In 2008, Richard Branson predicted a maiden Virgin Galactic voyage within 18 months. Since then, the company faced continuous launch date push backs, yet a launch in 2018 is still written in the stars. #Aerospace #Trend

In 2008, Richard Branson predicted a maiden Virgin Galactic voyage within 18 months. Since then, the company faced continuous launch date push backs, yet a launch in 2018 is still written in the stars. #Aerospace #Trend
America’s first autonomous robot farm launched last week, in the hopes that Artificial Intelligence (#AI) can remake an industry facing a serious labor shortage and pressure to produce more crops. #Mankind #Agriculture #Trend
The key to the new #Google #Pixel3, #HomeHub, #PixelSlate and #Chromecast hardware releases isn’t the hardware; but the combination of the hardware, software and most importantly… Artificial Intelligence. #AI #Pixel #Trend
Scientists created an interface that allowed three human subjects to collaborate and solve Tetris problems using brain-to-brain communication. #Mankind #BrainInterface #Trend
We are too quick to discard ideas that we can’t immediately make use of. Because of this, we often fail to account for the fact that the most useful things often seem useless at first. #Innovation #Trend
In order to nurture innovation, establishing “a separate Innovation Zone” where new ideas can take root… an environment with a culture that will encourage ideas and ensure that the best ones don’t end up dying quiet deaths. #Innovation #Trend
The 70-20-10 Rule for Innovation: 70% of your resources should focus on sustaining/incremental innovations, 20% should be exploring adjacent markets and capabilities, and only 10% should be trying to create something fundamentally new. #Innovation #Trend
#NASA says the basic concept of a space elevator is sound, and researchers around the world are optimistic that one can be built by 2050. #Aerospace #SpaceElevator #Trend
Danske Bank is testing #FastPay, a wearable contactless chip that can be clipped to a wristband, keyring, jewellery or watchstrap for tap-and-go payments at the checkout. #FinTech #DanskeBank #Trend
The (4) skills that all great innovators share: applied curiosity, effective networking, comfort with confusion and rigor. #Innovation #Trend
#Microsoft joins #Google in the market of Smart Headsets; with noise-canceling headphones that integrate always-on access to a Smart Assistant (#Cortana). I’m sure #Amazon will soon follow this #Trend with #Alexa. #SurfaceHeadphones #EchoHea…
Scientists have developed a tiny, soft robot with caterpillar-like legs that can carry heavy loads and could be used to deliver drugs in the human body. #Healthcare #Trend
The version of #Autopilot that Elon Musk has long promised would make #Tesla cars capable of driving themselves is reportedly being handed over to a small group of employees for testing. #AutonomousVehicles #Trend
The new #OculusQuest will arrive early next year (2019), and will provide wireless gaming experiences in Virtual Reality. Is this the big breakthrough for the #VR sector? #Facebook #Oculus #Trend
It typically took #Walmart 7 days to trace the source of food. Using #Blockchain, this has been reduced to 2.2 seconds. #Trend
Using #Lightform you can use a video projector to beam images and animations onto surrounding objects; seamlessly merging the virtual with the physical world, and this without wearing anything on your face. #AR #Trend
The engineering students from the University of California hacked toghether a 600$ robot that can tie shoelaces. #Trend
As with new technologies like motion tracking, virtual and augmented reality; gaming will be the industry that pushes brain-machine interfaces into the mainstream. #Mankind #BrainInterface #Trend
In California, you can now get your groceries delivered by a self-driving car (although a backup driver is currently still monitoring the ride). #AutonomousVehicles #Trend
You can now use infrared technology to charge your phone without using either a charging cable or having to place it on a charging pad. #WiTricity #Energy #Trend
In the future, communicating in combat could be as simple as speaking into the microphone in your mouth, snapped onto your teeth. #Military #Technology #Trend
Yes, disruption is hard: the change, the intersections, the arguments about what is and is not disruption. This is a guiding list of technologies, with a timeline that is specific to different industries. #Innovation #Trend
Stretchable Plant #Wearables and #SmartTags, dropped by drones, are aiming to give farming a “big data” makeover. The first field tests will start in 2019. #Agriculture #Innovation #Trend
An artificial synaptic device has been developed which can mimic the function of nerve cells and synapses that are responsible for memory in human brains. #Mankind #Singularity #Trend
The #Sphero rolling robot is the most fun alternative to learning to code (as apposed to spending thousands of dollars on boring courses). #Coding #Technology #Robot #Trend
The impact of the gaming industry… using an Xbox controller to operate a massive boring machine. #Technology #Agile #Trend
The #Trend we have all been waiting for… a grease-proof #Xbox game controller. Obviously Not! #Technology #FunnyAd
A collection of some interesting infographics about “disruptive innovation”. #Innovation #Trend
#Coal is dirty. #Nuclear is scary. #Solar and #Wind aren’t always reliable. #Hydrothermal and #Hydroelectric aren’t widely accessible. And we are depleting #Oil reserves. The only safe, efficient, reliable and clean #Energy source will be #Fusion. #Trend
#Blockchain, beyond the hype, has strategic value for companies by enabling both cost reduction without disintermediation as well as the creation of new business models in the longer term. #Trend
Quantum computing is going to change the world and it’s all going to come in our lifetime. This technology is going to redefine every industry, touch every market and involve every major company. #Quantum #Technology #Trend