Book Excerpt from ‘Embracing the Net’ The Internet is ranked by many as one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. Much as the other major technological inventions such as telephones, airplanes and computer chips have irrevocably changed our lives, so too will the Internet. In fact, the changes are only beginning, and as […]
China builds 57-storey skyscraper in 19 days 3 storeys a day was the pace employed by a Chinese developer to build an entire 57 storey skyscraper using prefabricated bricks. The original plans were more ambitious, to tower the building to 220 storeys but were culled due to concerns of being too close to the airport. […]
Physics of the Future (Book excerpt from Physics of the Future by Machio Kaku) By 2019, he predicts a $1000 personal computer will have as much raw power as a human brain. Soon after that, computers will leave us in the dust. By 2029, a $1000 personal computer will be 1000 times more powerful than […]
Google’s computers OUTWIT their humans Google no longer understands how its ‘deep learning’, decision-making computer systems have made themselves so good at recognising things in photos. This means that the Internet giant may need fewer experts in the future as it can instead rely on its semi-autonomous, semi-smart machines to solve problems all on their […]
The future of biosciences: four scenarios for 2020 and beyond -Paul Schoemaker and Michael Tomczyk In the coming years, the convergence of genomics, proteomics, stem cell research, regenerative medicine, bioinformatics, nanotechnology and other life science technologies will pose significant opportunities and challenges in every sector of society. Remarkable achievements in molecular science and other areas […]
How 3D printing is changing the world The market for 3D printing is witnessing rapid growth in both depth and breadth. Reports estimate global market for 3D printing to cross $49 billion by 2025. Traditional applications such as prototyping are growing. However the primary drivers of growth are a wide variety of new applications. The […]
The Engineer of 2020 As our engineered world moves to complexity, unprecedented in history and largely unanticipated in the early and middle phases of the industrial era, engineering itself is becoming more complex. Even those aspects of human enterprise that are closest to raw nature, agriculture and animal husbandry, are increasingly technologized. Their steadily rising […]
The future of medicine is in your phone Smartphone apps have radically changed many aspects of our everyday lives, from banking to shopping to entertainment. Medicine is next. The number of apps available in Google Play store surpassed the 1.5 million mark in May 2015. Apple store is close behind with 1.4 million apps. Interestingly, […]
Will Google disrupt the automobile industry? What does Blackberry, DEC, IBM, Kodak, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia have in common? They were all market leaders that fell prey to disruptive technology. These companies are also examples of companies following ‘sustained innovation’ in which each new model or version upended only small incremental improvements. Albeit profitable, this linear […]
The physical internet arrives “Over the past 200 years, the world has experienced two major waves of innovation. First, the Industrial Revolution brought us machines and factories, railways, electricity, air travel, and our lives have never been the same. Then the Internet revolution brought us computing power, data networks, unprecedented access to information and communication, […]
