The US Military’s Replicator program will churn out thousands of military drones

The US Military’s Replicator program will churn out thousands of military drones

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The future of war isn’t with massive platforms like aircraft carriers, it will increasingly be dominated by drones and other robot-like systems.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch...

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France enters the hypersonic missile race with first VMAX launch

France enters the hypersonic missile race with first VMAX launch

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When it comes to hypersonic weaponry China and Russia lead, with the rest of the world trailing far behind, and years late France has entered the race.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...

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Viral room temperature superconductor sparks praise and skeptisism

Viral room temperature superconductor sparks praise and skeptisism

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BREIF Room temperature superconductors would change almost every industry and they are the literal holy grail of materials.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Last week,...

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Massive outdoor air purification towers help India tackle air pollution

Massive outdoor air purification towers help India tackle air pollution

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Millions of people die every year from air pollution and India is now deploying outdoor air purification towers to try to do something about the trend.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...

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Lab grown meat gets the FDA green light to go on sale throughout the US

Lab grown meat gets the FDA green light to go on sale throughout the US

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Meat that’s made in a lab, rather than by an animal, will revolutionise food production and could help end global hunger, and it’s take a long time to get here.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential...

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Molecular barcodes help suppliers keep track of Cannabis shipments

Molecular barcodes help suppliers keep track of Cannabis shipments

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Barcode and tracking technologies are changing, it’s becoming organic and smart, and they can be used to track everything everywhere …   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote,...

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This ingestible smart pill monitors your gut health from the inside out

This ingestible smart pill monitors your gut health from the inside out

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The human body is still largely a mystery so increasingly as tech miniaturises it’s going where no doctor has been before …   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch...

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Fertiliser costs have tripled so synthetic biology startups are re-inventing how its made

Fertiliser costs have tripled so synthetic biology startups are re-inventing how its made

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This year, you might not know it, your food costs will increase not necessarily because of scarcity but because the cost of fertiliser tripled last year and for farmers and consumers in poor countries that’s almost a death sentence.   Love the Exponential Future? Join...

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Scientists used cellular agriculture to create a giant Woolly mammoth meatball

Scientists used cellular agriculture to create a giant Woolly mammoth meatball

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Have you ever wondered what Woolly mammoths tasted like? Now you can find out with sci-fi foodtech!   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Today scientists...

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Scientists have turned bacteria into Hunter-Killer cancer warriors

Scientists have turned bacteria into Hunter-Killer cancer warriors

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Biology is programmable, and we’re learning how to program it to our advantage to kill cancer.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Cancer tumors are...

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This new ultrasonic sensor detects gas leaks underground to make pipelines safer

This new ultrasonic sensor detects gas leaks underground to make pipelines safer

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Trying to find, monitor, and fix ancient pipes is hard in every industry, but it’s getting easier.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. While it...

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This new nanotextured plasmonic paint based on nature never ever fades

This new nanotextured plasmonic paint based on nature never ever fades

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many colours in nature, such as butterfly wings, never fade and that’s because they have specific nanotextures that we can now use to give paint the same properties.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...

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This brand new sensor can read your body’s vital signs from across the room

This brand new sensor can read your body’s vital signs from across the room

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF People often underestimate the power of sensors and light, and now a new light sensor with 200% efficiency opens the door to a new kind of remote health monitoring breakthrough.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential...

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Scientists are using AI to dream up amazing new unnatural enzymes

Scientists are using AI to dream up amazing new unnatural enzymes

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Enzymes are crucial to all living things and to many human processes and activities, so revolutionising how we create them will change the world.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...

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Seabricks new floating bricks are designed to give future ocean cities great foundations

Seabricks new floating bricks are designed to give future ocean cities great foundations

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As global sea levels rise and inundate many coastal mega cities countries are considering building oceanic cities.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. As sea...

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Wilson debuts an airless 3D printed NBA basketball

Wilson debuts an airless 3D printed NBA basketball

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 3D printing lets us manufacture things that previously would have been impossible, costly, or both.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. A hole in your...

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The worlds first lab grown steak breaks cover in Switzerland

The worlds first lab grown steak breaks cover in Switzerland

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Why grow cows in fields when you can just grow the steaks sustainably in a lab? Food is being re-invented …   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote,...

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AstroForge gets set to test its asteroid mining tech for real

AstroForge gets set to test its asteroid mining tech for real

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Asteroids have an almost unlimited supply of all kinds of precious elements, and companies are lining up to mine them.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...

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Saudi Arabia doubles down on its vision for the world’s largest floating city

Saudi Arabia doubles down on its vision for the world’s largest floating city

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Elsewhere countries are building floating cities to keep their citizens from drowning, KSA’s vision is more about being grandoise.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....

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With no ports, no wires, this first of a kind OLED TV also sticks itself to the wall

With no ports, no wires, this first of a kind OLED TV also sticks itself to the wall

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Wires and cables suck but we’re stuck with them … or are we?   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. I’ve been saying for years that...

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