Futurist Keynote, London: Limitless with the University of Greenwich
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In this keynote session futurist Matthew Griffin discusses how technology is redefining human potential, human learning, and opening the door to the greatest era Mankind has ever seen … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
Researchers new high energy density grid scale storage flow battery lasts 30 years
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Flow batteries have significant advantages over their traditional LIoN battery cousins, and they’re getting better. 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. Edinburgh-based energy storage solutions...
Researchers clash silicon and photonic chips together to build ultra-fast low power chips
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Photonic computers move data at the speed of light using ultra low energy and many think they’re the future of computing. 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,...
In a win win this company cools datacenters by heating community pools
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Swimming pools are spending huge sums of money on heating, and datacenter operators spend huge sums on cooling, by working together this is a win win. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
BritCoin could arrive in the next decade says BoE
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Countries will eventually embrace Central Bank Digital Currencies, and several are moving ahead already. 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. The UK is pushing ahead...
Self-aware robots that recognise themselves and have a sense of self are getting closer
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Humans and robots are still very different and there are advantages to being self-aware which is why researchers are cranking up their efforts in the field. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Futurist Keynote, UK: The Future Workforce with HM Government, DWP
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In this keynote session with the UK Government futurist Matthew Griffin discusses how technology is changing how companies hire, manage, and fire people, and how the workforce is changing for better and worse. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself...
ChatGPT listed as an author on research papers and scientists disapprove
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As the text writing bot ChatGPT takes on the world more people are getting unhappy about it and now it’s the scientists turn. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
This new invention lets doctors see radiation beams in real time
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF How do doctors know if radiation therapy is hitting the right part of the patient or tumor? Well, until now it was “a good guess.” Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
Old oil wells are finding new life as Hydrogen fuel sources thanks to these bacteria
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Once oil wells are tapped out they’re capped, but now they’re getting a new lease of life after bacteria injected into them turn them into green hydrogen fuel sources. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
Quantum sensors help BT boost the power of its 5G network a hundred fold
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF While this technology is new and emerging it shows great promise for the future. 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. British telecoms giant BT is...
DeepMind’s newest AI thrashes human gamers at Stratego
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We all make decisions even in the absence of data and in order for AI to “take on the real world” it has to aswell but so far that’s been tricky. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses...
Futurist Keynote, UK: The Future of Infrastructure 2080 with NCE
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In this keynote speaker and futurist Matthew Griffin discusses how N+2 and N+3 generation emerging technologies could transform how we build infrastructure and what that means for the civil engineering sector. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses...
New genetic firewalls keep engineered alien bacteria safe from outside attack
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We’re becoming increasingly adept at coding life and created new kinds of DNA, and that’s good and bad … 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....
Google now sees a time when coding will be automated, rolls out AlphaCode
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Google can now see a time when coding is automated and human programmers “solve harder challenges.” 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. As I’ve been...
Rolls Royce successfully runs a converted aircraft engine on Hydrogen
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you want to decarbonise air travel then you need new, or modified engines, that can run on new fuels like Hydrogen. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
Futurist Keynote, UK: The Fascinatingly Unpredictable Sci-Fi-Less Future with ABRDN
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In this leadership session speaker and futurist Matthew Griffin discusses how emerging technologies and trends are transforming every industry, and the impacts that that has on investors and the future of leadership. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with...
The world’s first tunnel dug by an autonomous robot swarm was just completed in the UK
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today digging tunnels is slow – as slow as a snail – but this new method makes it exponentially faster and cheaper opening up all manner of possibilities. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
UK courts become the first in the world to let lawyers serve NFT court orders
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In an age where everyone can be anonymous criminals are taking advantage of hiding in the shadows, but now lawyers can get them fast and cheaply. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Lawyers are air dropping NFT’s on anonymous criminals to serve court orders
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF You’re an anonymous criminal, but your digital crypto wallet isn’t anonymous … now we can get ya! 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. The dusty...
