The Fourth Industrial Revolution represents a fundamental change in the way we live, work and relate to one another. It is a new chapter in human development, enabled by extraordinary technology advances commensurate with those of the first, second and third industrial revolutions. These advances are merging the physical, digital and biological worlds in ways that create both huge promise and potential peril. The speed, breadth and depth of this revolution is forcing us to rethink how countries develop, how organisations create value and even what it means to be human. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is about more than just technology-driven change; it is an opportunity to help everyone, including leaders, policy-makers and people from all income groups and nations, to harness converging technologies in order to create an inclusive, human-centred future. The real opportunity is to look beyond technology, and find ways to give the greatest number of people the ability to positively impact their families, organisations and communities.
Emerging Technologies
Machine learning or leading? This is how AI will influence leadership according to an expert
David De Cremer, founder and director of the Centre on AI Technology for Humankind, discusses the power of AI to assert itself in managerial roles around the world.
Health and Healthcare Systems
AI can detect asymptomatic COVID-19 infections in recorded coughs
Researchers are working on an app, incorporating the AI model, which could be a prescreening tool to identify people who are likely to be asymptomatic.
Health and Healthcare Systems
This robot can disinfect a warehouse of COVID-19 in 30 minutes
Emerging Technologies
5 surprising ways Formula 1 is changing the world
Formula 1 systems are being used in settings including hospitals, supermarkets and factories. Applications range from patient safety to toothpaste production.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
This Kenyan start-up has created a ride-hailing app for ambulances
Fourth Industrial Revolution
The secret to designing a positive future with AI? Imagination
Why science fiction authors and filmmakers can work alongside policymakers and AI experts in crafting a positive vision for the future economy.
Cybersecurity
How used-cars sales explain the cybersecurity market - and how we can fix it
A new report claims that the cybersecurity market is broken, with better products being driven out of the market. Here are three ways to fix the market.
Geographies in Depth
Spurred by COVID-19, African schools innovate to close learning gap
The rise of distance learning using radio, TVs and phones could transform school curriculums and help children stay in education long after the pandemic, experts say.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Roboats: Amsterdam will soon have its own fleet of driverless passenger boats
Roboat II navigates autonomously using algorithms similar to those used by self-driving cars, but now adapted for water. The boats are an upgrade on the smaller deliver boats also in cons...
Health and Healthcare Systems
This reusable face mask can filter and kill off COVID-19
A reusable face mask is being developed by a team from MIT. The mask will help to filter and kill COVID-19 by using a heating element formed by a copper wire and battery.
Emerging Technologies
What to expect when you’re expecting robots
In their book What To Expect When You’re Expecting Robots, engineers Julie Shah and Laura Major explain that robots will soon work with us not for us.
Jobs and the Future of Work
These 6 skills cannot be replicated by artificial intelligence
As coronavirus speeds up the Fourth Industrial Revolution, human resources must focus on these abilities to avoid mass unemployment.