Although excitement about digital ecosystems is growing, executives still don’t fully understand what makes a particular digital ecosystem successful. We reveal five factors common to successful digital ecosystems. Read more in BCG What Does a Successful Digital Ecosystem Look Like?…
We now know that cells can flirt dangerously with the boundary of death — and perhaps even cross it entirely — yet regain their lost function. Read more in quantamagazine Cellular Life, Death and Everything in Between By Elizabeth Svoboda…
Have you had your genome sequenced? If you asked this question five years ago, people would have thought you were crazy. Today, genome sequencing is already for sale in supermarkets Read more in weforum Today you can have your genome…
There are already chips that can be implanted in the brain to help recover bodily functions after a stroke or brain injury. However, what happens if a chip in your brain can be hacked or even gain internet access, essentially…
Virtual reality or VR refers to using computer technology for creating a simulated environment. Virtual reality places the user inside experience, and instead of watching on a screen, the users get immersed and can carry out interactions with the 3D…
The five most valuable public companies in the US—Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon—are all orchestrators of digital ecosystems. This is a strong contrast with ten years ago, when Microsoft was the only digital player alongside four physical giants (Exxon…
Emotion-classifying AI isn’t anything new, but traditional approaches are supervised, meaning that they ingest training data labeled according to speakers’ emotional states. Scientists at Amazon took a different approach recently. Read more in venturebeat Amazon’s AI improves emotion detection in…
During the first golden era of space exploration, we went to the Moon. Then we sort of dropped the ball. For 50 years, we’ve been basically spinning wheels around the planet Earth. However, now we have the infusion of funds…
While storytelling has always been immersive (think theatre, for example), technology gives us tools to unlock additional senses, boost users’ imagination, spark dialogue, and fuel self-expression. Read more in Medium 5 Ingredients for immersive storytelling with technology and space By…
Technology will not replace people in future factories, but it will augment human effort through artificial intelligence and ‘co-bots’ [robots that work alongside people on the shop floor], so finding the right balance will be crucial to our survival. Read…
