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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 30280 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	occurrence FP7 theme occurrence organization wi-we status
WI	04.02.11 00:21:05	Nanotechnology - it's all a bit fishy...	nanopollution, contaminated drinking water	now-2050+
WI	21.01.11 16:38:41	Severe accident of a nuclear power plant	security, energy, environmental disaster, accident, nuclear power plant	now-2050
WE	22.01.11 14:39:11	Development of new materials	materials, development, R&D, nuclear energy, industry	2005-now
WI	14.07.10 15:12:36	Cysects attack	security, biocybernetic, crime, terrorism, threat, biological warfare, cyborg	now-2050
WI	27.01.11 10:15:05	Traditional European Medicine	health, nutrition, Monasteries, Medical Plants, Pharmacy	now-2050
WE	04.02.11 12:30:52	Herbs (enhanced by Nanotechnology) used to fight cancer	nanotechnology, Herbs, cancer cure, natural remedy, prolong life	before 2000
WE	04.02.11 12:34:28	Bendy Copper Nanowires akin to foldable iPad	Copper nanowires, thin-film solar cells, manufacturing, felxible displays, nanowires	2005-now
WI	08.02.11 15:00:23	Gas from Trash	waste management, sustainable development, microbes, genetically modified fuel factories, sun energy	now-2015
WI	03.03.11 09:54:08	Silent Seas	collapse, fisheries, regulations, Oceans, fishing stocks	now-2025

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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