Scientists have created a swarm of injectable brain reading nanosensors
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you think the only way we can connect your mind to a computer is via a chip or a skull cap think again. 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 mission...
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...
Breakthrough gene therapy treatment cures children born without immune systems
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF I don’t have to tell you why having an immune system is important – and for those born without one this is literally life saving. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. An...
This robot taught itself to walk in simulation then went for a stroll
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Coding robots to do things is so yesterday – training them in simulation is the future and it’s 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. Recently I showed off how training a...
This AI created its own lesson plans to learn faster then smashed other AI’s out the park
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Noone learns in the same way, but optimising lesson plans for students as well as AI’s, would help all of us learn new skills faster. 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...
Futurists are training AI to predict the future and make them redundant
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Lots of people and companies want to be able to predict the future, for a whole variety of different reasons, so will this new approach work? Only time, ironically, will tell. Interested in the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses...
Worlds first plug and play brain prosthesis tested successfully in the US
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Brain implants and prosthetics play an important role in helping people with neurological conditions getting their lives back together, and now they don’t need to be trained. Interested in the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from our XPotential Academy, connect, watch a keynote,...
Students AI written blog fools most humans and rockets to the top of the charts
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As AI’s get better at generating and writing content, then writing viral content, soon most of the content we read could be AI generated rather than written by humans. Love the Exponential Future? Join our FREE XPotential Community, enjoy exclusive content, future proof yourself with XPotential University, connect, watch...
AI’s that can create and infinitely stream their own content are getting closer
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As AI’s get better at generating synthetic content, from art, games, and music, to imagery and videos, have you ever wondered what happens when they can stream unique, tailored content 24-7 365? No? Uh-Oh. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, enjoy exclusive content, future...
Diagnosing Type 2 diabetes is now as easy as taking a selfie
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Diabetes is a killer, and the earlier people can detect it the sooner they can seek potentially life saving treatment and advice. Love the Exponential Future? Join our free XPotential Community, enjoy premium content, futureproof yourself with XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Forget about...
Powerful inhalable Covid-19 vaccine passes preliminary tests
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Vaccines are hard to create and almost as hard to produce at scale, but an aerosol based vaccine could change that paradigm radically. Interested in the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from our XPotential Academy, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. A while...
Genetically engineered cattle only produce male offspring to save the world
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF DNA is the software of life, and our ability to code it is getting exponentially better – for better and worse. Interested in the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from our XPotential Academy, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. In spite of the...
Squids help researchers genetically engineer human cells and turn them invisible
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Squid have a huge number of secret skills, and now thanks to genetic engineering humans could one day have those same skills too. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. People everywhere want superpowers – even though their own...
Scientists have visualised stress in plants for the first time
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As these sensors become more powerful one day we’ll be able to visualise the stress crops are under at scale and intervene to save them. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Today, thanks in part to climate change,...
Scientists unveil yet another AI that converts your thoughts into sentences
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to use brain machine interfaces to communicate with one another, as well as control machines, will revolutionise society in a range of ways. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Having a machine read your dreams and...
Google built a four legged robot that then taught itself to walk
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If we have to teach robots how to do everything the rate innovation in the field is going to be lethargic, but if robots can teach themselves it’ll dramatically accelerate their rate of development. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote,...
A revolutionary $100 kit can now detect any pathogens in under an hour
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Figuring out if you’re ill or not is the easy part, but figuring out what disease you have is difficult until now. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. The combination of the cameras, microphones, and sensors in smartphones...
Invisible soldiers get closer after new thermal camouflage breakthrough
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We already have invisibility cloaks thanks to metamaterials, and now phase change materials will hide you from infra red sensors to turn you completely invisible. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. If you don’t want to be found...
Wearables join the fight to help identify people infected with Covid-19
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Coronavirus tests have been in very short supply, and many simply don’t work, so wearables are being bought in to help join the fight. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Since COVID-19 first began to spread, several digital health...
UC Berkeley unveils first robotic Covid-19 testing lab
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Globally Covid-19 lab testing facilities are under enormous pressure but robotic labs are arriving to help increase capacity. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. As the coronavirus, COVID-19, continues its spread around the world entrepreneurs and governments around...
