Chinese government announces more workers will be paid using its new CBDC
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF CBDC’s let governments cut fraud, track transactions, and increases financial surveillance, and China is at the forefront of deploying the technology. 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,...
China’s space agency tests a first of a kind Stirling Engine
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Stirling engines have many advantages over other forms of electricity generation, especially in space, and China have beaten NASA again to the first tests. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
Golden shares let China’s government take control of big tech
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF China and many others think big tech companies are far too influential and powerful, so by taking Golden Shares in them China’s government can now control them and veto decisions. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential...
New material absorbs triple the amount of CO2 as existing carbon capture materials
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As the Earth heats up the need to recover more CO2 from the atmosphere increases, and we need better technology and materials to do that effectively. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
China allegedly has found a way to make its hypersonic weapons twice as potent
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hypersonic weapons are a part of the future of war, and China has the upper hand in the race to develop and deploy them. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
This hybrid Chinese drone soars like a bird and swims like a fish
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Multi-biome drones could have some very interesting applications, especially in the military … 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. You’re used to seeing drones crossing...
Baidu shares soar after it releases its own ChatGPT rival
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The greatest interest in ChatGPT ironically came from China, not the rest of the world and now they have a clone … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
This terrifying unstoppable Lego sized robot melts its way through prison bars to escape
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Asides from being the grand daddy of the T-1000 in time this unstoppable robot could kill all humans … or something like that. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
China’s CSSC unveils a wind turbine so big it can power 89,000 homes
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are lots of reasons why bigger wind turbines are better, but as they get bigger soon the blades could be supersonic … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
Researchers have found a way to store solar energy for over 18 years
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The ability to store solar energy in batteries for a long time opens up some interesting battery opportunities … 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....
Chinese scientists unveil the world’s first tough, flexible ceramic with multiple applications
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are alot of instances where metals are heavy and a poor choice so this new ceramic could be a game changer. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
From AI lawyers to AI judges courts are embracing tech for better and worse
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What would happen if your AI lawyers case was heard by a biased AI judge? And other questions noone has answers to yet … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
Privacy advocates cry foul after WEF publishes plans for personal carbon tracking
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Some people want to know what their carbon footprint is, and we have the technology to track it, but the initiative’s seen as another major privacy invasion by some. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
Scientists cram millions of years of evolution into months with chromosome level re-engineering
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to genetically re-engineer chromosomes is the genetic equivalent of being able to re-write the paragraphs of a book all at once and is revolutionary. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
China’s latest anti-stealth metric wave radar is the size of a clothes rack
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Anti stealth radar systems used to be huge, then came quantum radar which unmasks even the best stealth weapons, and now these new systems are getting portable. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
China’s hybrid supersonic weapon flies like a missile and swims like a torpedo
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF China is developing technology that goes beyond the bleeding edge and most of their latest weapons are hybrid mixtures of forms and formats which should put their enemies on alert. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential...
The worlds first virtual CEO takes the reigns at a Chinese gaming company
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Why should it be humans that run companies, especially when some of us are good at running those companies into the ground? Now it’s AI and the robots turn. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
China is using autonomous 3D printers and robots to print a giant hydroelectric dam
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF China has huge ambitions to be able to print buildings, and this is its biggest project so far. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
Telekinetic and telepathic materials open the door to mental weirdness
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When it comes to materials we think of them as static dumb things but that’s changing. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
This new drone swarm speeds through forests with unprecedented ease
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This technological leap shows just how far drone and autonomous navigation and manoeuvrability tech has come in just a few years. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
