Futures thinking - Issue #5

Ever wanted to be a cyborg? Biohacking is the practice of inserting functional implants under your skin to try and ‘enhance’ the human body. In this short documentary for City University, we examine it’s origins, it’s potential commercialisation, and speak to people who choose to hack their bodies.

With EEG, onboard AI and machine learning, Neurosity claims that its Crown device – a wearable piece of tech for your head – can automatically detect when you’re working away.

WorldCoin, a new cryptocurrency launched by tech millionaire Sam Altman, wants to give everyone in the world free coin — in exchange for a scan of your iris.

It’s 2021 people… Where the heck are all the flying cars already? Well, it is also… 2021. This means we are getting pretty darn close now… And there will be A TON of options to choose from once these vehicles start to become available to the average consumer! From a flying bike, to flying

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Today I met my first ever non-human table tennis player, Forpheus from Omron at the Messe Exhibition Center in Hanover, Germany. This machine is absolutely incredible and has inbuilt features such as artificial intelligence and the ability to learn from the opponent! What I found mind blo

Construction has begun on a manufacturing pilot project to see battery-grade nickel, cobalt and manganese for precursor battery cathode materials (PCAM) in Perth.

The product is only available in Texas for now. At Tesla’s shareholders meeting last week, CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla would expand its insurance product to Texas and add the real-time driving behavior aspect next week.

An army of more than 4,000 marching doglike robots is a vaguely menacing sight, even in a simulation. But it may point the way for machines to learn new tricks. The virtual robot army was developed by researchers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland and chipmaker Nvidia.

There’s black, and then there’s ultra-black: a blacker-than-black color that absorbs up to 99.9 percent of light.