Research
Realizing 2030: Future Of Work
July 16, 2019New research reveals that human-machine partnerships and emerging technologies will usher in a more inclusive and rewarding work experience over the next decade. Explore the findings.
Luminaries
Episode 40: Forging the Future of Finance…One Blockchain Link at a Time
Duration 21:00
At the heart of it, blockchain is about trust, transparency, and security. Right now, companies spend endless time and money establishing and maintaining trusted, secure relationships and transactions. Blockchain has the potential to streamline these processes, eliminate redundancy, and enhance security. On this episode, Australian Securities and Exchange CIO Dan Chesterman offers a rare down-to-earth, practical look at what blockchain is, what it does, and how to implement it.
AI: Hype vs. Reality
1.6 – AI Has Eyes: Computer Vision
Duration 25:24
Can a fake mustache fool facial recognition technology? How is computer vision being used? Can we really be tracked everywhere we go? Jessica Chobot dissects the hype in the season finale.
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Perspectives
The Next 50 Years of the Internet: Unlocking Bigger Shifts in How We Exist as Humanity
August 22, 2019The Internet has been arguably one of the most disruptive technological innovations in our world today, and in many ways, the ripple effect is just starting.
Education
From Canning Food to Cybersecurity: Girl Scouting for a STEM Age
August 21, 2019While the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) continue to sell our favorite thin mints and samoas, its leaders are working to alter the landscape of science, technology and mathematics (STEM) by continuing to promote 70 STEM-specific badges and adding new Coding for Good badges this summer.
Smart Cities
Who Owns Your Data When You Live in a Smart City?
August 19, 2019Window-shopping, buying a coffee, searching for a restroom—all of these activities are traced, timed and tracked in a smart city like Quayside, Toronto. And the concept of a data trust doesn’t address the thorny question of who owns the data that’s gathered and whether people can opt out in a meaningful way.
AI
Facial Recognition for Good: A Start-up Brings Emotional Intelligence to AI
August 14, 2019Emotion recognition requires an enormous amount of data from a diverse population to help children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, distracted drivers and others. For people to partner with artificial intelligence, AI must learn the nuances of human communication. Teaching algorithms to read human faces and recognize emotions is an important step to building AI that we can trust—and that will trust us.
Smart Cities
Columbus, Ohio: Is the Nation’s First Smart City Truly Smart?
August 12, 2019Columbus, Ohio faces many of the same issues as other midsize and midwestern American cities: suburban sprawl, increased commute times, and a lack of accessible public transit and walkability. Will smart technology be enough to solve those issues and more?
Robotics
How to Eliminate Hiring Bias
August 7, 2019It takes only seven seconds for a candidate to make a first impression, and it’s often based on appearance or handshake style. TNG’s Tengai, the world’s first unbiased social interview robot, removes unconscious preconceptions that managers and recruiters often bring to the hiring process.
