Big data and machine learning provide exciting opportunities for business. But there is a high risk of failure, if we do not handle the potential bias that surrounds them

Nahia Orduña 16 Jul 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Voice technology could soon be your new best friend. Here's why

As AI-backed voice technology evolved, it will come to understand its users in deeply intimate ways.

David Mattin 10 Jul 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Scientists may soon be able to predict your memories – here’s how

A new study published in Psychological Review, details a computer model that may explain why we are able to describe emotional memories in some detail, even after a long time.

Deborah Talmi · The Conversation 05 Jul 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Thought AIs could never replace human imagination? Think again

It has long been understood that AIs find simple human actions, such as visual and auditory processing, almost impossibly difficult. That is no longer the case. Today, AIs are developing ...

Julien Weissenberg 03 Jul 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

If innovators can solve India's problems, they can save the world. Here's why

India is a country of contrasts. It is home to a $160 billion tech services industry, while also buffeted by environmental and social challenges - and this makes it fertile ground for glo...

Nikhil Malhotra 03 Jul 2019

Emerging Technologies

This device lets you play Tetris with your mind

A new system called BrainNet lets three people play a Tetris-like game using a brain-to-brain interface.

Sarah McQuate-Washington · Futurity 03 Jul 2019

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Here’s how factories can lead in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

A few leading manufacturers are lighting the way in the adoption of digital technology.

Charlotte Edmond 03 Jul 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

The rise of techno-nationalism - and the paradox at its core

It’s globalization’s counterswing. After years of rising global connectivity, the anti-globalization blowback has manifested in the rise of techno-nationalism. But in such an interconnect...

Kate Lamb 03 Jul 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Who is first (and last) in the race to build a workforce fit for the future?

Demand for workers with new skills is increasing fast. but which countries and industries are ready, and which are lagging behind?

Emily Glassberg Sands and Vinod Bakthavachalam 02 Jul 2019

Global Risks

Why a multistakeholder approach is essential to our risk resiliency

At a time when trade tensions and geo-economic instability are predicted to wipe billions off the economy, our only hope of facing down global risks is to work together, writes the World ...

Børge Brende 02 Jul 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Empathic AI could be the next stage in human evolution - if we get it right

Our emotional brain has had little help from technology to-date - but AI has the power to change that. Here's why designing more empathic, human-centred AI presents the largest opportunit...

Jesus Mantas 02 Jul 2019

Innovation

Want to use drag-and-drop digital tech like Iron Man? Now you can

Researchers from MIT and Brown University have developed Northstar, a system for interactive data analytics that runs on touchscreens.

Rob Matheson · MIT News 02 Jul 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

This refinery mixes sunlight and air to create fuel

A new technology produces liquid hydrocarbon fuels exclusively from sunlight and air.

ETH Zurich · Futurity 02 Jul 2019

Space

Would your mobile phone be powerful enough to get you to the moon?

Since man first landed on the moon in 1969, technological advances and artificial intelligence have come a long way. But at the time, the computer on the spacecraft would have had less me...

Graham Kendall · The Conversation 02 Jul 2019

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