80% of people in France, Germany, Spain and America view their pace of life as too fast! This is one of the findings of a survey commissioned by the ‘Forum Vies Mobiles’ (an independent research institute on mobility supported by the French national rail operator, SNCF) on people’s aspirations in the area of lifestyles and their impacts on mobility. The survey covers six countries: France, Spain, Germany, the USA, Japan and Turkey ...

Technologies of connectivity and the Internet of Things have developed rapidly in the last five years, and the rise of the connected device market is not in doubt where the specialist consultancies are concerned. These very rapid developments are attracting the interest of industrialists, users and the public authorities. But beyond a number of quantitative projections, there are few studies offering systemic foresight thinking on possible developments in this sector.Based on this finding, Futuribles ...