Health and Healthcare Systems
Why we'll never live forever
A Dutch study has set the maximum average lifespan for human beings at 115 years.
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Jobs and the Future of Work
More Americans are working from home. That's good news for the planet
The average national demand decreased by 1,700 trillion BTU in 2012, almost half of the total energy used by New York in 2015.
Cybersecurity
Canada is putting $1 billion towards fighting cybercrime
The Canadian government is investing in the future of cybersecurity by hoping to attract the world's best cyber-security warriors.
You can charge this device with the slightest movement of your fingers
Kinetic energy goes electric
Emerging Technologies
We know you aren't reading your privacy policy. But this AI will do it for you
A new AI could read policies for you and make them fun.
Emerging Technologies
Cockroaches: The key to climbing robots, because we're too hard to copy
A team developing a climbing robot have turned to cockroaches as a model.
Emerging Technologies
AI is coming to your phone
A major chip developer is working on integrating machine learning into their products - creating in essence an AI smartphone.
Emerging Technologies
This AI can tell when you're lying
Researchers from the University of Maryland developed the Deception Analysis and Reasoning Engine, a system that uses artificial intelligence to autonomously detect deception in courtroom...
Industries in Depth
Mark Zuckerberg is considering cryptocurrency for Facebook
In a New Year's blog, Mark Zuckerberg revealed some ideas around cryptocurrencies.
Industries in Depth
A battery-powered electric plane has just had its first test flight
A battery-powered, single-engine electric plane has conducted a test flight in Perth, Australia.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Japan has pledged $2.9 billion to universal health care in developing nations
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to support health care services in developing countries through a $2.9 billion funding.
Economic Growth
Estonia just revealed three uses for its proposed national cryptocurrency
Estonia's e-Residency program wants to revolutionize how the world does business.
Emerging Technologies
This Google AI created a ‘child’ AI to help it solve problems
Google's AutoML project, designed to make AI build other AIs, has now developed a computer vision system that vastly outperforms state-of-the-art-models.
Health and Healthcare Systems
One day these tiny robots made from algae could be sent into your body to treat disease
Microbots designed to traverse the human body are one of the most potentially transformative technologies in the future of healthcare.
Emerging Technologies
Quantum computing could be a major challenge for bitcoin
Quantum computing could be the downfall of bitcoin Two technologies that could shape the future — blockchain and quantum computing — could potentially be at odds.