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Emerging Technologies

This start-up uses A.I. to help music producers create the perfect song

Sep 23, 2019

Technological Innovation

'Smarticles' are helping robotics researchers build a new form of movement

Sep 23, 2019

Technological Innovation

This driverless shuttle bus is picking up elderly Australians on demand

Sep 23, 2019

Technological Innovation

Why unlearning is as vital as learning in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Sep 23, 2019

Digital Communications

Facebook-style algorithms hunt for dark matter in space maps

Sep 18, 2019

Nature and Biodiversity

Robotic fish are helping drive invasive species out of the water

Sep 18, 2019

Climate Action and Waste Reduction

Researchers have created emissions-free cement

Sep 18, 2019

Technological Innovation

Why the Fourth Industrial Revolution could spell more jobs – not fewer

Sep 17, 2019

Technological Innovation

The rise of the robo-restaurant: AI is ready to take your order

Sep 17, 2019

Technological Innovation

AI’s contribution to the global economy will bypass that of China and India by 2030, to reach $15.7 trillion

Sep 17, 2019

This AI tool can help you spot fake news online

Sep 17, 2019

Emerging Technologies

Engineers develop multimaterial fiber “ink” for 3-D-printed devices

Sep 16, 2019

Jobs and the Future of Work

Automation and jobs: When technology boosts employment

Sep 13, 2019

Emerging Technologies

This new robotic gripper is gentle enough to handle eggs

Sep 13, 2019

Education and Skills

To build the workforce of the future, we need to revolutionize how we learn

Sep 11, 2019

Technological Transformation

Reprogrammable ink allows objects to change colour like a chameleon

Sep 11, 2019

Emerging Technologies

This computer turns text into animation

Sep 11, 2019

Manufacturing and Value Chains

This biotech company claims to have 3D printed a mini human heart

Sep 10, 2019

Sustainable Development

This app for tuberculosis increases odds of patients completing treatment

Sep 10, 2019

Emerging Technologies

Researchers have chosen which smart devices are at risk of being hacked. Here are the results

Sep 09, 2019

Technological Innovation

How one change to shipping goods could change the way we live

Sep 06, 2019

Geographies in Depth

'This is Africa's century' - what we learned at the World Economic Forum in Cape Town 2019

Sep 06, 2019

Technological Innovation

This 'E-glove gives prosthetic limbs the feel of a real human hand

Sep 06, 2019

Jobs and the Future of Work

A new MIT report examines how to make technology to work for society

Sep 06, 2019

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