Industrial Revolution
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF How we build buildings is changing, slowly, but surely. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Spray on clothes are not new, but as the technology matures some companies are using it to create performance apparel….
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The way we manufacture products, including cars, could change radically in the decades ahead. Love the Exponential Future? Join…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Most of America’s infrastructure is legacy and crumbling so the government has put out the call for new infrastructure innovations….
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Stillsuits are suits that can, supposedly, infinitely recycle your body’s precious water to help you survive extreme environments. Love…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By creating a laser out of pure glass future lasers can be much smaller, simplified, and be much more stable…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Paints whose colours never fade is one thing, but paint that’s lighter has all kind of applications … Love…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Urban mining is the new term being given to the recycling of urban materials, which include everything from cars to…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF I’ve been tracking the rise of transparent electronics and TV’s for a long time now, and they’re inching closer to…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Display systems are everywhere, but this latest innovation oushes the limits of biology, technology, and imagination … Love the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Compounds are the basis for all materials on Earth, and the invention of a new family of compounds is a…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Magnetorestrictive materials might not be commonplace, but now they’re helping China’s latest generation of stealth submarines become undetectable at sea….
