As Covid-19 lockdowns ease companies begin tracking employees with in-house tracking apps
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF New technologies and innovations are eroding people’s privacy like never before, for better and worse … Interested in the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. The current Coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, has spurred people everywhere around the world to come up...
US military signs on to start testing Elon Musk’s StarLink communications network
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Only around half the planet has what can be termed good connectivity, and now for the rest there’s Elon Musk’s StarLink network. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Recently SpaceX began launching its Starlink network – the satellite...
Researchers’ brainwave reading temporary tattoo reads your mind and your moods
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Controlling technology with our minds will bring about a revolution in computing and computer interfaces, and this new BMI Smart Tattoo brings it into everyone’s reach. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. One of the facts about exponential...
Researchers squeeze a record breaking 44.2Tbps out of ordinary fiber optic
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world is consuming more and more content, more things are being connected to the internet, so in the future we need much faster networks to handle it all. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. You probably consider...
Covid-19 lockdown is straining networks and it’s AI to the rescue
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF With over half the world’s population in some form of lockdown everyone’s smashing the networks so companies are using AI to keeping those networks fast and reliable. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. As the Coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19,...
China accelerates plans to become the world’s first cashless society as Covid-19 bites
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Covid-19 has accelerated the trials of many different types of technologies, from drones to self-driving cars, and 3D printing, now it’s accelerating the death of cash. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. A couple of years ago the...
Microsoft just patented a way to let you mine cryptocurrency with your mind
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Exponential technologies are helping us realise the dream of being able to create money with our minds. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Not much has happened in the payments space for a while now, that is unless...
IKEA becomes the first retailer to let customers pay for goods with time
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The concept of value is fluid, and new tools and technologies are letting companies re-imagine how their customers pay for goods. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Over the past few years we’ve seen lots of amazing new...
Wearables join the fight to help identify people infected with Covid-19
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Coronavirus tests have been in very short supply, and many simply don’t work, so wearables are being bought in to help join the fight. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Since COVID-19 first began to spread, several digital health...
As Covid-19 rages smartphones help South Korea keep tabs on people in lockdown
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Since the SARS and MERS pandemics there has been an explosion in technology innovation, including smartphones, which are now joining the battle to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. As the Covid-19...
Sweden starts breaking up with cash as government starts trials of digital E-Krona
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cash use is falling in many countries, so governments are now starting to trial fully digital alternatives. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Cash is dying as more and more people use contactless payment systems and digital cash,...
China’s infamous Social Credit system is now coming for businesses
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If companies want to do business in China they’re going to have to play by China’s rules, and that could be an ominous task for many of them. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. A while ago I...
Developers show off next gen apps that get streamed to your phone
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As more services move to the cloud and network speeds increase it’s inevitable that everything will be streamed. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. We are truly entering the streaming era where everything, not just our movies, shows...
Verizon shows off their latest Superbowl 5G experience
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 5G will help organisations deliver a whole variety of new customer experiences, like these… Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. One of the questions I often get asked is what’s so special about 5G? 5G is what I...
Google Project Loon wins contract to connect remotest parts of the Amazon
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Only half the world’s population have internet connectivity, so companies are finding new ways to connect the remainder. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Today the fact that over half the world’s population don’t have access to...
T-Mobile first to flip the switch on nationwide US 5G coverage
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 5G can be delivered using a varieties of spectrum and T-Mobile just used their lowband spectrum to push 5G nationwide. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Months after the US Department of Defense warned that the US is...
China’s central bank is close to launching its own cryptocurrency
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As the use of cash falls to record lows around the world central banks issuing their own digital currencies looks more like a matter of when not if. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Officials from the People’s...
Fortune CEO’s plan to abandon shareholder first model and be more future focused
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today’s shareholder first philosophy was fashioned in the 1990’s, but now Fortune 100 CEO’s are proposing a radical overhaul of the system to favour communities, individuals, and the future. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. The world is...
DNA based marketing is becoming a reality, and brands are cashing in
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As gene sequencing gets cheaper, and as companies get more access to personal information, from biomarkers and wearables to big data, companies can target you in ultra-personalised ways you’d never likely dreamt of before. Interested in the future and want to experience even more?! eXplore...
Experts warn Facebook’s cryptocurrency could help it become a virtual nation
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As more of us become a part of online communities we are seeing the rise of the world’s first virtual nations, nations without territory or borders that can threaten the status of sovereign nations. Interested in the future and want to experience even more?! eXplore...
