A term first coined by the Japanese government, “Society 5.0” describes "A human-centered society that balances economic advancement with the resolution of social problems...
Neil Harbisson calls himself a cyborg. Without the antenna implanted in his skull, he would not be able to see colour of any kind....
There are many adjectives that could be used to describe the global outbreak of COVID-19, but perhaps the simplest might be: fast.
The disease has...
In their outstanding book, Wicked and Wise, Alan Watkins and Ken Wilber look at some of the most pressing ‘wicked problems’ facing the human...
The human will to innovate is seemingly relentless. The history of our species is one of continual development, with the last 350 years, in...
In 1967, Lynn Margulis, a young biologist, published a paper that challenged more than a hundred years of evolutionary theory. It proposed that millions...
When microwave ovens first arrived on the market in 1967 they were met with public skepticism. Perhaps it was because, not long before, the...
The timeline of human history is marked by inflection points of major technological advancement. The plow, the printing press, the telegraph, the steam engine,...
In my previous post I argued that if Canada wants to succeed with its AI-focused innovation agenda, it should also be at the forefront...
Canada has been investing in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for longer than most of the industrialized world. Dr. Geoff Hinton of Google...
Not even 30 years separate us from the end of the Cold War. Yet, we appear to be witnessing the emergence of a new...
More than half of the world’s population lives in cities. The UN estimates that by 2050 that proportion will be 68% - more than...
Since the dawn of the 21st Century, the ways in which people and organizations that use the Internet experience, perceive and act in the...
From The Jetsons to Blade Runner, to Back to the Future, to A.I. to The 5th Element, popular culture has long been fascinated by...
Technologies that could change the world have been a popular topic for the past half century. True, the predictions that everyone would drive flying...