Digital America: A tale of the haves and have-mores
By: James Manyika, Sree Ramaswamy, Somesh Khanna, Hugo Sarrazin, Gary Pinkus, Guru Sethupathy, and Andrew Yaffe December 2015 Digital capabilities, adoption, and usage are evolving at a supercharged pace. While most users scramble just to keep up with the relentless rate of innovation, the sectors, companies, and individuals on the digital frontier continue to push […]
The Robot Ship Set to Cross the Atlantic and Change the World
By: David Axe August 26, 2019 The blocky, 36-foot-long, yellow- and white-striped vessel bobbing off the coast of the United Kingdom sure doesn’t look like much. But Maxlimer just might be the most important ship in the world right now. Maxlimer is totally robotic. And it’s poised to be the first unmanned surface vessel, or […]
The Future Of Food 2040
By: Dr Andrea Graham, NFU Head of Policy Services August 26, 2019 Over the next 20 years, the UK farming industry will undergo significant changes in policy, markets and consumer demand, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the introduction of the 1947 Agriculture Act. It is a time of challenge but also a […]
Robot, heal thyself: scientists develop self-repairing machines
By: Daniel Boffey August 7, 2019 From picking fruit to carrying out minor surgery, soft robotic hands made from jelly-like plastic are thought by scientists to be the future solution to many human needs. But being gentle and soft enough to avoid damaging fruit or flesh has made the robots prone to damage and left […]
A new age of space exploration is beginning
By: The Economist July 18, 2019 THE MOMENT when, 50 years ago, Neil Armstrong planted his foot on the surface of the Moon inspired awe, pride and wonder around the world. This newspaper argued that “man, from this day on, can go wheresoever in the universe his mind wills and his ingenuity contrives…to the planets, […]
In an age of robots, schools are teaching our children to be redundant
By: The Guardian February 15, 2017 In the future, if you want a job, you must be as unlike a machine as possible: creative, critical and socially skilled. So why are children being taught to behave like machines? Children learn best when teaching aligns with their natural exuberance, energy and curiosity. So why are they dragooned […]
Divisions of Labor – The Future of Work
By: Barbara Ehrenreich February 28, 2017 The working class, or at least the white part, has emerged as our great national mystery. Traditionally Democratic, they helped elect a flamboyantly ostentatious billionaire to the presidency. “What’s wrong with them?” the liberal pundits keep asking. Why do they believe Trump’s promises? Are they stupid or just deplorably […]
China’s cosmological Communism: a challenge to liberal democracies
By: Merics July 18, 2018 China’s presence and influence is not confined to its own borders or East Asia anymore, but has reached a global scale. In the new MERICS China Monitor Perspectives, “China’s cosmological Communism: A challenge to liberal democracies,” journalist and former MERICS Research Fellow Didi Kirsten Tatlow shows how imperial philosophy meets Marxist orthodoxy in Beijing’s […]
This robot helps patients with their physical therapy.
By: Interesting Engineering July 9, 2019 Watch Full Video