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Real-World Civic Innovation Through Online Gaming: A Collaboration Between CURE and ToonUps

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — When you think of “games,” you might think of Gears of War for Xbox, or Angry Birds for iPhone, or perhaps Zynga games for Facebook. But increasingly, people working in the public and civic sectors see value in leveraging games and game mechanics to accomplish real-world change. In that vein, ... Read more »
Gaming, Nonprofits, Philanthropy
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Navy Launches Public Wargame About U.S. Energy Crisis

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — In May 2012, the U.S. Navy will launch a week-long multiplayer online wargame in order to tackle America’s energy crisis as a national security issue. This effort is being spearheaded by the Department of Innovation of the Office of Naval Research (ONR), an academic-oriented applied research facility based on the ... Read more »
Defense, Gaming, International
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Gamification Of The Next Generation

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — In the media, we mostly read about how gaming is damaging how students learn and pay attention, how the cloud is mainly useful for things like movies and music, and how smartphones are useful for playing games like Angry Birds. But the reality is that while many new innovations can ... Read more »
Apps, Cloud Computing, Education, Entrepreneurship, Events, Gadgets and Mobile, Gaming, Government, Health, Leadership, Movies, Music, Real Impact
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The Gamification Of National Security Research

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Keeping in its tradition of being one of the most innovative branches of the Federal government, the U.S. State Department, along with others, is sponsoring a independent creative contest called Tag Challenge. I love stuff like this which fulfills a “back-end” purpose but is outwardly fun, engaging, and non-bureaucratic looking, ... Read more »
DIY, Defense, Gaming, Government, Laboratories and Research, Social Software
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What’s On Your Tech Wishlist?

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — As the holidays approach, I asked some well-known folks in government, tech, media, and business what consumer technology they were dreaming about receiving as gifts. Here’s what they said. Angie Goff, NBC Washington anchor and tech blogger (Washington, DC): “I’m dying for a USB Typewriter for iPad (pictured right)… There’s just ... Read more »
Cheeky Geeky, Fashion, Gadgets and Mobile, Gaming, People, Reviews, Toys
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Ask What Technology You Can Buy For Your Country

Kim Nelson (Chevy Chase, MD) — It’s the holiday season, and as usual there is a media frenzy over consumers, what they are buying, and more importantly, what it may or may not mean. In the issue of Time that I received on Cyber Monday an article by Stephen Gandel titled “The Shopping Bag Indicator” outlined ... Read more »
Citizen 2.0, Education, Gaming, Government, Health, Next at Microsoft, Retail, Social Software, Video
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Who To Know: Lukas Biewald

Lukas Biewald may not currently be a household name in government circles, but he’s getting there. The 29-year-old CEO of San Francisco-based Crowdflower has been making the rounds as a featured speaker in public and civic sector conferences like Tim O’Reilly’s Gov 2.0 Expo and Andrew Rasiej and Micah Sifry’s Personal Democracy Forum. Publicyte editor-in-chief Mark ... Read more »
Citizen 2.0, Entrepreneurship, Gaming, People, Philanthropy, Social Software, Who To Know
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Xbox Kinect Applications To Health And Medicine

Chris Niehaus (Washington, DC) — It’s not quite the technology from Minority Report, but in some ways it’s even better (no gloves!): Microsoft has launched a new entertainment product named Kinect for the popular Xbox 360 gaming platform. The launch involved an unusual amount of fanfare, including a massive Times Square event with dancers, gatherings ... Read more »
Defense, Gaming, Health
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