technology

This is a unique opportunity which we should not pass up. In this moment of pause, we have the chance to reset our relationship to tech. For the last decade, tech has been running us. Now is our chance to…

In December 2005, Gorlitsky was in a car accident that left him paralyzed from a severe spinal cord injury. His doctors thought he would never be able to walk again. But after 10 years, Gorlitsky was able to stand up…

For centuries, builders have been making concrete roughly the same way: by mixing hard materials like sand with various binders, and hoping it stays fixed and rigid for a long time to come.Now, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the…

At 31 feet tall and 6,900 square feet, a new building in Dubai is the largest 3D-printed building in the world — and the first two-story structure of its kind.The most impressive part of the project? U.S. company Apis Cor…

In the coming decade, companies will increasingly need to compete on the rate of learning. This will allow organizations to constantly adapt to changing realities and surface new opportunities, which will be increasingly important in an uncertain and fast-changing environment.…

For someone who is deaf, communicating with a clerk at a retail store or non-ASL-speaking friend over dinner often involves laboriously writing notes. An app called Jeenie offers an alternative: Push a button, and a live ASL interpreter appears in…

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution takes hold, how can we predict which futuristic technologies will become a reality — and have a real impact on our lives and businesses — and which will become memories from 30-year-old sci-fi movies? Read…

This year, we expect to see increased experimentation with hybrid blockchain models, both in the financial sector and the public sector . These are a great way to increase comfort with the technology. We are not close to realizing the…

Flagship stores are designed to attract a large volume of consumers by offering unique experiences, so it makes sense to prioritise the latest technology, However, the majority of retailers, particularly smaller stores, won’t see the benefit of this alone, which…

A Frenchman is credited with being the first to discover the photovoltaic effect that produces electricity from sunlight. The first solar panel was built in the US. But when Abu Dhabi decided to build the world’s largest individual solar power…