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Explore the next frontier of tech innovation, and imagine our society in the near and far future.
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).
By 6 years ago in 01
10 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.
By Sarah Fennell6 years ago in 01
The 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.
By Trevor Beard7 years ago in 01
Automate, 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?
By Marc Vidal7 years ago in 01
Transhumanism 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?
By Emily Sandlin7 years ago in 01
Minimum 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.
By Naima Omar7 years ago in 01
What Will We Do When Machines Take Our Jobs?
From heavy industry to the gig economy, technology is constantly changing the way we live and work. Tech has come an astonishingly long way in recent decades and if we extrapolate our trajectory, the sort of ideas we see as literally magic today may very well be a reality within the next 30 years or so.
By Matt Saunders7 years ago in 01