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The Coming Drone Delivery Revolution – What Comes Next?
In 2015 I wrote a column talking through the issues that needed to be resolved before we would ever see a significant level of deliveries by drones. In that column, I brought up 37 issues that still needed to be resolved. Not surprising, the evolution of drone...

The Emergence of Low Code and No Code Programming
One of the biggest disruptive trends of this young decade you probably haven’t heard about is the shift toward the use of “no-code” and “low-code” software development platforms to create or enhance automated, online processes. For a long time, we’ve relied on...

The Empty Pocket Lifestyle is Coming
Are you carrying less plastic or paper these days? More and more, all you need when you step out the door is your handheld personal device. That’s increasingly true with driver’s licenses even, which I learned recently. Earlier this year, thanks to COVID, mail issues,...

Three Emerging Trends in the Construction Industry
Challenges in the construction industry, including a declining workforce and the cost of materials, combined with some incredible technology and manufacturing breakthroughs, are changing today’s construction sites in ways that will make them unrecognizable in the...

SPAC is the hot new investing trend for taking a company public
Record-high bitcoin prices. Meme stocks and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Investors these days seem to have an insatiable appetite for speculating in non-traditional opportunities, along with too much time on their hands and an eternal optimism about how those risks...

Non Fungible Tokens Create a Hot New Market for Digital Art
Investors seem starved for investment/gambling opportunities. The stock market is at record heights. Meme stocks are routinely sent soaring thanks to social media-generated hype. Cryptocurrencies are trading at record highs as well. What’s the common element? None of...

Eight Human versus Machine Competitions: Where are we Heading?
How do we evaluate and communicate the evolving capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI)? One way to do it is by describing how closely AI matches up with “real” human intelligence. We can’t seem to get enough of creating “head-to-head” human matchups with AI in...

From Designer Babies to Super Humans
In just a few years, pregnant women will have the option of going to a geneticist to discuss certain “enhancement options” for their unborn child. With CRISPR, scientists are making tremendous strides toward being able to “edit” an embryo to remove problematic genes,...

Rethinking the Future of Economic Development in a Work-from-Home World
COVID-19 has accelerated many trends – including the work-from-home movement that was already inching along pre-pandemic. As a result, and as we discussed recently, there will continue to be significant de-urbanization with out-migration from mega-cities like New York...

Urban Drone Air Ports: Here’s what to Expect!
The now-familiar models of commercial drones first came on the scene15 years ago. It wasn’t too long until aeronautical entrepreneurs shifted their sights to scaling the technology to make these vehicles large and powerful enough to transport people over short...
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