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The Immortal Human: Do we truly understand the problem we’re trying to solve?
Imagine what it will be like attending the Olympics in 2248. Men and women competing in their respective sports will range in age from 16 to 212. The oldest competitor is now in his 38th Olympic competition, and young people have complained for...
72 stunning things in the future that will be common ten years from now that don’t exist today
How many things do we own, that are common today, that didn’t exist 10 years ago? The list is probably longer than you think. Prior to the iPhone coming out in 2007, we didn’t have smartphones with mobile apps, decent phone cameras for photos/videos, mobile maps,...
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Every 10 seconds, another 17 people die In the time it takes me to walk across a typical stage for my talks, another 15-20 people will lose their life. 151,600 is the number of people that die every day in the world. Some die from old age, infectious disease, car...
The Seven Deadly Sins of Machine Intelligence
The year is 2028 and James Mathews has been summoned to appear in front of Winston III, the famous AI Judge overseeing an electronic courtroom, set up as a pilot project, but many have already dubbed it the justice system of the future. Mathews, the defendant for this...
Spontaneous Warzones and the Future Tech Needed to Stop Them
If you haven’t been paying attention, incidents like the shootout in Paris and the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando are increasing. Yes, we do have more crazed people with weapons, but we are also dealing with some foundational shifts away from...
Creating the World’s First Neural Lace Network
Elon Musk recently added a new twist to his vision for tech-related accomplishments by saying he was interested in creating a “neural lace.” For a little background, science fiction author Iain M. Banks first coined the term “neural lace” in The Culture...
Megaprojects Set to Explode to 24 Percent of Global GDP Within a Decade
Gone are the days where people are impressed by projects costing $10-$50 million or even $100 million. We are witnessing an explosion in the number of $1 billion+ projects with some, like the artificial archipelago being built in Azerbaijan, Turkey’s massive Urban...
Five Tough Questions: The Warsaw School of Economics Interview
The Warsaw School of Economics is the oldest, most prestigious, and top-ranked business school in Poland. Dr. Piotr Turek received his PhD in Economics there and went on to become a fellow futurist and new media expert in Warsaw where he works as a journalist,...
Fourteen New Dimensions for Rethinking the Future Cruise Ship Experience
My wife Deb and I recently got back from a 10-day Princess Cruise through the Panama Canal, a fabulous experience, but one that could have been greatly enhanced with better technology on the part of the cruise line. To illustrate this point, on...
128 Things that will disappear in the driverless car era
I started writing this column while I was in Manila, Philippines for a talk with UnionBank, one of the most innovative banks I’ve ever come across. Driving across Manila is often a painful experience with far too many cars locking up all possible arterials, and...
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