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.
Health and Healthcare Systems
These tech giants want to help prepare the world for the future of work
Global unemployment could reach a quarter of a billion in 2020. Tech giants are leading the way in helping people reskill for the future.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
These biometric tech sensors can be printed directly onto human skin
Researchers from China's Harbin Institute of Technology and Penn State University, have developed biometric sensors that can be placed directly on to human skin.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Here’s how blockchain could help crack down on abusive imagery
Blockchain could be an effective and efficient solution for helping to rid the internet of abusive imagery.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Great Reset: Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Speakers such President of Rwana Paul Kagame, President of Colombia Iván Duque and Marietje Schaake, Director of International Policy at the Cyber Policy Center at Stanford University wil...
Health and Healthcare Systems
Which countries use health apps the most?
The Statista Global Consumer Survey has found 65% of Chinese citizens use health apps, with over 40% paying for the service.
Health and Healthcare Systems
The Interoperability Challenge of the COVID-19 Return-to-Work App Ecosystem
There is a large and growing app ecosystem to help manage the return-to-work phase of the COVID-19 pandemic - covering everything from contact tracing to self-attestation and lab results....
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4 innovative tech innovations helping fight fires in California
Fourth Industrial Revolution
These tiny sensors can hitch a ride on mothback
A new research project, from the University of Washington, has found a way to use moths as potential couriers for tiny electronic packages.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Google Is Planning A Giant Underwater Fibre Optic Cable Between The Us, Uk And Spain
Social Innovation
How can Africa prepare its education system for the post-COVID world?
The recent influx of new technologies in Africa needs to be capitalized upon by the education sector, which has been hit hard by the pandemic.
Emerging Technologies
Here's how virtual reality could transform medical research after COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has stopped research projects and medical trials all over the world. Could virtual reality offer scientists an alternative to real-life labs?
Emerging Technologies
Why AI needs a physical body to reach its potential
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