OMD FWD w/c June 13th
Tim Shank can guarantee he’ll never leave home without his keys. Why? His house keys are located inside his body. Shank, the president of the Minneapolis futurist group TwinCities+, has a chip installed in his hand that can communicate electronically with his front door and tell it to unlock itself. Shank is one of a growing number of “biohackers” who implant hardware ranging from microchips to magnets inside their bodies. Some biohackers use their implants in experimental art projects whilst others who have disabilities or medical conditions use them to improve their quality of life. Whilst the long-term health risks of the practise are still unknown, many biohackers claim that, if done right, implants can be no more dangerous than getting a piercing or tattoo. With 25% of Australians found to be “at least slightly interested” in paying for purchases through a chip implanted in their bodies, it looks like we could be looking at a very advanced future for contactless payment. As always, share anything interesting you spot with #OMDFWD
HEADLINES
- Top stories from Apple’s #WWDC event including iOS 10, Apple Pay for websites, introduces Memories and opening Siri to developers
- Microsoft is to acquire LinkedIn for a reported $26 billion dollars
- All of Snapchat’s big advertising changes including an API launch unveiled in one summary
- Facebook officially launched 360 photos with this post from TIME shared by Zuck and looks to bring live-stream gaming to the newsfeed
INSIGHTS
- Lessons we can learn from Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post
- Why Facebook is forcing us to use its Messenger app
- Why the BBC and VR are a perfect fit. Big experimental budgets and lots of assets to this about reusing
COOL
- A movie that has been written by an algorithm turns out to be hilarious and intense
- The 25 campaigns that are favourites to win at Cannes
- Run it. Track it. Win it. Old Spice taps into the trend for running ‘shapes’
DEEP READS
- The new frontier of digital implants and what putting magnets and microchips under your skin can do
- Is Watson the creative of the future?
- Thoughts on the future of podcasting