Holistic ICT for EcoLiving

The Program for the Future Challenge is an annual competition on improving collective intelligence, inspired by the vision of Doug Engelbart.

Digital technology could help make this a better world. But we’ve also got to change our way of thinking.

Your Challenge:

Develop a practical method, tool or technology that connects people so that they collectively act more intelligently. We are looking for new ideas – even simple ideas – that help people work better and smarter together in some important area. The challenge embraces all areas of human endeavor – not just technical domains like computing or engineering but also the arts, business, economics, education, government, health, law, philanthropy, science and other spheres. Winning entries will be displayed in the participating museums.

Detailed steps for entrants:

1. Join the on-line community;
2. Create a new project;
3. Look for team members, or ask to join the team working on an existing one. Each project team must have at least two members.
4. Briefly state your project’s Big Idea, and describe it in enough detail that others can understand it.
5. Collaboratively work out the project details, demo and plan for impact (or business plan) together with your other team members
6. Once you have completed steps 1-5, create your demo. You may choose to realize your demo physically, in software or on the Web, but before judging it must be modeled at The Tech Virtual area in Second Life. Prototyping in Second Life is especially helpful to work out the user interaction. The Tech Virtual Website and The Tech’s Second Life location provide all the necessary tools and resources for developing your entry description and prototyping an interactive demo that explains it. Members of The Tech Virtual community are available to help with building and scripting in the virtual world.

More info:

• The Program for the Future Design Challenge Guidelines: http://thetechvirtual.org/projects/program-for-the-future/PFF%20Competition.pdf