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Human Ingenuity, Manifested
A Brief History Of The Wristwatch
The military origins of wearable tech, a century before the Apple Watch. On July 9, 1916, The New York…
2018-03-24
How To Manipulate Facebook & Twitter Instead Of Letting Them Manipulate You
Twitter and Facebook have vast control over our online lives. Here are six ways to take it back.…
2018-03-23
How Long Can The World’s ‘Least Sustainable’ City Survive?
Set deep in the Valley of the Sun, the lush and sprawling ‘megapolis’ has a problem – the…
2018-03-23
Beyond The AI Hype: AI Is Here And Now, And Adoption Is Rising
There is no doubt that AI is the topic that is going to dominate 2018 – I think…
2018-03-23
Why Australian Cities Are Crying Out For Better Planning
Although 90% of our population lives in cities, Australia lacks a national urban policy and our government provides insufficient funding…
2018-03-22
AI Tackles The Vatican’s Secrets
Even church archivists don’t know what mysteries lie hidden in the Vatican Secret Archives, since many of its…
2018-03-22
Why Is Google Working With The Pentagon?
Given its “Do No Evil” motto, Google’s decision to work with the world’s most robust military agency may…
2018-03-21
Robots Could Make The UK’s North-South Divide Even Worse
Technological progress is normal. A steady flow of new developments enables a gradual increase in prosperity. But sometimes…
2018-03-20
Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : Materials’ Quantum Leap
The prospect of powerful new quantum computers comes with a puzzle. They’ll be capable of feats of computation…
2018-03-15
AI Keeps Mastering Games, But Can It Win in the Real World?
The challenges of moving bots off the chess board and into the mess of life. Until very recently,…
2018-03-15
Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : Genetic Fortune-Telling
One day, babies will get DNA report cards at birth. These reports will offer predictions about their chances…
2018-03-14
Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : Perfect Online Privacy
True internet privacy could finally become possible thanks to a new tool that can—for instance—let you prove you’re…
2018-03-13
Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : Zero-Carbon Natural Gas
The world is probably stuck with natural gas as one of our primary sources of electricity for the…
2018-03-12
Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : Babel-Fish Earbuds
In the cult sci-fi classic The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, you slide a yellow Babel fish into your ear…
2018-03-09
Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : Dueling Neural Networks
Artificial intelligence is getting very good at identifying things: show it a million pictures, and it can tell…
2018-03-08
Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : AI For Everybody
Artificial intelligence has so far been mainly the plaything of big tech companies like Amazon, Baidu, Google, and…
2018-03-08
Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : Sensing City
Numerous smart-city schemes have run into delays, dialed down their ambitious goals, or priced out everyone except the…
2018-03-07
Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : 3-D Metal Printing
While 3-D printing has been around for decades, it has remained largely in the domain of hobbyists and…
2018-03-07
Why Buses Could Be History, Sooner Than You Think
In 1890, no one foresaw the rise of the internal combustion engine: horses were the fastest means of…
2018-03-07
Life Imitating Art, Architectures Imitating Nature
“These biomimetic designs reflect the natural world.” Architects have long been inspired by nature. Evidence of its influence…
2018-03-07
Norway Will Spend $13 Million To Upgrade Its Doomsday Seed Vault
Norway will spend 100 million Norwegian Crowns ($12.7 million) to upgrade the doomsday seed vault it built 10 years ago. The…
2018-03-05
With All Eyes On China, Singapore Makes Its Own Arctic Moves
Asian states are becoming increasingly interested and involved in the Arctic region. This signal was sent in 2013…
2018-03-01
Five Jobs That Are Set To Grow In 2018
Technology often gets blamed for job losses, but in some areas it’s spurring big-time demand for workers. The…
2018-02-28
These Savvy Cities Are Using Tech To Spark Citizen Engagement
In the spring of 2017, the doors to a new type of community center swung open in Louisville,…
2018-02-26
Why Even A Moth’s Brain Is Smarter Than An AI
A neural network that simulates the way moths recognize odors also shows how they learn so much faster…
2018-02-22
Artificial Intelligence Is The Weapon Of The Next Cold War
It is easy to confuse the current geopolitical situation with that of the 1980s. The United States and…
2018-02-22
Algorithmic Zoning Could Be The Answer To Cheaper Housing & More Equitable Cities
Zoning codes are a century old, and the lifeblood of all major U.S. cities (except arguably Houston), determining…
2018-02-21
Singapore : New Ideas To Feed A Growing Island
With a goal to reach a total land size of 76,600ha by 2030, compared with the 71,990ha last…
2018-02-20
The Tricks Propagandists Use To Beat Science
A model of the way opinions spread reveals how propagandists use the scientific process against itself to secretly…
2018-02-19
The Seven Deadly Sins Of AI Predictions
Mistaken extrapolations, limited imagination, and other common mistakes that distract us from thinking more productively about the future.…
2018-02-16
Not The End Of The World: The Return Of Dubai’s Ultimate Folly
Underwater bedrooms, ‘Lohan Island’ and snow all year round – a decade after it was scuppered by the…
2018-02-16
Could These Predictions Of The Future Actually Come True?
