Archive for the 'Predictive' Category

Social Network Mitigates Rush Hour using iPhone App – Android in the Future

“GoRoundit” will be a FREE smart phone app that will end traffic jams and pay you and your followers cash and coupons to participate!

Kickstarter is my latest greatest obsession and the GoRoundIt project is at the top of my list. Kickstarter is like angel funding for small projects – without losing equity! Sweet [...]

Brainstorming Contest can win you $100

Submit your ideas!
Any idea – this is an experiment working with brainstorming. Idea – prediction – request…
Think flying cars – think robot maids – this is brainstorming!
The best ideas bubble up to the top. Top three win cash prizes paid via PayPal:
Top idea wins $100
Second wins $75
Third wins $50
Contest ends May 31st
The [...]

Crowdsourced Brainstorming

Brainstorming is an important part of tackling any goal in life, whether it is creating a new business, coming up with a new product, or generating ideas that will win our contest. We have decided to post some suggestions on how you can tap into your creative mind, generating oodles of great ideas, just by [...]

Design a $300 House

The $300 House has a goal “to design, build, and deploy a simple dwelling which keeps a family safe from the weather, allows them to sleep at night, and gives them a little bit of dignity.” The idea is gaining traction and there is a $25,000 prize for a design that can “Bring affordable [...]

Dictionary of Foresight – Futurist Terms

Very cool dictionary of futurist words at the World Future Society. It is pulled from the glossary of the book Futuring: The Exploration of the Future. The book itself is a little dated – 2004 – but would be interesting to pick up for reading over the thanksgiving holiday. Available on the [...]

Predictive Power Using the Delphi Method for Sports Handicapping

I wrote about a book that describes a successful method for predicting Jai-Alai called “Calculated Bets – Computers, Gambling, and Mathematical Modeling to Win” written by Steven Skiena. What Skiena did was develop seriously intricate predictive models that gave him an edge in betting on Jai-Alai games – a popular sport for betting in [...]