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
Coming soon, a laptop you don't need to charge for over a year
Engineers at the University of Cambridge have developed technology to allow devices to function for a long time without a power source.
Emerging Technologies
The first fully 3D-printed heart-on-a-chip
A team of researchers at Harvard say they've made the first fully 3D-printed heart-on-a-chip.
Cybersecurity
India needs to act on cybersecurity. This is why
Utkarsh Amitabh argues that India needs to act now to improve cybersecurity.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
This 'AI judge' is predicting the results of human rights cases
A team of British scientists have developed an 'AI judge'.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Listen don't look: Using our ears to uncover the universe's secrets
A project is using the sonification to examine exoplanets.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
The dark web: What it is and how it works
Daniel Prince explains the dark web.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and central banks: Opportunity or threat?
Dirk Niepelt looks at the future of cryptocurrencies and blockchain.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Neurocoaching and sport, technology and solitude and other top stories of the week
A weekly round up of some of the top stories from the past seven days, including the most important skills of tomorrow and the secrets of successful startups.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Wireless earphones: quietly ushering in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Apple's new wireless earphones are no mere bluetooth jacks. They are the dawn of a new digital era, when computing will become an extension of the individual and part of everything we do.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
The universe is bigger than we thought. Much bigger
An international team of scientists say that the universe has 10 times more galaxies than we thought.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Researchers have helped this paralysed man feel again
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have helped a paralysed man feel again, using brain implants and a robotic arm.
Emerging Technologies
This algorithm is connecting students to the most interesting person they've never met
Two MIT students have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm - Maven - to connect students.