Quantitative #foresight at the intersection of technological and societal change.
Global
Joined August 2009
- Tweets19K
- Following3.1K
- Followers36K
- Likes2.6K
Pinned Tweet
❗ Part II of our #socialmobility in the #digitalage 🌐 is now live! In the second iteration of this project, we examine the role technologies 📱🖥️ might play in helping or hindering the cause of social mobility: atelier.net/social-mobility/…
Ever dream of making things happen with a glance? Eye tracking in gaming makes this possible. Soon you won't even need special equipment! Get the score from guest writer @LewisPackwood Packwood. atelier.net/insights/eye-tra…
Our trash has hit a tipping point. Could visual AI, sorting machinery and better chemistry turn the tide? Guest writer @AlexHadwick explains.
atelier.net/insights/technol…
Could you be a bonafide mind-control mage? Maybe in a video game. Guest writer @LewisPackwood explains how BCI technology could disrupt gameplay (and up your spells game). atelier.net/insights/mind-co…
Our latest Insight comes from Jessica Buchleitner, who details the promise of DNA as a technological dam-breaker and the historical precedence for it. Will this be what makes the next great cure?
atelier.net/insights/our-bod…
Do you see what we see? Alex Hadwick breaks down the quiet breakthrough of vision AI, and what the future looks like through its lenses. atelier.net/insights/ais-big…
Two game engines may be responsible for the creation of over half of video games released today + a massive slice top titles. What does their future—and that of gaming overall—look like? @LewisPackwood considers AI, open source offerings and more
atelier.net/insights/scene-f…
In terms of new frontiers, space-based biotech is where it's at. Our Tech vs. Tech expert @aurore_ge breaks down two surreal technologies designed to culture or print soft tissue in beyond-gravity environments. atelier.net/insights/microgr…
With 25% of people expected to spend one hour daily in a metaverse, the question begs asking: Who will be responsible for virtual law and order? @50WomenProject is your host in this metaverse game of arbiter roulette. atelier.net/insights/crime-p…
Someday, your clothes could power your smartphone or watch. Wouldn't that be nice? @NathalieBcht describes how far research has come on energy-harvesting textiles, and where the investment opps are. atelier.net/insights/not-jus…
The fungal kingdom may be key to resolving several climate change exacerbators. @NathalieBcht digs in. As an aside, 🍄🍄🍄 are super responsive to rock and heavy metal—unintended puns!—so feel free to put on some mood music.
atelier.net/insights/fantast…
#Sextech aside, generative AI expands artificial intimacy into the realm of emotional connection: AI companions will be friends, lovers, coaches, and mentors. @Rahafharfoush introduces you to the players—and economics—behind this shift : atelier.net/insights/artific…
Levitation: No longer the sole provenance of Jedi masters! Acoustic levitation is the use of sound to lift and manipulate objects ... and it's getting a lot more action than you might believe. Read all about it in @NathalieBcht’s latest
atelier.net/insights/not-jus…
Pressure is rising to integrate AI into products. Is it worth going open-source? @TarrafGio breaks it down, and shares our open-source LLM shortlist. atelier.net/insights/evaluat…
The EU is likely to intensify mining activity, but traditional methods have serious social + environmental effects. Could bioleaching or phytomining mitigate them? @aurore_ge weighs them on her cosmic leaderboard. atelier.net/insights/bioleac…
Self-powered sensors could eliminate the need for batteries—and we're as sick of those as you are. But before giving us untethered smartphones and cars, @GioTarraf describes where this tech must first prove strategically useful. atelier.net/insights/self-po…
What could LLMs contribute to a more perfect society? Where is it weak? @aurore_ge sifts through the optics to highlight its assistive potential in translation, neurodiversity and more. There are just a few caveats... atelier.net/insights/llms-as…
Who has the right to use my avatar, or the idea of me? Is it me, or those who use my identity more productively or more often? @mrozynek investigates a surreal question with very real consequences.
atelier.net/insights/avatar-…
Want to get your hands on quantum tech? Help solve one of these problems, identified by @GioTarraf : Scalability, quantum decoherence, and error correction.
atelier.net/insights/quantum…
As heat waves intensify, we need innovations for staying cool. @NathalieBcht examines the potential and development of acoustic fire extinguishers, thermoregulatory clothing … and a paint that can cool surfaces to 8°C below ambient temperature.
atelier.net/insights/emergin…
Beam me up, Scotty! @NathalieBcht describes how tractor beams are leaving the fantasy world behind. They might not spirit you away anytime soon, but maybe you'll see them on surgical tables ... and gathering comet dust.
atelier.net/insights/not-sci…
