Bunker Roy. Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy is an Indian social activist and educator who founded the Barefoot College.
He was selected as one of Time 100's 100 most influential personalities in 2010 for his work in educating illiterate and semi literate rural Indians.[1] Early life[edit] He attended The Doon School from 1956 to 1962,[citation needed] and St. Stephen's College, Delhi from 1962 to 1967.[2] Roy was the National Runner Up in squash in 1964,[3] and participated in three world squash championships representing India.[2][4] Brooklyn Public Library - GraceLand / Chris Abani. Jane McGonigal. IFTF Research AffiliateChief Creative Officer, SuperBetter Labs Jane McGonigal is a world-renowned designer of alternate reality games—or, games that are designed to improve real lives and solve real problems.
She believes game designers are on a humanitarian mission—and her #1 goal in life is to see a game developer win a Nobel Peace Prize. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World (Penguin Press, 2011), and currently serves as Creative Director for Social Chocolate, where she is making games powered by the science of positive emotion and social connection. Jane has created and deployed award-winning games and secret missions in more than 30 countries on six continents, for partners such as the American Heart Association, the International Olympics Committee, the World Bank Institute, and the New York Public Library. Jane is also a future forecaster. Future Now. Leading up to our Maker Cities immersion in Shenzhen's maker culture, here are four of our China + makers research pieces from the last three years....
From March 19-20, IFTF’s Technology Horizons program traveled to Mexico City to explore its emerging maker culture, community, and movement. It was an... Apr 01, 2014 By Lindsea K. Wilbur Your faithful social investigator hit the streets with the Inventor's Toolkit in hand to explore the opening of the new [Freespace] (1011 Market... Tessa Finlev on new networks of nonviolence In Greek Mythology, Icarus was able to fly on wings made of wax and feathers, but he flew too close to the sun, which melted the wax, and he fell into... What do Californians care about? Beyond the hype, the scandal, and the early failures, there still lies the promise of a new way of organizing and shaping the world. Check out highlights from our recent past and near future! Now that we can build anything, we should stop asking “what can we make?”