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.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Smart drones to be tested in battle against E. Africa locust swarms
Some of the swarms are up to 40 km by 60 km and have devoured thousands of hectares of crops, but could smart dones be the solution?
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How is automation perceived by the public?
IMF research looks at how 11,000 workers across 11 advanced and emerging market economies perceive the main forces shaping the future of work
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Gamers, brain waves and AI: The future of U.S. military?
New research in artificial intelligence plans to study brain waves and eye movements whilst participants play video games, using the information gained to train an AI.
Jobs and the Future of Work
This is what's wrong with Human Resources - and how to change it
A company's Human Resources department is usually based on an outdated view of what makes a good employee. As we place more value on disruption and innovation, this has to change.
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A new type of electrode will be able to amplify the power of batteries
A new lithium metal anode could increase the longevity and energy density of batteries.
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New ‘stretchy electronics’ could redefine wearable tech
A 'peel and stack' method of making electronics could allow chips to be worn on the skin.
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This is the world’s fastest camera - and the pictures are mesmerizing
It's capable of taking 10 trillion pictures per second and is fast enough to capture light traveling in slow motion.
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How bionic jellyfish are boosting underwater research
Engineers at Caltech and Stanford University have developed a tiny, non-invasive prosthetic that helps jellyfish to swim faster and more efficiently.
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Here's how to help those countries being left behind by the 4IR
Most of the world's emerging economies are lagging far behind when it comes to adopting 4IR technologies. Here's why that is - and what the rest of the world can do to help.
Geographies in Depth
This is how companies such as Facebook and Google are joining the fight against coronavirus
The biggest names in the tech sector are putting money, computing power and AI at the disposal of researchers who are fighting the coronavirus.
Geographies in Depth
This African drone academy is changing lives
Africa's first drone academy in Malawi is teaching students to create drones that could deliver medical supplies, monitor crops or map disease outbreaks.
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Why we need better governance to manage how cities use tech
We are at a critical juncture, where governance decisions will decide if our kids grow up in cities that look more like utopian dreams or nightmares.