Toyota’s new prototype hydrogen canister can run your microwave for literally hours
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We need to find new ways to transport hydrogen effectively and safely, and while canisters are one way Toyota probably needs something that provides people with alot more “umpfff!” But it’s a start. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself...
The US and Japan are in a race to replace the Lithium Ion battery
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Just a few countries control the supply of the world’s Lithium, and in today’s odd geopolitical world that’s an issue, so the race is on to eliminate Lithium from batteries. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential...
AI is designing new alloys to order at super human speeds
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Most of the products you use are made from alloys, and AI is now designing new alloys that are better, stronger, and more environmentally friendly faster than ever before. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
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,...
Toyota used AI to supercharge EV battery development and saved years of effort
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI can try millions of different chemical permutations a day, and dramatically accelerate product development. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Scientists and researchers around the world are increasingly turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI)and so called Robo-Scientists to...
Dutch startup unveils the world’s first long range commercial solar car
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In the future cars won’t run on batteries, now we have a pathway to create solar panels with up to 80% efficiency the future is battery-less. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. I’ve been saying for a long...
Futurist Keynote, Romania: Live an Exponential Life, ICEEFest
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As the rate of technology development accelerates to unprecedented levels it’s increasingly difficult for people to see what’s coming and get their heads around it all. Firstly, it was an honour to be invited to be the keynote at this year’s ICEFest in Romania...
JAXA and Toyota team up to create a Moon buggy with a 10,000km range
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF It’s a question of when, not if, we go back to and live on the Moon, and we’ll need transportation… Interested in the future and want to experience even more?! eXplore More. As more nation states, space agencies and billionaires, like China and NASA, Elon...
Toyota’s zero emission hydrogen trucks start hauling cargo in California
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydrogen powered and Lithium Ion battery powered electric vehicles have been battling for dominance for years, and now fuel cell technology is starting to hit the roads for real. Interested in the future and want to experience even more?! eXplore More. It’s been two...
Mystery car company partners with WiTricity to bring wirelessly charged EV’s to market
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As governments and organisations around the world race to install new plug in electric vehicle charging stations, manufacturers, are already thinking ahead and they’ll be bringing wirelessly charged cars to the market sooner than anyone thinks. A new electric car that uses wireless charging...
Toyota’s autonomous vehicle concept signals the death of the car
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By 2040 the concept of the car will be dead, replaced instead by autonomous multi-modal pods, and this is Toyota’s vision of a possible future. As we begin to stare the death of the car in the face, with even companies like Audi realising...
Toyota ties up with blockchain startups to connect its world
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Blockchain is one of the world’s most promising emerging technologies and it’s now finding its way into the automotive and transportation sectors Just a few weeks after Ford officially ousted its CEO in order to make way for a new, more future focused CEO,...
Toyota’s latest third space concept car wants to be your friend
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cars are evolving, they’re no longer modes of transportation, they’re lounges and homes on wheels, and Toyota’s Yui wants to be your friend. Toyota recently revealed a new concept vehicle with a virtual companion named Yui built in and while, in the past a...
