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As the iPhone turns 10, this is what business leaders can learn about disruption
Martin Gilbert, CEO of Aberdeen Asset Management, argues that Apple offers lessons to business leaders on disruption.
Electronics
These tech trends are set to have the biggest impact on businesses
The 15 trends and changes in products, marketing, and leadership to keep an eye on this year.
Electronics
Wearable tech means companies could monitor everything we do. Should we let them?
An increasing number of companies are beginning to digitally monitor their employees.
Electronics
Electronic devices could be robbing your kids of sleep
A review of 20 existing studies, covering 125,198 children, highlights the impact of electronic devices on children's sleep.
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
The computers that can read human thoughts
Researchers are developing systems to allow computers to communicate directly with human thought.
Electronics
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.
Electronics
Three ways organic electronics could change your life
A look at the impact of organic electronics on technology.
Electronics
How machines are talking to their manufacturers
Siemens is among a number of companies applying communicative platforms to their products so they can 'keep in touch' with them after they're shipped.
Electronics
The computer revolution: how it's changed our world over 60 years
Justin Zobel examines how the computer has changed over 60 years to become what it is today.
Electronics
This new type of battery has a surprising component
MIT scientists are developing an alternative to batteries that use carbon nanotubes and a surprising material.
Electronics
Is this the real reason our goods aren’t delivered by drone?
This article is published in collaboration with The Washington Post. When Missy Cummings thinks about self-flying delivery drones — the kind that tech companies have been touting as being...
Electronics
This is why some tech innovations fail
This article is published in collaboration with The Washington Post. Connected cars! Wearables! Virtual reality! Smart homes! The drumbeat heralding the annual Consumer Electronics Show (...
Electronics
Will we soon be wearing electronic plasters?
This article is published in collaboration with MIT News. MIT engineers have designed what may be the Band-Aid of the future: a sticky, stretchy, gel-like material that can incorporate te...
Electronics
How can drones be used in industry?
This post first appeared on GE LookAhead. Drones, or rather unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), are gaining popularity as tools for aerial photography, but the technology also offers many oth...
Electronics
Have we reached peak tablet?
It looks like our iPad love affair is coming to an end. Global sales of the tablet device have fallen to their lowest point since 2011, according to Apple, whose earnings were announced l...