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Every month we examine the newest exponential innovations and choose the one we feel will have the greatest impact on the world.
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IBM’s TrueNorth, a cognitive “neuromorphic” computing chip whose architecture resembles that of the human brain – although it switches neurons for transistors, is being trialled by Samsung…
Drone company Zipline takes to the skies to deliver medical care packages San Francisco based startup, Zipline, is about to begin testing its drone delivery system intended…
Olympic teams used to look for marginal gains but now new technology gains appear to be anything but marginal Update [Aug 13 2016: 21.26GMT] Team GB…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Our first responders put their lives on the line for us every day, now they have a new guardian angel AI. …
Tokomak Energy aims to build mini-nuclear reactors and announces target of producing electricity by 2025 and feeding power into the grid by 2030 Nuclear fusion…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF DARPA’S Cyber Grand Challenge is over but the winner is still no match for humans. The Heartbleed security bug…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are in the middle of a tug of war that pits Human security experts against autonomous AI “Robo-Hackers” but…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Everything inside Team USA’s olympic training camp screams technology. Outside it was a beautiful spring day with Pikes Peak…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The Rio 2016 running track is the fastest ever and records will fall. Love the Exponential Future? Join our…
In an age of pen and paper one man stood out, and he’s just surprised us again The advantage of hosting your own blog or magazine is…
The virtual world just got a new payments technology and it’s as easy as nodding your head Chinese web behemoth and Amazon stalking horse Alibaba…
Scientists for the first time have created a technology that can display true, high resolution colour holograms but Hollywood holograms are still a way off…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The US Navy’s trials of their first autonomous warship platform have been wildly successful. The US Navy’s new unarmed…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to re-program quantum computers, in the same way we can re-program today’s computers will mean companies don’t have…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Imagine a new form of communication, one that transcends phones and virtual reality. Imagine telepathy. I know what you’re…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In the not so distant future drugs cheats will give way to gene cheats, and WADA plans on catching them…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Mental preparation for the Olympic games has always been a crucial part of a sports persons training, now Olympians have turned…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF More and more private organisations are taking on the final frontier, now Moon Express have a license to land on…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Pokémon Go changed our children’s lives – okay, we’ll admit it – all of our lives. Now it’s hard to…
The Bitfinex heist is the latest is a growing line of high profile heists that are undermining confidence in the crypto currency The price of…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In an increasingly connected society cyber attacks can wreak more havoc than ever before and now the US has a…
It’s getting harder and harder to hide these days thanks to sensors, such as those from Camero Tech’s line of Xaver tactical radars, that can see…
We’re used to hearing about how robots will take our jobs so meet the co-bots that help us keep them With factories across the globe…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today it’s already a fact that more and more jobs are being automated by machines, faced with societal unrest and…
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