Trend in the News: From Wellness Tech to Technological Wellness Week of June 22nd, 2022 Lawmakers Want Social Media Companies to Stop Getting Kids Hooked–Wired New bills all cross the US would force platforms like TikTok and Instagram to ditch their insidious features that keep youngsters glued to their phones. There is a new surge of public interest in taking action to protect kids whose…
Trend: From Wellness Tech to Technological Wellness We’re inundated with technology promising to make us well–whether it’s smart home gyms or wearable devices. We predict more people will grasp that what matters more is “technological wellness,” a movement that addresses how—and how often—we engage with technology at large: where we start to treat our digital intake like we do our food intake. Between…
Trend: Move-to-Earn Apps and Gaming Platforms–That Reward People for Hitting Exercise and Wellness Goals–Are on Fire In just the last few months, there has been an explosion of gaming companies rewarding people with cryptocurrency just for moving around–as well as new apps and credit cards that pay you (whether in cash or with discounts off wellness brands) for exercising and other healthy behaviors …
Trend in the News: Move-to-Earn Apps and Gaming Platforms–That Reward People for Hitting Exercise and Wellness Goals–Are on Fire Week of June 8th, 2022 Move To Earn: A Temporary Fad Or Here To Stay?–Entrepreneur This article looks at several companies in the move-to-earn space that have transformed the concept from a niche innovation in the crypto world to a pop culture phenom–from Wirtual, where you…
Trend in the News: Innovative Tech Is Closing the Gender Gap in Medical Research Week of May 25, 2022 Can femtech close the gender health gap?–Maddyness UK An overview of how medicine has long neglected female anatomy—and how femtech startups are now working to close the research gap by using tech to collect data on women, for women. Wild.AI collects data on users’ menstrual…
Trend: Innovative Tech Is Closing the Gender Gap in Medical Research May 24, 2022 Artificial Intelligence (AI), apps, and wearables (even smart bras and pads) are increasingly collecting data for a wide range of women’s health conditions—whether vaginal health, fertility, endometriosis or menopause. The data is then powering more personalized interventions for women and this will impact not only healthcare but wellness . …
Trend in the News: A More Intellectual Wellness Travel Week of May 11, 2022 Expedition cruises put a new spin on luxury at sea (Forget infinity pools and couples’ massages, the newest luxury ships are all about scientific discovery)–The Washington Post The new luxury ships aren’t about decadent pampering, they’re about scientific discovery. Rather than stopping at the usual crowded European and Caribbean ports, they’re…
Trend: A More Intellectual Wellness Travel May 10, 2022 Travelers now seek purpose, personal growth and new skill sets, so programming is moving beyond mindfulness to actually feed their thinking minds—from more citizen science programs to immersing people in the creative arts Our 2022 trend, “Wellness Travel, Seekers Welcome”, argues that with social forces such as the “great resignation,” record retirements and global nomadism,…
Don’t Mind the Gap in Intergenerational Housing–The New York Times, September 8, 2021 An excellent overview of global senior living developments now making a point of mixing age groups, because who wants to enter the golden years surrounded by only old people? It looks at everything from the rise of the “university-based retirement community”—senior apartments that immerse residents in college campus learning and life—to Singapore’s…
Trend: Age-Segregated “Senior Living” Will Increasingly Be Retired in Favor of New Intergenerational Models Baby Boomers and Gen X refuse to be defined by age and socially segregated by it–so a wave of communities that intentionally mix up age groups are rising globally–whether new co-housing, university-based, “pocket neighborhood,” or urban wellness models For years, it’s been said that 60 was the new 40.…
