IBM announces plans to sell a commercial ‘universal’ quantum computer by 2020
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Quantum computers are hailed as the next evolution of computing that promise immense performance increases over today’s systems and by 2020 they may be ready for prime time. Having laid the groundwork for offerings in other emerging technology categories such as artificial intelligence (AI),...
Airbus unveils PopUp, the sky taxi of the future
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The future of mobility is still going to be multi-modal but nothing says we have to stay on the ground. None of us like sitting in a traffic jam and watching the taxi meter rise, or the world pass us by, but now an...
Jeff Bezos announces plans to create the world’s first Moon delivery service
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As agencies around the world race to begin establishing bases and villages on the Moon we’re going to need a company that can help transport all the equipment and supplies. The cost of going into space has plummeted over the past few years, in...
NASA unveils plans to restore Mars’ atmosphere within three years
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If Mars is ever going to become humanity’s second home it’s going to have to be terraformed, the first step in achieving that is giving it an atmosphere Mars might be better as the Red planet today but there’s plenty of evidence to suggest...
