This book aims to get readers up to speed with the 20 key tech developments that are likely to change the way we live our lives over the next years and decades. It’s a highly structured, with the 20 specific tech advances grouped together into five different broader areas such as ‘exploration’ and ‘security’. As… Read More »
The Key Companies Hoping to Profit from Asteroid Mining SpaceFab.US – Perhaps the best opportunity for an ordinary investor looking to put his money into an asteroid mining is SpaceFab. Although the stated long term goal of this ambitious American company is to mine asteroid resources, they have a more practical stepping stone target of… Read More »
What will be the first trillion dollar industry? There are a number of potential candidates and it’s likely that at least one of the following five industries will cross the threshold in the next couple of decades. The first trillion dollar industry will likely achieve the feat through the disruptive effect of ‘cutting out the… Read More »
In his best selling book ‘Zero to One’, a manual for budding entreprenuers hoping to build the next billion dollar startup, Peter Thiel instructs his readers to look for secrets. According to Thiel, secrets are important truths that society does not accept. An entrepreneur looking to change the world, or at least create or transform… Read More »
One of the biggest blockbusters of the year is set to be released next week (23rd March) – Ready Steady One – and it’s all bout virtual reality. It has all the ingredients to be a massive hit, directed by noneother than Steven Spielberg and based upon a very recent cult sci-fi book of the… Read More »
At the end of each year, a raft of technology and science sites pick up their crystal balls and make some predictions for the coming 12 months. They’re always fun to read, whether or not they end up being proven right or whether they miss whatever does turn out to be the next big thing.… Read More »
Surely nobody in the world alive today, and perhaps nobody else in history, has had such a talent and drive for investing in the future than Elon Musk. Indeed, he seems destined to become one of those rare individual geniuses of history who not only can see the future, but have the ability and determination… Read More »
SingularityHub is a website that explores future trends and technology breakthroughs, with an underlying nod to the idea of ‘the Singularity’ – the view that technological progress is exponential and heading to a moment that will radically transform society and even what it is to be human. In an interesting article it covers an interview… Read More »
A useful infogram detailing the current state of a huge number of emerging technologies in what has ben called the ‘hype cycle’ : The graphic comes from market research firm Gartner, who coined the term ‘hype cycle’, or at least gave it some detailed analysis, by breaking it down into five component parts. Being able… Read More »
A useful YouTube video explaining what determines the value, or rather ‘price’, of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.