The term Cogniscope Software is used to describe a number of products that enable the application of the Structured Dialogic Design Process Methodology during the conduct of a Co-Laboratory.
Cogniscope v.1
Cogniscope v.2
This version was developed by company name owned by Aleco Christakis and [Her Name??[]]. The software developed in the late 90's was compatible with Windows 95, incompatible with Windows XP and became partly compatible with the launching of Windows 7. It is incompatible with current versions of Windows. Cogniscope v.2 uses a number of External Objects that extend the capabilities of Lingo (the scripting language used by Macromedia Director and later Adobe Director), which are no longer supported and do not function with versions of Adobe Director (in which Cogniscope 2 is written) developed after 2000.
Cogniscope v.3
In 2012, Aleco Christakis donated the code and rights to Future Worlds Center.Shortly after, Future Worlds Center has organized one of the first global virtual structured democratic Dialogues, with t he aim of
Designing the next generation Cogniscope/Webscope
Between June 18-July 1, 2010, pioneers of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras participated in a series of sessions of a virtual SDDP co-Laboratory with the Triggering Question:
In anticipation of the evolution of the Internet and other interactive technology platforms (social networks etc...) what should be the requirements for the next generation of Cogniscope/ Webscope software (CSIII) for the enhanced and scaled-up practice of SDD?
The results are documented in SDDP Design of the next generation Cogniscope/Webscope.
This version was developed by
SDDP Design of the next generation Cogniscope/Webscope
Post Cogniscope Software
Future Worlds Center has developed through his technology transfer company, Ekkotek High-tech business incubator, IdeaPrism.