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Explore the next frontier of tech innovation, and imagine our society in the near and far future.
- Top Story - April 2018
Is the iGen Going to Be a Problem?
In my marriage and family class a couple days ago, we talked about parenting children. I love children! I want my own someday in the near future once I am done with college. What got not only me but my class thinking was this question from my professor: “Do you think that parents are becoming lazy when it comes to handling their own children?” My following question was: Are they really?
Madi HauschildPublished 6 years ago in 01 How Is Technology Affecting the Nature of Organisations?
1. Advantages Did technology have an impact on the nature of organisations? If so, how did it do so? According to the IBM research, which included interviewing 765 CEOs, nearly 80 percent of them rated business and technology integration of great importance (Palmisano, 2006: p.32).
Published 6 years ago in 01The Future of Human Resources
Decades ago, on a little TV series called Star Trek, starship captain James T. Kirk sat at the conference room table and talked at a clunky box he referred to as "computer."
Matt CatesPublished 6 years ago in 01Jobs Robots Will Take First
Though the current political atmosphere of the world definitely has a lot to do with the slumping job market, the truth is that there's another reason why jobs aren't as common as they used to be: automation.
Riley Raul ReesePublished 6 years ago in 01The Impact of Artificial Intelligence
Google’s Director of Engineering, Ray Kurzweil, is also a well-known “futurist.” According to Wikipedia, futurists are described as follows:
Chris MarshfieldPublished 6 years ago in 0110 Tech Advances That Make It Sound Like We Are Living in an Episode of 'Black Mirror'
We live in an era of interesting and innovative technological advances. Some of which, would make great fodder for a new season of our favorite dystopian anthology series, Black Mirror. From self-driving semis to paying for goods with your face, here are 10 technological advances that sound like we are living in an episode of Black Mirror.
Sarah FennellPublished 6 years ago in 01The Future of Broadcasting
My name is Trevor Beard. Since high school I have always wanted to become a broadcaster. I followed news, sports, government and current events since I was old enough to read. Growing up in the 80s and early 90s I just missed the Gen X and internet boom. I graduated in 1994 from a rural Southern Oregon community. There was no TV, or radio station within 30 miles and the only media in the area being a now defunct weekly newspaper.
Trevor BeardPublished 6 years ago in 01Automate, Digitise, or Humanise?
In one of the meetings that I had with a customer in Madrid last week with some doubts, which recently are becoming recurrent, rose up when we started a process of digital transformation in any type of business. Digitalisation or Automation? What is the difference? Is automating an improvement of digitalisation?
Marc VidalPublished 6 years ago in 01Digital Resilience
Technological advancement can disrupt, but it can also enhance. The difference between the two often rests in how we respond.
Andrew JenkinsPublished 6 years ago in 01Transhumanism and You
Technology has already changed the world as we know it for good, whether it’s how you get to work in the morning, keep in touch with loved ones, or socialize. Experts are constantly reporting new information on the way developments in technology, like social media for example, are changing our brains. Experts have found that multitasking across multiple media platforms is resulting in measurable physical changes in the brain such as decreased grey matter in the anterior cingulate cortex. In layman’s terms, that means people who are checking multiple different medias in a short span of time are experiencing a decrease in their ability to perform cognitive control tasks (process information and adapt accordingly) as well as social and emotional difficulties. If something as recent as social media is having such a profound effect already, how deep do these changes really go?
Emily SandlinPublished 7 years ago in 01Minimum Wage Zero
Probably not. Examining how robots can be used to replace human workers. There are a lot of reasons why humans could be replaced by robots but it doesn't seem to be happening in real life. People are constantly being replaced with machines but more jobs for people keep appearing. If machines ever get to the point where they are technically capable of doing everything people will still be hesitant to use them for everything because of potential damage to the economy.
Naima OmarPublished 7 years ago in 01Will We Have AI Whisperers?
Some people are amazingly effective at dealing with dogs. Unruly canines that won’t obey their owners happily listen to these people. It’s as if they have a mysterious power that lets them divine whatever is going on inside that dog’s head. We call such people dog whisperers.