In a world first researchers created a digital cell that grows like the real thing
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By digitising biology in this way it means one day we will be able to create and test new cures for all kinds of diseases at digital speed. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
UK to create a complete digital twin of its power grid to improve performance
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When things are digitised you can model more scenarios faster and identify and fix problems before they occur, and this is the first project to create a digital twin of an entire power grid. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof...
Toyota unveils Woven City, tech utopia and the world’s first programmable city
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Toyota and other giant companies are now starting to build cities – to show off and house their autonomous smart things. 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,...
DOE creates Digital Twins of every building in America to reduce CO2 emissions
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Digital twins of buildings, cities, and even the Earth let people analyse problems and find solutions faster. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Digital twins, which are basically just intricate and detailed...
Scientists are killing your digital twins to save your life
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By creating a digital clone of your body doctors can try out different therapies and treatments to get them right before they apply them to you. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
BMW’s virtual factory uses AI and simulation to design better next gen factories
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF BMW have been using a virtual simulation and AI to create the perfect optimised factory, for humans and robots, before they build the real thing. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. German...
Scientists are building the Earth’s digital twin to help solve global problems
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Once you digitise a physical object you can analyse it, model, and simulate scenarios at exponential speeds to discover more and design better solutions. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Celebrities have...
KIT’s haptic tech brings a sense of touch to industrial control systems
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We have five senses, but we only use two of them, hearing and sight, when interacting with technology, haptics introduces the sense of touch to interfaces. Interested in the future and want to experience even more?! eXplore More. To perceive our surroundings humans can draw...
GE’s revolutionary industrial machines can have conversations with engineers
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As emerging technologies combine we’re entering the era where we can talk to machines in the same way we talk to other people – and the possibilities are staggering. As more and more emerging technologies mature – or, at least improve, we are gradually...