
02/01/2010 - Projection Point was officially launched in the early hours of Friday 1 January 2010. By the following day, over 1000 people had visited the site, of whom 300 had chosen to take part in our study. Click here to read more.
18/01/2010 - It’s now eighteen days since we launched Projection Point, and we’ve already had over 2000 visitors, of whom 840 have taken the risk intelligence test and agreed to let us use their data in our research. Click here to read more.
27/01/2010 - Word about the project is spreading and we’ve now had over 7000 visitors, of whom over 3500 have taken the risk intelligence test and agreed to let us use their data in our research.Click here to read more.
09/02/2010 - The number of people visiting the website increased dramatically last week, with around 10,000 visitors logging on to the site on Thursday 4 February. This doubled, in one day, the total number of visitors since we launched the site on 1 January.Click here to read more.
25/02/2010 - The data we’ve collected with your help is beginning to suggest some interesting ideas. We’re currently analyzing a dataset containing the first 10,000 test results, and will be submitting our first paper to a peer-reviewed journal. Click here to read more.
11/03/2010 - We're proud to announce the addition of an exciting new feature to Projection Point - the Prediction Game. The basic idea is the same as in the calibration test; we provide you with a bunch of statements, and your task is to say how likely you think it is that each one is true. Click here to read more.
24/03/2010 - We've collected a lot of data since we launched Projection Point on 1 January 2010. We only collect data from people who explicitly give consent for us to use their data, and we use this only for research purposes and do not share it with anyone. Recently, we’ve been thinking about changing the terms of our privacy policy along the lines of the various Open Data licences. Click here to read more.
17/04/2010 - Over 200 users have now registered for our prediction game - a big jump since our last news update. They have been saying how likely they think it is that England will win the FIFA World Cup, whether global sales of music CDs will be lower this year than in 2009, and dozens of other things. If you haven't played yet, why not test your risk intelligence in this new and more demanding way! Click here to read more.
16/06/2010 - It's been two months since we last contacted you. We don't like to let such a long time elapse between our email updates, but we've both been pretty busy. Benne has just started a new job at Transas Marine Ltd, and Dylan was marking exam scripts. Now the exams are over and things have calmed down a little, so we should both have more time to dedicate to Projection Point. Click here to read more.
11/08/2010 - More people have been playing the prediction game. Over 6500 individual estimates have now been logged – that’s around 130 estimates for each prediction statement. Some of the predictions have already expired. England didn’t win the FIFA world cup, and Kevin Rudd didn’t call a general election in Australia, but the number of Facebook users did grow to over 500 million. Click here to read more.
08/09/2010 - In response to many requests, we've added a second calibration test to the site. Why not try it out and see if your risk intelligence has improved since you took the first test? To take the test, either login to your Projection Point account or visit your bookmarked test results page. Note that you will need to have taken the first test prior to being able to take the second test. Click here to read more.