Fake Joe Rogan interviews fake Steve Jobs in this new AI generated podcast
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The creation of content is increasingly being automated using advanced AI and this is just another example of how in the future creators will have to compete with the machines. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential...
Dubai plans on becoming the world’s third metaverse city
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Countries are increasingly thinking about creating digital twins of their cities so they can better analyse data about them and also put them in the metaverse to improve services and revenue. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future...
Futurist Keynote, UAE: Demystifying Blockchain, Crypto, NFT’s and the Metaverse
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF During this keynote session with the Crown Prince of Dubai and the Crown Prince Court keynote speaker Matthew Griffin demystifies blockchain, cryptocurrencies, NFT’s, and the Metaverse, explaining what they are, how they work, and the new opportunities they create. Love the Exponential Future? Join...
Dubai’s virtual asset regulator is the world’s first to create an HQ in the Metaverse
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Regulators are often way behind the curve when it comes to learning about new technologies and innovations, and the risks involved, but Dubai’s VARA is bucking the trend. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
The UAE is in new talks with Pantheon to 3D print an 11 storey skyscraper
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In the future all buildings will be 3D printed, but it’s a marathon not a sprint … 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 while...
Hydrofarms Dubai realises world first, uses Hydropanels to produce water from air
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydropanels are a new kind of solar panel that generate electricity and water – and they could be game changing. 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...
Futuristic Dubai nail salon turns your nails into digital storage devices
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As compute and storage gets smaller people will find all kinds of new use cases for them … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Dubai is truly the land of man-made wonders....
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...
The world’s biggest 3D printed house opens in Dubai
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The way we build homes and buildings is changing, and 3D printing offers companies a way to build more spectacular buildings faster and cheaper. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Over the past year or so I’ve written...
Emirates boss says future aircraft will be windowless
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Windows on airplanes add upto 50 percent to the weight of the aircraft, and reduce their structural integrity, so people want to get rid of them. Would you want to fly eight hours or more on an airplane with no windows? Absolutely you would I...
Futurist Keynote, Dubai: The Future of Urban Mobility 2040, GITEX
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The rate and pace of change is accelerating, and in the next two decades the transportation industry will change more than it has in the past thousand years. Last year I was writing about the goings on and unveilings, for example, of Dubai’s first...
DP World and Virgin unveil Cargospeed Hyperloop
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The way we transport goods around the planet will change more in the next thirty years than it has in the last two hundred, and this is simply the latest announcement in a long line of transportation modernisation initiatives. DP World has launched Cargospeed,...
Dubai rolls out autonomous police cars to go alongside its robot police officers
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Technology is changing the world of law enforcement and it’s important to experiment with new ideas that provide low visibility but highly effective policing. A couple of weeks ago, and following on from the deployment of the regions first robot police officer at the Dubai...
There’s something fishy about Dubai Airports new security technology
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Airports are finally moving away from Photo ID’s and passports and embracing new biometric and facial recognition technologies in order to speed up the flow of people and improve the customer experience, but some are worried about the privacy implications Hot on the heels...
Dubai’s first Martian Colony will be on Earth, in Dubai
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Dubai wants to operate a Martian colony on Mars before 2117, and now they’re planning a dress rehearsal on Earth Just a few months on from announcing they were going to, one day, build their own colony on Mars by 2117, the United Arab...
Volocopter puts its sky taxi through its paces above the skies of Dubai
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As more companies experiment with new flying taxi vehicles and commercial concepts Volocopter is increasingly finding itself edging into the lead. Dubai is moving full steam ahead toward a futuristic skyline dotted with modern skyscrapers and flying taxis by kicking off trials of the...
Dubai’s new solar energy park will be the world’s largest, but it’s no super volcano
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Renewable energy is the cheapest form of energy in over 58 countries and Dubai’s vision to create the world’s largest solar park is only going to help accelerate the demise of fossil fuels. Dubai is a country with its sights set on the future,...
A quarter of Dubai’s new buildings will be 3D printed by 2030
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Dubai is determined to take the lead and become a hub for the development of futuristic technologies, and now they’re pushing the boundaries again. The ruler of Dubai is laser focused on turning Dubai in to a hub for the development of future technologies,...
Dubai considers delaying the roll out of its flying taxi service
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Flying taxi’s are great, but like any other responsible country Dubai wants to make sure they meet all the safety standards before they’re rolled out Dubai is rapidly transforming itself into an Emirate that is embracing the future at full tilt, and early in...
Futurist keynote, Dubai: The Future of Minds &Machines, Dubai IAICC International Innovation Conference
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Dubai is a city that was gifted nothing, and had to build and earn everything, and it was a great honour to speak there, in a place that is rapidly becoming the very embodiment of the future. Dubai Dubai so good they named it...
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