Backcast
Social Networking
Free · Designed for iPad
Why I am developing this App
I want to be a researcher who develops technology that will impact the world.
However, I need to know what will be required in the future to conduct impactful research. Otherwise, I will not be able to formulate sound research themes.
If you become a researcher directly from a university, you will have more difficulty grasping the world's needs than someone working in a company. On the other hand, if you work for a company after leaving university, you may worry about falling behind as a researcher during that period.
I decided to plan this application to solve this problem and to create a system that makes it easier for university researchers to formulate research themes that will lead to solutions to future issues in the world.
I used the backcasting method as a reference. This is a method of thinking about what a particular area (e.g., physical health, environmentally friendly transportation) should look like in the future (e.g., 10 or 20 years from now), what approaches are needed to realize that ideal image, and what technologies will be required to learn those approaches.
The "what technology is needed" part is the research theme that will contribute to the world.
However, I also learned that this method of backcasting is complex. If you think only about yourself and those close to you, you will think about the ideal future that affirms what you want to do and be biased.
Therefore, I decided to create this application, thinking that it would be a good idea if we could create a mechanism to disclose our ideas of what we believe the future should look like, the approaches and technologies to realize them, and then widely exchange opinions.
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- 2024/1/21 Bugfix (Adjusting content filtering)
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- Provider
- Hikari Suwa
- Size
- 28 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2023 Hikari Suwa