Five Big Central Banks Unite to Explore Launching Their Own Digital Currencies In the beginning, there was Satoshi. It’s been a little over a decade since the pseudonymous founder of Bitcoin introduced the blockchain-based cryptocurrency that launched a thousand more blockchain-based cryptocurrencies. Since then, not a few folks have speculated that Bitcoin would take over […]
Not bot, not beast: scientists create first ever living, programmable organism Simon Coghlan, University of Melbourne and Kobi Leins, University of Melbourne A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world’s first “living robots”. This week, a research team of roboticists and scientists published their recipe for making a new lifeform […]
World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Will Power 4.5 Million Homes Renewable energy statistics just keep topping each other. Solar power is getting cheaper. Battery storage capacity is getting better. And wind farms are getting bigger. 2019 saw the world’s biggest (at the time) offshore wind farm come online, as well as construction of the biggest […]
Mojo Vision’s Augmented Reality Contact Lenses Kick off a Race to AR on Your Eye The digital world has been creeping closer to your face. Was a time when a laptop was about as personal as you got with a computer. Then came smartphones, and a few years later, some of us started strapping screens […]
Succeeding in the Future: Why Companies Should Embrace Automation Of the many topics that commonly stir up controversy, automation seems to be frequenting more conversations lately. The reason is simple: business owners love it—and why shouldn’t they? Automating functions around the office can help businesses save money, increase efficiencies, and eliminate human error. While this […]
Strategies for the Digital Age Part 2 – Corporate Venturing Published on December 20, 2019 Rohit TalwarRohit Talwar – Futurist Speaker By Rohit Talwar The leadership challenge for all commercial organisations today is one of delivering continuous growth to their shareholders while trying to navigate an increasingly uncertain future and a world being transformed by […]
Digital Gold – New Legal Opportunities Emerging from Technology Innovation Published on December 19, 2019 Rohit TalwarRohit Talwar – Futurist Speaker By Rohit Talwar, Steve Wells, and Alexandra Whittington What are new practice areas that solo, small, and medium firms should prepare for in their 5 to 10-year plans for the future? In the search […]
Gender and Smart Learning Technologies Published on December 18, 2019 Rohit TalwarRohit Talwar – Futurist Speaker By Rohit Talwar and Helena Calle How can we tackle gender imbalance in the personalities of AI learning tools? The Gendering of AI The expected growth in use of artificial intelligence (AI) in learning applications is raising concerns about […]
The 12 First Days of Christmas Future (Sung to the tune of “The 12 Days of Christmas”) Published on December 17, 2019 Rohit TalwarRohit Talwar – Futurist Speaker By Rohit Talwar, Steve Wells, Alexandra Whittington, April Koury, and Helena Calle On the first day of Christmas in 2019, my true love sent to me: An […]