US involvement in 1950?s Iran: often thought to be the first case of CIA-backed regime change. The iOS app comes with an educational edition, already in use in US schools. "Imagine: eighth-grade students are debating a coup in Iran in 1953," says Tousi. "That's unheard of. But that's the power of storytelling." Tousi believes that transmedia projects that blend fiction and documentary material have an important social role. "We should no longer settle scores through creating content: we should embrace our role to heal," he said. "This is an experiment that has gotten so much lovelier in the last few years. The environment for storytelling has gotten bigger." From theory to practice If most of The Cross-Media Forum introduced the theories surrounding transmedia content creation, the day's final session provided the opportunity to put theory into practice. As part of his Wish For The Future project, transmedia pioneer Lance Weiler asked conference goers to identify a problem that faces society, prototype a solution, and construct a narrative around it. The results will be sealed in a real-world time capsule for future generations to see. Spurning such trivia as world peace and a cure for cancer, the audience voted to create a working time machine. Source: Wikimedia Commons Mankind's destroyer, as revealed by Power to the Pixel. The supporting narrative invoked a genetically engineered kangaroo named Jeff, who will try to seize control of the machine in future Australia, in order to travel back in time and exterminate his human oppressors.