String field theory co-founder Michio Kaku did not even try to explain his controversial yet undeniably brilliant cosmological theory of everything during his interview on Reddit, beyond this analogy: “In string theory, all particles are vibrations on a tiny rubber…
These amazing, almost 100-year old covers of the weekly French magazine Le Petite Journal are from the online collection of the french National Library. They show what were the most exciting innovations of the 1920s, and how people in Europe…
Continued population growth and industrial expansion is having a major impact on food, water and energy supplies. In the early 2000s, there were six billion people on Earth. By 2030, there are an additional two billion, most of them from…
The Burrus Hard Trend™ Methodology is a scientifically developed system based on thirty years of research. Many companies, including Deloitte, Lockheed Martin, and IBM to name a few, have changed how they forecast and strategize based on this methodology of…
KPMG in collaboration with the Mowat Centre at the School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto, has published the report “Future State 2030: The global megatrends shaping governments”. Their analysis distinguished nine global megatrends impacting governments at all…
Forecasting the future is never easy. We were, of course, supposed to have flying cars by now–and yet here we all are, still stuck in traffic on the ground. But lack of personal aerial-transportation options aside, we are living in…
No matter what industry you’re in, your company can’t survive without technology. From smart phones and tablets to mobile apps and cloud-based technology, there’s a plethora of technological advancements to not only keep track of, but also to profit from.…
From the blurring of the line between the real life and online to the creation of “shadow worlds,” developments that sound like they’re from science fiction are changing how we work. Trend-spotting shop Sparks & Honey has given us…
Every January, I publish my predictions for the upcoming year regarding medicine and healthcare. Usually, the majority of these predictions turn out to be valid later on, although I prefer calling them apparent trends rather than actual predictions. Here are…
Investment in medical devices fell last year, but medtech companies continued to do deals amongst themselves at a steady pace. In an analysis of last year’s medtech M&A transactions, analysts at New York’s Walden Group Inc., a strategic healthcare…
