Tesla’s first fully loaded electric Class-8 Semi completes its first 500 mile trip
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 500 miles is the sweet spot for trucking because truckers have to stop every 8 hours, and this is a major achievement. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
In the wake of global instability researchers turn to quantum computers to secure supply chains
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Quantum computers can optimise and re-configure even the most complex global supply chains in real time, so they’re going to be a great asset in the future. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
Amazon unveils its new range of fully autonomous warehouse robots
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Amazon faces a worker shortage and cost pressures so it’s trying to solve both with robots. 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,...
The Mayflower becomes the first autonomous ship to cross the Atlantic
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Slowly but surely companies are developing the technology they need to eliminate many of the operating crews on board ships and this is yet another step towards that goal. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself...
New cargo ships to ride on bubbles of air to reduce fuel emissions by 40 percent
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Water resistance means cargo ships burn more fuel, but what if they didn’t float in the water but rode on air instead? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
Hyundai’s giant autonomous cargo ship just completed a trip across the ocean
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This is the first time a large cargo ship has autonomously traversed an ocean, and even though it had some help it’ll soon become the industry’s future. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses...
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...
DHL and Volvo partner up to deliver autonomous hub to hub trucking
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Self driving trucks are coming, and now they’re coming just that little bit faster to change the industry … 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’ve...
Japan to trial new energy tankers to transport energy from deep sea wind farms
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Energy that is generated and stored offshore needs transporting, just like we transport oil today, so Japan have created a new breed of “Energy tankers.” Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
Michelin’s inflatable sails turn giant polluting cargo ships into giant sailing ships
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The global shipping industry contributes about 3% to all global greenhouse gas emissions, so companies are trying to help the industry go “green.” Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Beyond putting rubber...
Firms line up Green Ammonia as a future zero emission fuel for aviation and shipping
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By 2050 the aviation and shipping sectors need to be carbon neutral, which means they need to wean themselves off of polluting fossil fuels fast. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. You...
Rocket delivery anywhere in an hour gets included in latest US military budget
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Sometimes you need to get cargo from A to B very fast and as far as the US military are concerned rockets are the answer. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. A...
Fedex signs Nuro partnership to bring autonomous deliveries to your doorstep
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In the future one of the things missing from your delivery vehicles will be the driver … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Over the past few years Nuro has been taking...
The first battery powered cargo ship is coming to Tokyo
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The global shipping industry burns highly polluting bunker fuel and is one of the world’s biggest polluters and they’ve been given until 2050 to become carbon neutral. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
Amazon’s AI reassigns workers to prevent injuries in bid to create a better workplace
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI might be becoming a Big Brother that’s hiring, managing, and firing workers, but it has health benefits in the workplace too … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
The shipping industry bets big on Ammonia to reach carbon zero
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world’s cargo ships use bunker fuel which is the most polluting form of all fuels, and they need to reach carbon zero by 2050. Ammonia could be the answer. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential...
Quantum computers get busy helping BMW optimise its global supply chain
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Ultra-powerful quantum computers are perfectly designed to help solve optimisation problems, and most global supply chains are highly inefficient. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Back in 2019 Volkswagen became one of...
Walmart will start using fully autonomous trucks to make deliveries this year
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Even though the technology has been around for a few years now its taken companies a while to roll the technology out in anger. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Walmart, who...
Zoox unveils what could be Amazon’s first robo-taxi
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Amazon has a reputation of being a pioneer, and soon they could be the first company to roll out autonomous delivery vehicles en masse. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. It seems...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin outlines plans for first deliveries to the Moon in 2023
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cheaper access to space is leading to a new race to explore it and commercialise it in new ways. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Amazon is already king of retail. They’re...
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