A new breed of human is on its way. Transhumanists are a group who seek to accelerate the evolution of humanity through science and technology. Oliver Pickup investigates the movement, the implications for humankind and asks, is it morally wrong…
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Global life expectancy rates continue to rise, which poses the question: will the trend ever stop? New research reports there’s no sign of a fixed age limit for the human body, with human beings set to keep living longer and…
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The 15 per cent of companies that are farthest along on the digital maturity curve are eight times more likely to have gained market share than the 15 per cent of companies that are least mature — and this is…
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Look for words such as “omnichannel” to eventually become outdated, because all shopping will be omnichannel by definition. Also look for “online” and “offline” to increasingly become interchangeable, as shoppers and stores learn to use technology more intuitively. Read more…
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Drivers, for instance, may no longer be drivers, relying instead on hailing a driverless car on demand, and if they do decide to buy, they will likely share the vehicle—by renting it out to other people when it isn’t in…
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Customers interact with your brand how they want to, and it won’t necessarily be how you think. Superfans and brand advocates will do what they think is in the brand’s best interests. The key is in harnessing all that power…
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Synthetic cell-growing bone could make bone marrow transplants a thing of the past By Charlie Osborne
2 July 2017Views: 1,018Each year, roughly 20,000 people in the United States alone are left waiting for a bone marrow transplant which could help them recover from bouts of cancer or cure them of bone marrow diseases. Researchers have developed a synthetic bone material…
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Cities will be able to analyze their inhabitants’ quality of life through their food [consumption], and arable land will be rendered unnecessary.We will also discover smart nutrition for a total personalization of our diets, which will also affect the way…
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What you’re going to see for a lot of jobs is a churn of different tasks , a lawyer today doesn’t develop systems that offer advice, but the lawyer of 2025 will. They’ll still be called lawyers but they’ll be…
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Last year Clear Returns reported that returns were costing the UK retail industry £60 billion. In the US the National Retail Federation reported that Americans returned $260 billion in merchandise in 2015, or 8% of all purchases. It’s a similar…