This Brain on a Chip tech is designed to destroy brain tumours faster and cheaper
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The treatments to destroy and kill brain tumours hasn’t evolved very much in the past two decades, but new technologies are coming through to give us hope. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses...
As Web 3.0 gets going Jack Dorsey just announced Web 5.0
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are many that hope Web 3.0 will be a decentralised censor free internet, but that’s unlikely to be the case, so Dorsey is now looking ahead to Web 5.0. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof...
Minecraft gets a huge Web 3.0 upgrade thanks to a new Polygon mod
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Web 3.0, which is a collection of technologies, will be the future of the internet and could create a new digital economy that rivals today’s global economy in size and breadth so mods like this one on major platforms are interesting … Love the...
Ethereum could settle over $8 Trillion worth of transactions this year
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The Web 3.0, crypto, and digital asset economies are surging even as the crypto markets themselves crash which now means that it looks like these trends are unstoppable. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with...
Yet another AI has invented its own secret gibberish language to communicate
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If AI’s continue to invent, and then evolve, their own languages to do whatever it is they’re doing “better” then we’re going to have some serious issues trying to figure out what they’re doing and how they make decisions. Love the Exponential Future? Join...
Researchers have found a way to make hydrogen from biogas
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Biogas is green-ish and renewable, but hydrogen is arguably the ultimate green fuel and now we can make it from biogas. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
ORNL ushers in the exascale computing era with the world’s first exaflop supercomputer
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Supercomputers are always getting faster, and now for the first time one has smashed the exascale barrier. 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. After years...
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...
Just like Google this AI learns by reading the entire web non stop
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are only three companies whose systems read and trawl the entire web non stop to learn and create the “Semantic Web” and Diffbot is one of them. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
Digital design studio The Fabricant lets everyone become a Metaverse fashion designer
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Every skill is being democratised and made simpler to master, and now fashion design is in the technology cross hairs with the added benefit this new platform lets you earn NFT $$$. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with...
A startup has found a way to let Bitcoiners buy homes while avoiding taxes
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Most people don’t want to sell their digital assets let alone pay taxes on them, so a new startup has found a way to avoid doing either when buying a home, and regulators have no idea … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential...
This new silent drone flies using ionic propulsion and nothing but ionised air
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you think planes need fuel to fly then ionic propulsion will make you think again … 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. A while...
These new plastic batteries could make low cost grid scale storage possible
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Renewable energy technologies don’t generate electricity all the time – yet – so it has to be stored, and when it comes to grid scale storage cost is king. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
An AI just invented a new enzyme that breaks down plastics in weeks
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Firstly AI creating new enzymes is a game changer that accelerates new product development, and secondly plastic is a scourge, so this breakthrough has a double whammy. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
Grid scale iron battery storage helps utilities eliminate gas peaker plants
WHY THS MATTERS IN BRIEF If we want to get rid of fossil fuel energy generation sources then we need grid scale batteries that store electricity for alot longer than today’s LiON battery systems … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential...
The world’s first NFT mortgage lets you buy real property in new ways
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The $17 Trillion mortgage industry hasn’t been disrupted in centuries, but things are changing … 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 hottest Non-Fungible Token...
A virus wiped out anti-biotic resistant bacteria in an immunocompromised patient
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Anti-Biotic resistance is a growing problem, and researchers and governments are increasingly desparate for solutions – this could be one. 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...
Customers shocked after market crash sees two cryptocurrencies just turn their networks off
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you have cash under your bed it’s there forever, but what happens when cryptocurrency companies just turn their networks off … customers just found out and it’s not good. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential...
Sony and co form an alliance to use blockchain tech to fight DeepFakes
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Some deepfakes are meant for fun, others are meant to spread lies, disinformation, and weaponise society against itself so new tools are needed to detect them. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
A new ultra lightweight hydrogen fuel tank could make jet fuel obsolete
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydrogen fuels tanks aren’t sexy but if you want to replace jet fuel with greener energy alternatives then making them light is crucial, so this is a milestone. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
