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Welcome to iKnow: The Innovation, Foresight and Horizon Scanning System

To explore the iKnow system please use the top navigation menu to access the iScan - to monitor and search WI-WE issues, the iDelphi - to assess and prioritise WI-WE issues, the iLibrary - to share innovation and foresight and horizon scanning (FHS) documents, the iCommunity - to engage and network innovation and FHS people, the iNews - to feature selected contributions to iKnow’s FHS systems, and the iOracle - to map FHS practices, players and outcomes – in collaboration with the mapping activities of the European Foresight Platform. To learn about the iKnow project's objectives and background, please click here .

You are now in our iBank of issues, also called WI-WE Bank. In this platform you will be able to access 30058 Wild Cards and 38973 Weak Signals (total of 69031 WI-WE) mapped by some of our 30132 active members. Here you can view Wild Cards (WI) and Weak Signals (WE), create your own Wild Cards and/or Weak Signals, answer to Wild Cards and Weak Signals Deplhi. You can also contribute to other member's WI-WE as they can contribute to yours.

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List of 9 featured WI-WEs

Type of WI-WE: all WI-WE | Wild Cards | Weak Signals

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Sources: FP7 (428) ERA dimensions (16) other EU (1) other IGOs (14) RTOs (7) government (3) business (3) NGOs (4) lawmakers/politicians (2) scientists/researchers (23) celebrities/artists (1) blogs (11) social networks (5) TV/radio (8) corporate press (16) community press (1) fiction books/movies (1) magazines (2) academic journals (4) foresight/futures (4) history/past event (3) interviews (122) workshops/meetings (48) community spaces other (62)

	date	headline	key words/tags	organization FP7 theme occurrence organization wi-we status
WI	06.12.10 11:12:49	First contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence	communication, intelligence, life, space, contact, exobiology	ICTAF
WI	07.12.10 08:48:40	Revolutionary space propulsion technology	space, laser, space propulsion, satellites, solar sail	ICTAF
WI	27.01.11 10:11:05	Rapid-Diagnosis-Machines	diseases, rapid diagnosis, machines, detection, daily life	Z_punkt
WE	29.01.11 19:03:00	Advances in portable and autonomous greenhouse units	portable greenhouse, rural development, Autonomous units, climate adaptation, horticulture	UNIMAN
WE	04.02.11 00:22:50	Eastern working practices influencing the Western world?	Europe, innovation, working practices, product demand, Western economy, Eastern working	RTCN
WE	04.02.11 00:48:31	Synthetic Telepathy - thinking not so out loud...	privacy, military, synthetic telepathy, brain-brain communication, paralysis, health benefits	RTCN
WE	04.02.11 12:46:24	Lack of interest in science by young scholars	research, society, community, Science career, shortage of researchers, limited future knowledge	RTCN
WE	08.02.11 15:39:38	There are many new serious attempts to utilize new fossil fuel resources	oil demand, fossil fuels, energy, fossil resources, energy companies	FFRC
WI	27.04.11 12:53:49	New cure for MRSA found! Great news until serious side effects revealed!	nanotechnologies, antibacterial, bacteria, MRS, cure, social backlash	UNIMAN

iKNOW has been featured in the media and several research projects:

DIE ZEIT (Germany), Financial Times (Germany), El Heraldo (Colombia), Prospective Foresight Network (France), Nationalencyklopedin (Sweden), EFP - European Foresight Platform (EC), CfWI - Centre for Workforce Intelligence (United Kingdom), INFU - Innovation Futures (European Commission), EULAKS - European Union and Latin America Knowledge Society (European Commission), TAFI - Towards A Future Internet (European Commission), [dstl] Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (UK), EFSA - European Food Safety Agency (European Union), Malaysia Foresight Programme (Malaysia), Bulletins Electroniques (Austria & France) and more...

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