Industry Agenda

This is what a smart city should do for its people

We can design more efficient and more ecological people-centred cities, which promote individual wellbeing and sustainable development.

Zeynep Bodur Okyay 18 Oct 2018

Fourth Industrial Revolution

The power of trust and values in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

It’s often said that “data is the new oil”. Instead, we’d argue that trust will decide the success of businesses and of the Fourth Industrial Revolution itself.

Nicholas Davis and Simon Mulcahy 17 Oct 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Could robot leaders do better than our current politicians?

Robots would be less erratic, irrational and ideological than human leaders. So what's stopping us?

Zeger van der Wal and Yifei Yan 17 Oct 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

This AI thinks like you to solve problems

Known as the Transparency by Design Network (TbD-net), the model visually renders its thought process as it solves problems

Kylie Foy · MIT News 17 Oct 2018

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

These chefs are fighting hunger and poverty with gastronomy

The Social Gastronomy Movement is leveraging the power of food to address social inequality, improve nutrition education, eliminate food waste and create local jobs.

Nicola Gryczka 16 Oct 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

AI can help us unlock the world’s most complex operating system - the human body

AI’s advanced intelligence and reasoning can help us understand our bodies in ways we have never before managed and help scientists to generate new medicines.

Ken Mulvany 15 Oct 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

This AI suggests recipes based on photos of food

Researchers have taught an artificial intelligence system to look at photos of food, analyse the ingredients and suggest similar recipes.

Adam Conner-Simons and Rachel Gordon · MIT News 12 Oct 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Facial recognition is helping farmers to keep fish healthy

Farmers are using facial recognition technology to build individual medical records for their fish.

Jon Christian · Futurism 12 Oct 2018

Workforce and Employment

Uniqlo replaced 90% of staff at its Tokyo warehouse with robots

The automated warehouse is just a first step in a larger plan for Uniqlo’s parent company.

Marc Bain · Quartz 12 Oct 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

AI won't replace human translators yet. Here are 3 reasons why

AI robots consistently outperform us at playing chess, diagnosing cancer and predicting crop yields. But dominance in the fields of live speech, subjectivity and humour still alludes them.

Jonathan Rechtman 11 Oct 2018

Climate Change

Here's how data is going to help us phase out fossil fuels

Coal plant operators and governments can be unable or unwilling to share data on plants' performance. Fortunately, this could change dramatically thanks to a revolution happening in space.

Matt Gray 11 Oct 2018

Corruption

How transparency can help the global economy to grow

Through technology and public-private partnerships, it is now possible for both emerging and developed countries to advance transparency in government, save millions of dollars and better...

Alex Konanykhin 10 Oct 2018