Auroville has produced a short presentation video for UNESCO on the occasion of its 50th birthday
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Auroville has produced a short presentation video for UNESCO on the occasion of its 50th birthday
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From student loan debt and voice technology to the fate of brick and mortar, these are the issues preoccupying top CEOs at the start of this year. Last year, we asked CEOs for their predictions heading into 2017 and have since seen a few of those things...
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I´ve got this ominous feeling that 2018 could be the year that everything changes dramatically. The incredible breakthroughs we saw in 2017 for deep learning will carry over in a very powerful way in 2018. A lot of work coming from 2017’s research will...
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If there is one thing I have learned in the last two years in the cryptocurrency world, it’s that things change so quickly in this sector, it can humble anybody. Anyone who says he knows what he is talking about, doesn’t! Still, it’s New Year’s Day, so...
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To process derivatives, currency trades, transactions, etc. Just don’t call it cryptocurrency. It’s a “digital currency.” As a general rule, most bankers disparage cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, as anything but purely speculative instruments. But they...
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This story reflects the views of this author, but not necessarily the editorial position of Fast Company. Source via FastCompany Newsletter by By Arianna O'Dell In October I worked from a Rio de Janeiro cafe, finishing up a PR campaign. In November I...
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In an energy market that is becoming increasingly distributed – whether based on wind, sun, water or biomass – intelligent grids are becoming increasingly important. Siemens microgrid technology is helping communities pioneer the movement toward a self-sufficient...
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Upgrading the human beings It is now a well established norm that the technologies will continue to evolve to become more and more efficient, invisible, intelligent and complex whether it is the mobile phones, self-driving cars, quantum computing, artificial...
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Human impacts on the environment are putting our future at risk, they say. More than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries warn the evidence is clear: Current and future human health and wellbeing are at serious risk from climate change, deforestation,...
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Let’s start by clearly communicating an intention: this is more of a call to action than an article. Urgent action is needed if we are to navigate through an immediate U-turn to reverse the effects of unconscious business. Most of the challenge and chaos...
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Thematic fields © www.deutschland.de The campaign “City of Tomorrow” focuses on four priority topics pivotal to urban development. Energy resources and infrastructure systems ⒸShutterstock Whether looking at a single building, a city block, a district,...
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Dr David Reilly MD’s talk on how to unlock the potential of human healing is both fascinating and touching. Using the example of one of his patients, and with a moving twist at the end, David interprets 40 years of academic research into a radical way...
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“Driven by the forces of love, the fragments of the world seek each other so that the world may come to being.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man We are living in a time of unprecedented connectivity, with 7.5 billion of us literally bumping...
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In Brief A new study from Redwood Software and Sapio Research reveals a number of IT leaders see automation as very important aspect of their businesses. In fact, many surveyed believe robotics could be used to change 60 percent of businesses by 2022....
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In Brief Ray Kurzweil is a formidable figure in futuristic thinking, as he is estimated to have an 86 percent accuracy rate for his predictions about the future. The future he envisions is one marked by decentralization of both the physical and mental....
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In Brief A power plant in Hellisheiði, Iceland not only produces no emissions — it technically produces negative emissions. Moving forward, the development and adoption of such geoengineering methods will be essential as we continue to fight climate change....
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It is time that we share and know about projects which live the new conscious business paradigm. It is one of the fastest growing movements with no leader. This series has only the purpose to inspire, to give courage and empower you. It is about buidling...
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In Brief A report suggests people only have five years before automation and AI threaten jobs and force them to learn new skills for the workforce. The firm PwC surveyed 10,000 people from around the world, revealing people are concerned about automation,...
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CC 2.0. wikimedia Cropped from Ron Howard In Brief Celebrities can play an important part in the way the public learns and interacts with science. Ron Howard tells CNN that he is aware of this power and wants to use it to show the importance of science....
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Residents of earth are becoming more conscious in two primary areas. Source: Phillip J. Watt, Contributor Waking Times The first relates to the way in which our planetary social system has been hijacked into a scam to predominately benefit a select few...
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From the makers of "How Wolves Change Rivers", a fascinating insight into Whales' role in our ecosystem. Many thanks to Sustainable Man for another brilliant video.
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The Sooner Now is a joint initiative by FvF and MINI fostering collective imaginations of urban futures. Source FvF Mini via Eeventbrite Newsletter The Sooner Now is a forum for innovative and inspiring projects contributing to a better life in the city....
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Dealing with unpredictability requires what one Harvard psychologist has called a “self-transforming mind.” Here’s how to develop one. Source FastCompany Blog by Liz Alexander In the 1930s, long before machine learning was anything more than a figment...
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Using the stress of uncertainty as fuel for innovation The first challenge to overcome, for those going through either slow economic decline or sudden economic collapse, is uncertainty. In the culture I grew up in, there’s no need for too much concern...
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“The modern scientific worldview is predominantly predicated on assumptions that are closely associated with classical physics. Materialism—the idea that matter is the only reality—is one of these assumptions. A related assumption is reductionism, the...
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