applications
- P0106 – Personal Realities
- P0105 – User-Generated E-Learning
- P0104 – User-Generated Virtual Experiences
- P0103 – New Predictive Tools
- P0102 – Smartphones: The New UI Playgrounds
- P0101 – Origin Concerns
- P0100 – Food Security Back on the Radar
- P0099 – Bouncing Labor Bubbles
- P0098 – Adjusting to Austerity
- P0097 – Changing China
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August 2010:
Signals of Change
- SoC458 – Peak Water
- SoC457 – Geosocial Mashups
- SoC456 – The Case for Local Production
- SoC455 – The Benefits Corporation
- SoC454 – Videoconferencing Is Here
- SoC453 – DIY Business Infrastructures
Patterns
- P0096 – Genomics-Driven Personalization and Hype
- P0095 – The Happiness Equation
- P0094 – Relating to Communications Technology
- P0093 – Renewables' Tug-of-War
- P0092 – Interactive Materials
- P0091 – Datasourcing Crowds
- P0090 – Virtual Shangri-La
- P0089 – Tackling Loneliness
- P0088 – "Trickle-Up" Business Practices
- P0087 – Accessories for Mobile Devices
- P0086 – Unconventional Construction Materials
- P0085 – Mobile 3D
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July 2010:
Signals of Change
- SoC452 – Behavior Change through Social Engineering
- SoC451 – Avatars Then and Now
- SoC450 – Novel Applications of Scents
- SoC449 – IP Fallout
- SoC448 – Crowdsourcing's Rules of Engagement
- SoC447 – Social Immobility: Stuck in Place
Patterns
- P0084 – Robotics Becomes Humane
- P0083 – The Rise of Visual Clutter
- P0082 – Popular Opinion versus Curation
- P0081 – Monetizing Authenticity
- P0080 – Garbage In, Garbage Out
- P0079 – Finally Sustainable Approaches?
- P0078 – Internet Negligence
- P0077 – Practice Beats Theory
- P0076 – From Carjacking to Car Hacking
- P0075 – Aging Societies' Upsides
- P0074 – Driving Debt for Profit
- P0073 – Displaced by Mobile Technology
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June 2010:
Signals of Change
- SoC446 – Harnessing Living Materials
- SoC445 – Balancing the Mental Account
- SoC444 – China's Interests: A Mixed Bag for Investors
- SoC443 – Print-Based Economy
- SoC442 – Practical Games
- SoC441 – Family and Work Merge
Patterns
- P0072 – Exploring Resources in Space
- P0071 – Cleaning Up China
- P0070 – Designing Intelligent Urban Ecosystems
- P0069 – Global Innovation Interconnectivity
- P0068 – Fear of Being Behind Drives Rash Decisions
- P0067 – "Vanishing" User Interfaces
- P0066 – The Gap between Motivation and Action
- P0065 – Mobile Health
- P0064 – Publishing As Platform Provision
- P0063 – Wireless Connectivity Gaps
- P0062 – Pitfalls of Innovation Tools
- P0061 – The Decline of Professionalism
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May 2010:
Signals of Change
- SoC440 – Myopic Certainty
- SoC439 – New Dynamics in East Asia
- SoC438 – Proliferating Dietary Dilemmas
- SoC437 – Automotive Industry in Flux
- SoC436 – Controlling Brands' Use and Exposure
- SoC435 – Unlocking Pervasive Wireless Opportunities
Patterns
- P0060 – Governments Overreach; Business Retracts
- P0059 – Body Interfaces
- P0058 – Considerate Contexts
- P0057 – Handheld Digital Education
- P0056 – Decommercialization of Social Networks
- P0055 – Improving Infrastructures
- P0054 – New Energy Trajectory
- P0053 – Rapid Authentication
- P0052 – Changing Media Challenge Marketing
- P0051 – The Power of Narratives
- P0050 – Shifting Scientific Prowess
- P0049 – iPad: Harbinger of an Entire Product Category
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April 2010:
Signals of Change
- SoC434 – Caution: Rocky Financial Road Ahead
- SoC433 – Bigger Fish, Bigger Risks
- SoC432 – Losing Serendipity?
- SoC431 – Health Care beyond Hospitals and Retail
- SoC430 – The True Scarcity in Knowledge Economies
- SoC429 – The Business of Being Honest
Patterns
- P0048 – Your Info Is My Info
- P0047 – The Ecology of Cheap Electronics
- P0046 – Fragmentation as a Lifestyle
- P0045 – Personalized Production
- P0044 – Losing Touch
- P0043 – Incentives and Rewards in the Workplace
- P0042 – Innovation Cultivation
- P0041 – Finding and Maintaining Knowledge
- P0040 – Emoting Is Decision Making
- P0039 – Barriers to Innovation
- P0038 – New Kinds of Mashups
- P0037 – Business Opportunities from Social Networks
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March 2010:
Signals of Change
- SoC428 – The Revival of Vertical Integration
- SoC427 – Next-Generation Experience Design
- SoC426 – Low-Income Economics
- SoC425 – Redesigning the Economics of Knowledge
- SoC424 – The Google Anomaly
- SoC423 – The New Forces in Farming
Patterns
- P0036 – The Now Generation
- P0035 – Changing Employment Structures
- P0034 – Consumer IT Services on the Rise
- P0033 – Build Your Own Robot
- P0032 – Stealth Dieting
- P0031 – Biotech Antipodes
- P0030 – Corporate Checkups
- P0029 – Health Enablers at Home
- P0028 – Information Is Dangerous
- P0027 – Reevaluation of Quality
- P0026 – Print-Media Content Still Going Strong
- P0025 – The Search for New Pricing Models
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February 2010:
Signals of Change
- SoC422 – Accelerated Knowledge Augmentation
- SoC421 – Leveraging Employees' Emotions
- SoC420 – Crowdsourcing Internal Operations
- SoC419 – Overcoming Corporate Forgetting Curves
- SoC418 – The Growing Market for Body Enhancements
- SoC417 – Meeting and Connecting Virtually
Patterns
- P0024 – Rethinking Regional Planning
- P0023 – Unintended Consequences of New Energy
- P0022 – Print-Based Manufacturing
- P0021 – Focusing the Point of Decision
- P0020 – Micropower Expanding Design Options
- P0019 – Pain of Demographic Change
- P0018 – A Boost for Personalized Medicine
- P0017 – The Fun Factor
- P0016 – Truth in Labeling
- P0015 – Harvesting the Oceans
- P0014 – Alternative Mobile Realities
- P0013 – The Tablet Trend
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January 2010:
Signals of Change
- SoC416 – Corporate Genetic Liability
- SoC415 – Retirement Retires: The End of Retirement As We Know It
- SoC414 – Tinkers, Makers, Innovators
- SoC413 – The 3-D Revolution
- SoC412 – Forget to Survive
- SoC411 – Human Robot or Robotic Human?
Patterns
- P0012 – New Farming Approaches
- P0011 – Medical Advances Diminish Personal Responsibility
- P0010 – Digitally Augmented Living
- P0009 – Too Many Health Tests
- P0008 – Personal Technology
- P0007 – Cell Phones as Ubiquitous Innovation Platforms
- P0006 – Employment Practices: A Caution
- P0005 – Life and Death at the Supermarket
- P0004 – Reading 2.0 or 0.2
- P0003 – Sustainability Needs Standards
- P0002 – Citizen Surveillance
- P0001 – New Approaches to Knowledge Creation and Distribution
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