Are AIs Developing Gender Identity?
Artificial neural networks have given AIs the functionality for complex problem solving and pattern recognition, and they have entered the workforce, particularly in areas of big data analysis and...
View ArticleHow banking is evolving into smartbanking
For many banks the thought of integrating modern technologies feels like a minefield. Claudia Hauser, EMEA financial services lead at Microsoft, believes that financial institutions need to proactively...
View ArticleAutonomous Kitchens Feed the World: The Spyce Boys of MIT
How are we going to feed ourselves in 2050, when the population of the world reaches 9.7 billion? How are we going to manage resources, when the majority of fresh water in the world goes to farming,...
View ArticleAdvancements in Healthcare
Various thought leaders have opined that we are in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, as seen by the fact that new technologies are disrupting all industries, disciplines, and economies. By 2020, the...
View ArticleThe Kitchen Nanofarm: The Future of Fresh Produce
Technology has addressed the waste and energy use concerns in the way the world grows, packages, ships, and wastes fresh produce. At this point, agriculture is not sustainable, and the inequities in...
View ArticleBest Practices for a Sucessful Crowdfunding Campaign
With a number of active crowdfunding platforms, some wonderful business success stories, and a few glorious crash-and-burns, we have enough information to detail some best practices for crowdfunding...
View ArticleButtons and Joysticks? The Human-Machine Interface is something different
Toggles and joysticks, inputs and outputs, control buttons: the human-machine interface is not about gadgets. The current state of interaction between humans and machines, soon to be humans and AIs, is...
View ArticleCurrent Trends in Crowdfunding Campaigns
Crowdfunding has changed since the first exciting days, and several new trends show the maturing industry. Projects rooted in sustainability remain popular, such as hemp fiber glasses frames and window...
View ArticleHealthcare: IoT in Telemedicine
Internet of Things (IoT) — the ability to connect any device to the Internet through an on and off switch — is a major component of telemedicine, which allows healthcare professionals to communicate...
View ArticleBusiness Values and the New Standards for Success
Successful businesses tend to share similar values that boost their employee engagement. A loyal, dedicated, and energized staff, working toward a common goal, is the gold standard for a happy and...
View ArticleFemTech Rising
The last year has seen a number of exciting startups securing venture capital and developing innovative products that include healthcare wearables. FemTech is the name for the women-led, women-designed...
View ArticleYour Lawyer Has a Big Neural Network
The centaurs are moving into the world more rapidly than anyone imagined. Hybrid human-AI teams are combining the big data analysis and pattern recognition powers of AIs with the creative and...
View ArticleThe Evolution of the Smartphone
What is going to come after the smartphone? Will it evolve or will it be replaced? Whoever figures this out and develops the technology is going to make a great deal of money. The smart thinkers are...
View ArticleDigital Transformation and the Changing Face of Business
What will business look like in 2050? Halfway through the new century, will we still be using organizational models and processes that belong to a different era? Will the predicted change be part of...
View ArticleOrganizational Structures Support Disruptive Change
If we think about organizational structure as a way to weather the disruptive change technology, automation, and outsourcing will bring to business is the next century, business can develop...
View ArticleBasics of the Lean Startup
The ideas behind the lean startup model are excellent tools for financial planning and forecasting for all startup businesses, not just those who are developing a new to market product. Using...
View ArticleThe Future of Mobile: What Will We Use After Smartphones?
Technology is always changing, always growing. Like a snowball rolling downhill, our innovations compound and change almost constantly. But what happens when the maximum output for a product has been...
View ArticleCyber Warrior Princess to the Rescue
We need some cyber warriors, and we needed them yesterday. Especially at Equifax, the agency that used to guard our credit reports. The 143 million people effected by having their personal financial...
View ArticleProtect your Users from Cybercrime
As the Internet changes, so too does the world. For instance, the scope of corporate data is widening, and cyber criminals are finding more reasons and ways to undermine that data for profit....
View ArticlePrinciples of Glocal Integration: Business Transformation to a Global Market
The term glocal, used to describe global and local actions together, is used in several ways by business today. Many people supporting the local movement, such as local food advocates and those...
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