World first as Chinese researchers power a high speed MAGLEV train wirelessly
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Wirelessly charging your smartphone is easy, but wirelessly charging an electric train moving at over 600kmh is an entirely different proposition. 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,...
Chinese researchers show off transistor gates that are just one carbon atom wide
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Transistors are getting smaller, but there are limits, and increasingly it’s the Chinese who are pushing those limits. 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. For...
China plays catch up as AI trounces PLA’s best fighter pilots in simulated combat
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Every country says they will never engage in fully autonomous war or develop fully autonomous military AI, but frankly that’s . Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
Vivo patent shows a smartphone with its own built in flying drone camera
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Drone cameras give users a new take on life as tech miniaturises concepts like this become increasingly feasible. 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. Everyone...
China’s national digital currency is now available on WeChat
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Future national currencies will be digital, and China is in the lead to create one … 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. It’s been announced...
First of a kind Chinese smart city to put AI in control of meeting citizen’s needs
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There is a difference between managing a smart city and being responsible for meeting the needs of that city’s residents and now AI is doing both. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Non invasive wearable tech monitors cholesterol levels through the skin
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cholesterol can be a killer but detecting and measuring it is normally invasive and tricky, but soon your smart watch could measure it for you. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
China’s GAC Group first to unveil an electric car with a 1,000km range
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF People with electric cars often talk about range anxiety, but this latest EV from China smashes it out the park. 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...
In a world first Chinese hackers spoofed biometric authentication systems to steal $76 Million
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF You can change your password but you can’t change your face… and biometric authentication systems are now being hacked at scale. 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,...
HTC unveil their latest “slimline” VR glasses to conquer the Metaverse
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF VR headsets are getting smaller and slimmer and it’s only a matter of time now before we see the first VR glasses. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
Futurist Keynote, China: The Future of Aluminium 2030, AZ China
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Aluminium is one of the Earth’s most common minerals but now AI’s are designing alloys, new use cases are emerging, and it’s all going green … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Ship based reactor could convert ocean based plastic into diesel fuel
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are lots of ways to create carbon neutral fuels, and this is another example of one that solves two problems at once… Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
The future of retail could be virtual malls and shoppable video
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world of retail is changing in all kinds of ways … 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. His company, Hong Kong Television Network, makes...
China’s hypersonic missile circled Earth at 21,000mph and smashed its target
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hypersonic weapons change the global balance of military power, and China and Russia are way ahead of the US. 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....
China lays the groundwork to build giant spacecraft that are miles long
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF One day we will build megastructures in space, but first we have to figure out how … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Think of the world’s longest vehicle and you would...
With over 4,200 virtual shops Hong Kongs largest virtual mall eyes expansion
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As we look to a future which is increasingly digital and virtual shopping and shopping malls are getting their own make overs. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Think of shopping malls...
China’s EAST nuclear fusion reactor smashes two world records
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Fusion has always been seen as the energy of the future, and slowly it’s getting closer. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Around the world the quest to create the world’s first...
China is developing hypersonic UCAV swarms to overcome missile defenses
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Trying to destroy one hypersonic weapon is hard enough – trying to overcome a swarm is currently impossible … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Hypersonic weapons, which because of their speed...
China adds the finishing touches to the world’s first Thorium Reactor
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Thorium Reactors are by far the safest kind of nuclear reactor – but developing them has been incredibly hard. Until Now. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. India has been pursuing them...
Heatherwick’s autonomous EV concept also cleans up polluted city air
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Turning our cars into a giant network of air purifiers might help move the dial on urban pollution … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Recently Elon Musk launched a $100 Million...
