Tag: Innovation

How To Prevent An AI-Induced Mid-Career Crisis

This article was originally posted on The Next Web At this point, it feels like I’ve heard countless stories about workers who are restless about the effects that AI will have on their jobs and their careers in the relatively near future. While we must certainly take into account that the nature of certain workplaces and the human roles within them… Read more →

The Rise Of The (Self-Replicating) Machines

This article was originally posted on Forbes.com Photo credit: Getty By now, it’s a truism that automation will replace certain careers while leaving others intact. Experts believe the most vulnerable are jobs that require routine, rote tasks: a bookkeeper, a secretary or a factory worker. Each of these involve highly repetitive and predictable duties easily taught to machines. By that logic, roles that require abstract… Read more →

How to Leverage Blockchain for Your Small Business

This article was originally posted on ScoreNYC Over the past few decades, emerging technologies have had a tremendous impact on small businesses. From mobile apps for employees in the field to retail websites that enable customer interaction 24/7, technological innovation has given small businesses a seat at the table of the economic marketplace. In light of these trends, it’s become increasingly important… Read more →

Three Tech Innovations Leading The Smartphone To Its Grave

Shutterstock This article was originally posted on Forbes.com The rotary phone. The beeper. The fax machine. These communication devices were revolutionary upon invention, but they’re now all but extinct. Is the smartphone next? The smartphone is the most widely used mobile technology in the United States — as of 2018, 77% of U.S. adults own a smartphone, according to Pew Research Center. It’s created swift… Read more →

4 Ways AI Could Help Shape the Future of Medicine

  Image Credit: Shutterstock / Uber images This article was originally posted on VentureBeat.com At times, progress occurs so quickly that it’s difficult to separate science fiction from real life. Just five decades ago, computers were massive, unwieldy machines running on punch cards and primitive circuits. Today, a single smartphone has more processing power than the computer used on the Apollo missions. AI has benefited… Read more →

Will Self-Driving Cars End The Big Automakers?

This article was originally posted on Forbes.com Technological innovation is at the heart of modern development, driving society forward and creating new opportunities, while disrupting and destroying existing industry after existing industry. The mobility sector is no different, and in the near future, innovations will alter transportation and how automakers and drivers engage with cars. In California, it’s projected that 600,000 driving… Read more →

How Can Small Businesses Use Augmented Reality?

This article was originally posted on Score.org Revenues for the augmented and virtual reality markets are expected to reach a combined $143.3 billion by 2020, according to IDC, a global market intelligence firm. There is clearly much to gain for those that invest wisely in augmented reality (AR). As a small business owner, you may believe that emerging technologies are the… Read more →

How to Be Innovative When Starting Small

This article was originally posted on ScoreNYC Innovation is a key asset for any business. Both small and large enterprises can thrive by introducing inventive products to their sectors, benefiting customers, clients, and ultimately the economy at large. When it comes to innovation, big businesses usually take most of the praise for their ingenuity and strategy; after all, they can afford… Read more →

When Do Humans Become Bionic?

  This article was originally posted on Huffingtonpost.com Sight for the blind, hearing for the deaf. A human body with functionality restored. That’s the promise of bionics, a field that sits at the intersection of engineering, nanotechnology, medicine, and other scientific disciplines. Bionics is the merger of electronics and technology with the human body, or in other words: robotic body parts. Bionics holds… Read more →