A blind mystic who many claim predicted 9/11, the rise of ISIS, the Boxing Day tsumani and Brexit…
2018-02-15
They Are Watching You—And Everything Else On The Planet
Technology and our increasing demand for security have put us all under surveillance. Is privacy becoming just a…
2018-02-14
5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Help Save The Planet
From smarter electric grids to automated monitoring of at-risk environments, there are many areas where technology could have…
2018-02-13
These Are The World’s Most Innovative Cities
Innovation is seen as a key ingredient for successful cities in the 21st century economy, as new technologies…
2018-02-13
How To Make Smart Cities Human Again
Huge quantities of networked sensors have appeared in cities across the world in recent years. These include cameras and sensors that count…
2018-02-12
How To Manage AI’s Risks & Rewards
Technological advances in artificial intelligence (AI) promise to be pervasive, with impacts and ramifications in health, economics, security…
2018-02-09
10 Ways You May Be Commuting In The Future
It is somewhat safe to say that, without transportation, we wouldn’t have gotten anywhere. The discovery of fire,…
2018-02-08
Why SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Launch May Be A Game-Changer
The successful launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX is significant for several reasons. Here…
2018-02-07
Trading Up : How Developing Countries Can Streamline Import / Export
The fact that technology is affecting trade is not new, but the velocity, scope and systemic impact on…
2018-02-02
Smart Cities That Are Bastions For Tech Jobs, 2018
Smart city growth is at a tipping point, and there are plenty of jobs in security, analytics,…
2018-01-26
To Boldly Go Toward New Frontiers, We First Need To Learn From Our Colonial Past
How should we understand the idea of the frontier in the contemporary world, with spacecraft sailing beyond the solar…
2018-01-23
What Would An Earthquake-Proof City Look Like?
Earthquakes don’t kill people (generally), collapsing buildings do – meaning it is cities where the most lives can…
2018-01-22
In A Time Of Robots, Educators Must Invest In Emotional Labour
Technology critics and defenders alike argue that human jobs are being eliminated by workplace automation, minimizing the need for human interaction. Another…
2018-01-19
Why A Move to Chattanooga Is Perfect For Your Startup
Haven’t considered relocating to Chattanooga for your newest business venture? You are making a big mistake. As everyone…
2018-01-18
Google & Others Are Building AI Systems That Doubt Themselves
The most powerful approach in AI, deep learning, is gaining a new capability: a sense of uncertainty. Researchers…
2018-01-11
Robots, Chatbots & Augmented Reality: The Future Of Travel & The Coolest Airport Tech
Airport technology keeps getting increasingly advanced to make things more personalised, more automated, and hopefully more of a…
2018-01-10
Bitcoin is Currency, Not Stock: Where To Use The Cryptocurrency For Real Purchases
The true revolution of the cryptocurrency bitcoin is that it isn’t stock. You don’t need to sell it…
2018-01-05
While U.S. Workers Fear Automation, Swedish Employees Welcome It
Two-thirds of Americans believe robots will soon take over the majority of tasks currently done by humans. Swedes, on…
2017-12-30
How Did Polynesian Wayfinders Navigate The Pacific Ocean?
Imagine setting sail from Hawaii in a canoe. Your target is a small island thousands of kilometers away…
2017-12-27