Übergeek Ray Kurzweil lays it all out for the next 25 years. And he’s been right before. By the 2020s, most diseases will go away as nanobots become smarter than current medical technology. Normal human eating can be replaced by … Continue reading
How can the CIO stay relevant in the era of IT ‘consumerization’? Excellence in user experience in the consumer arena is driving expectations of department heads for similar experiences with business solutions. Department heads want to find business solutions for … Continue reading
“A man, a plan, and an aerosol can.” armed with ink and imagination, a vancouver street artist has stenciled a series of street art compositions in and around his urban surroundings. each image shares a relationship to a particular aspect … Continue reading
Will our children welcome the new robot overlords? There will of course be new industries and jobs created in the future, just as there always have been. The question is, will they look like GM and Wal-Mart? Or more like … Continue reading
The cockpit of the jet fighter is long overdue for a re-design, and it will be radically different. “Eye tracking; gesture control; neuro control; augmented reality – these sorts of things are being looked at,” says Bowman. “If we go … Continue reading
The ecosystem of digital collaboration tools and its evolution in the coming year. These days, it’s lightweight tools and techniques for working together that are in vogue again. The reasons are complex but can mostly be summarized partially as a … Continue reading
FedEx business unit to consolidate 1200 employees to new campus in Plano, Tx. Occupancy slated for late 2015. About the same time, KDC signed a deal to build a 265,000-square-foot headquarters for FedEx Office as part of the Legacy West … Continue reading
The retail experience is going digital ever faster, and many retailers are struggling to keep up with the changes. Last year, online shopping via mobile devices overtook desktop usage for the first time, indicating a big shift in consumer behavior … Continue reading
The magic behind Netflix use of Big Data may just be a human. Of course, there is a big difference between using data in combination with intuition and relying entirely on an algorithm—the decision-making equivalent of Siri finding gas stations … Continue reading
The technology that can read your emotions. (Login required) The evolving technology has the potential to help people or even save lives. Cameras that could sense when a trucker is exhausted might prevent him from falling asleep at the wheel. … Continue reading