Category: futurism
A Brain-Inspired Chip Can Run AI With Far Less Energy
18 Nov, 2022The NeuRRAM chip can run computations within its memory, where it stores data not in traditional binary digits, but in …
What’s the Origin of Consciousness? A Global Challenge Is Exploring Leading Theories
6 Jun, 2021How does consciousness work? A frenemy collaboration is duking it out. Six different teams from across the globe are uniting …
What is Intelligent Process Automation and How Does it Differ from Robotic Process Automation?
30 Jan, 2021We are living at times when technology is vacillating. Every day that we wake up, we cannot say with certainty that something …
The Human Factor: Digital Connectivity Still Needs a Human Touch
27 Nov, 2020We live in an amazing era of technology-driven transformation that’s redefining how we sell, market, communicate, collaborate, innovate, train, and …
The Board Directors You Need for a Digital Transformation
19 Sep, 2020Boards have a vital role to play in digital transformation. Early role descriptions for digital directors were focused on reacting …
How Will IoT Revolutionize Pharmaceutical Manufacturing?
21 Apr, 2020Pharma is big business, but what it’s not generally recognized is, in large part, a manufacturing business with complex supply …
5 Ways the Internet of Things is Changing the Game for Education and Learning
31 Mar, 2020There’s been so much buzz about the Internet of Things (IoT) in the past couple of years. For today’s youngsters, …
Future classroom: will AI transform education?
21 Dec, 2019News that Pearson, the world’s largest textbook publisher, is phasing out print publications for higher education to adopt a resolutely …
Top 10 IT trends of the last 20 years
24 Aug, 2019Two decades ago some people still used dial-up modems, and now the world is at our fingertips. Read on to …
An AI for Image Recognition Spontaneously Gained a ‘Number Sense’
25 May, 2019Many of us struggle with mathematical concepts, yet we’re all equipped with an innate “number sense,” or numerosity. Thanks to …
5 Coming Breakthroughs in Energy and Transportation
21 May, 2019The energy and transportation industries are being aggressively disrupted by converging exponential technologies. In just five days, the sun provides …
A neural network can read scientific papers and render a plain-English summary
22 Apr, 2019The work of a science writer, including this one, includes reading journal papers filled with specialized technical terminology, and figuring …