Tag: future

2019: The End of the Beginning for Blockchain?

The lofty promises of instant riches through crypto have fallen short, but the market will be better as it works through an evolutionary stage.   This article was originally posted on CFO.com Last year was a painful one for cryptocurrencies and blockchain. After crypto prices hit all time highs a year ago, the market cap for all cryptocurrencies dropped more than $500 billion by… Read more →

What’s Holding Back Healthcare Innovation in the 21st Century?

This article was originally posted on Huffingtonpost.com The much heralded convergence of healthcare and technology innovation has led to some incremental advancements, but it has not quite yielded major breakthroughs. While many other industries have been upended by new developments in hardware, software, and procedures, the healthcare industry seems to be progressing at a snail’s pace. Is the healthcare revolution fading… Read more →

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How AI could create a world of haves and have-nots

This article was originally posted on VentureBeat.com Artificial intelligence is all over the news, with tech titans arguing over whether it is a force for good or bad. An equally important question is whether AI will further stratify society, creating a world of haves and have-nots. AI is already impacting multiple industries and will take over many blue collar and white collar… Read more →

What Are the Most Innovative Cities of 2017 So Far?

This article was originally posted on Huffingtonpost.com We live in an age of innovation, where the possibilities of sending humans to Mars, fundamental changes to our communications methods, emerging types of sentience, and our evolving relationships with money, both in business and recreation, are all undergoing advancements. Innovation continues to be a tremendously powerful force for good, especially when the disruptions… Read more →

How AI and IoT must work together

This article was originally posted on VentureBeat.com As artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) become more commonplace, it is both useful and important to understand how these two important trends work together to benefit specialists and the average person alike. How can AI control and potentially improve the rollout of IoT? For starters, IoT creates a tremendous amount of data.… Read more →

Changing Work for a Changing Economy: Looking to the Future, Not the Past

This article was originally posted on Huffingtonpost.com Manufacturing jobs, once the backbone of middle class employment, have dwindled to the American economy’s detriment. It’s a fact bemoaned by citizens and politicians alike: jobs that once fueled the nation and its people are outsourced to cheaper laborers overseas or eliminated by advances in technology. If only there were a way to… Read more →

The Internet of Things Promises a Future of Being Coddled by Your Appliances

This article was originally published on Enrepreneur.com and subsequently on Huffingpost.com We interact with countless things each day that support us as we sleep, eat, work and play — the bed we get out of in the morning, the shower head, your toothbrush, the car steering wheel, your watch and your lunchbox. Your stove, blender and refrigerator — you get the picture. What if these objects,… Read more →

7 Ways Entrepreneurs Drive Economic Development

Why do entrepreneurship and innovation fuel economic growth? On the surface, the answer seems intuitive: entrepreneurs create businesses and new businesses create jobs, strengthen market competition and increase productivity. Here in the United States, entrepreneurism is part of our American identity and self-image. It’s non-partisan, too; both sides of the political spectrum celebrate entrepreneurial small business as a fount of… Read more →