In the crazy crypto world users are burning money to make money
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Crypto currencies, essentially programmable money, don’t play by old world rules and it shows the stark divide between old money and “new” money. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
Samsung beats TSMC to be the first company to produce 3nm computer chips
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The smaller the transistors the more powerful and efficient the computing system, but as transistors get smaller making these chips is getting expensive and harder to do. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses...
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...
Unity and Hyundai unveil plans for the worlds first Meta-Factory
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF More organisations are creating digital twins of their manufacturing facilities and the link with the Metaverse is interesting. 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. By...
Robots go on patrol in South Korean care homes to detect mental health issues
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As technology gets better at using different biomarkers and biometric cues to detect how people are feeling it’s opening up new healthcare opportunities. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
Seoul to become the world’s first Metaverse city
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The Metaverse and Virtual Reality can help people connect in new ways and improve people’s access to various services and locations like never before. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
Samsung just built the world’s highest resolution 200MP camera sensor
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Why settle for photo-real images when they can be better than life itself?! Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Samsung’s latest super-sized camera sensor is the “Isocell HP1” and it has a...
Samsung’s super fast 6G prototype transmits data at 6.2Gbps in first test
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In a decade people will be starting to install the first 6G gear – and the future comms revolution it starts here … 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 may feel...
Samsung shows off a new stretchable display perfect for wearables
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Fixed rigid screens and displays are becoming a thing of the past and that’s opening up a world of new applications … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. We’ve had curved displays...
Research finds energy and transports hidden global cost could be $25 Trillion
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Pollution and other factors have hidden consequences on everything from our health to the environment, and those consequences have costs. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. The “hidden cost” of our largely...
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...
Mother brings her daughter back from the dead in Virtual Reality
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Technology is impacting all of society in new ways, and it’s even starting to get us to question the concept of death and dying. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Death used...
Three tech giants team up to build ‘giant’ laptops with flexible displays
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to fold screens and displays opens the door to new computer and smart device formats, and this is just the beginning. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. We’ve all seen...
Hyundai’s walking flying autonomous car might be the future of disaster relief
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We’re reinventing the car, and adding legs gives it a whole new dimension … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. When we think about the future of transport it looks like everything...
Samsung guns for 6G leadership by unveiling its future vision
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 6G is about 8 to 10 years away, but companies are already positioning themselves to be the leaders in the space. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. 5G is has just started...
Samsung have been hiding their latest holographic TV’s in a dark lab
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Life sized holographic displays will be supercharged by 6G technology, and Samsung’s pushing hard to get the tech ready for launch in 2028. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Samsung wants to...
LG’s keynote speaker at CES 2021 was a digital human called Reah
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF You’re a human flesh bag, but today the technology to create virtual beings and digital humans is accelerating 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. Humans aren’t what they used to be....
Samsung’s new robot does all your housework and serves you wine
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Housework is boring, robots are awesome, and soon you can bring that awesomeness home. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. When I was compiling Samsung’s centennial Life in 2070 report to celebrate...
LG’s first rollable TV is now on sale for an eye watering price
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF They’ve been years in development, but finally flexible and in this case rollable displays are coming to the market. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. LG has been talking about a huge...
K-Pop’s newest band member will be a CGI generated digital human
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Everything you watch through a screen is just a collection of digital pixels, and as AI gets better at generating synthetic content real human performers could be less relevant … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from...
