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6 future jobs in the financial field

October 13, 20192 September 2019

Everyone says that a job in finance sets you up for life. Stable, reliable, profitable. But is it still like this? AI is also entering the scene in this sector, causing landslides that will soon become a real earthquake. What else can we call a scenario in which half of the jobs of the future in finance are automated? And which half then? Who will lose their jobs? And for whom will this new scenario be an opportunity? Because that's what it's about. … Read more

Live since 2042: defending human dreams from AI and robotics

August 15 2019

Now that they have freed us from many different tasks, the priority in 2042 is that AI and robotics do not free us from our need to be useful.

Aerium, bioavionics will make airplanes living organisms

August 14 2019

Bioavionics integrates biological and electromechanical systems to see how their interaction will change our flight experiences.

World food crisis, 8 ways to stem it

July 27 2019

We can stem the food crisis by working hard on eight factors that have worsened and strengthened the weaknesses in our system. Here are what they are.

How long can humanity survive?

July 24 2019

What are the long-term predictions for humanity, whether it will survive (a very) long time? 6 problems to face in the very, very distant future.

Ascension, a vertical forest in Croatia

June 24 2019

A Turkish architecture team wins the competition for a vertical forest in Croatia by designing this futuristic “canoe” for the city of Zagreb

Costa Rica: 100% plastic and carbon free within 2 years

June 22 2019

The goal is the most ambitious of all: to completely eliminate plastic and fossils by 2021. If there is a country that can do it, it is Costa Rica.

KLM allocates funds for its plane that makes passengers fly in the wings

June 4 2019

Two nacelles form the wings, and inside there is everything: passengers, tank and hold. It consumes much less than current planes, and now someone has decided to make it seriously.

The 'air-conditioned' dress reduces the costs and environmental impact of air conditioners

May 18, 2019

A team of engineers at the University of San Diego has developed a wearable "patch" that provides personal 'air conditioning', heating or cooling the body and keeping it at a constant temperature in all weather conditions.

Morus Zero, the table dryer as big as a toaster

May 15, 2019

Dry and sterilize clothes in less than 15 minutes at lower temperatures and with less energy, and stand on a small table.

The industry is already able to make plastic from sugar plants

May 8, 2019

New research published in Energy and Environmental Science, a team from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and the University of Madison, Wisconsin has described an efficient and economical process for producing HMF, Hydroxymethylfurfural, a compound derived from plants and considered crucial in the development of a renewable economy.

Scrubba Mini, the ultra light washing machine that fits in the palm of a hand

May 7, 2019

For a quick wash while traveling or camping, just place the essential clothes in this polyester and nylon "basket", add water and detergent and then roll up.

Adaptive clothes to regulate body temperature

March 18 2017

The most efficient way to stay warm is to increase or reduce insulating factors. Putting on or taking off a garment (when we say "dressing in layers") serves to create cavities that retain heat without dispersing it. Research on "smart textiles" continues in a very encouraging way: a small research team has developed adaptive clothes, textile materials that could drastically change the way we dress. The idea of adaptive clothing is to develop a material capable of… Read more

Climate project: Carrefour awards 7 companies

November 5, 2022October 26, 2015

Carrefour has started to look around among its suppliers (651) to identify the "greenest" companies that are ahead in adopting environmental sustainability policies. The company asked participants to present their projects, then evaluating them with the consultancy of Fedabo, a leading company in the sector, evaluating their innovative scope and producing a ranking: 7 virtuous companies, each for a reason. For Carrefour's sales and marketing director, Grégoire Kaufman, the process was natural: since 2011… Read more

Italy 2050, a workshop to build the future.

November 7, 2013

The Italian Institute for the Future (IIF) is a non-profit association that develops scenarios and forecasts for the future promoting sustainable and long-term policies. A real future study on the model of many foreign companies, which is not limited to offering visions of tomorrow but also contributes to the realization of the future through concrete proposals. On November 16th from 10am IIF hosts a workshop event at the Città della Scienza in Naples: "Italy 30, the remote future of our country". "Italy … Read more

Here are the corporations that control the world

February 12 2013October 25, 2011

The idea that the few rule over the many is not new: a team of Swiss mathematicians has given a precise face and name to this 'master group' of corporations which, alone, controls 80% of the world economy. Global dominance theory? Study, not conspiracy The group from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (composed among others by Stefania Vitali and Stefano Battiston) used an analysis method often used to measure connections between websites: the ... Read more

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