Category: Connected Environment

The Rundown:  Gait recognition technology uses surveillance cameras to identify individuals by the way they walk. And it’s unbelievably accurate. This is why the Chinese government is implementing the technology to identify and watch their citizens. But there are some other interesting use cases, such as analyzing running form. By 2026, digital running coaches will… Continue reading The best way to identify someone is by the way they walk, not their face

The Rundown:  Everyone is talking about bringing eSports to television and all the money that Disney will make from exclusive content partnerships. However, we’re overlooking the eSports gambling market that will emerge as the real breadwinner because the masses will be educated and familiarized with eSports. By 2045, MGM Resorts will open an eSportsbook in… Continue reading Can Las Vegas become the Mecca of eSports gambling? [PART 2]

The Rundown:  At any given time of the day, nearly 1.2 million people are watching (and donating money to) pro gamer live streams. Media conglomerates, entertainment companies, and even Las Vegas Casinos are searching for their entry point into this absolute gold mine of an industry. By 2027, eSports and video game streaming will be… Continue reading Everything you need to know about eSports and its unstoppable economy [PART 1]

Just a few hours into the start of WWII, British troops loaded hundreds of hot air balloons with millions of leaflets of propaganda to be flown into Germany and dispersed behind enemy lines. At the time, airborne leaflet propaganda was the cleanest way of attacking enemy morale and was a major military tactic for both… Continue reading A meme you won’t laugh at: How culture suffers due to our addiction to virality

Have you ever wondered why an overwhelming number of conversational AIs are voiced by females? It seems as though in the process of humanizing the machines around us, we may be taking a step backward in gender bias. Alexandra Whittington, Futurist at Fast Future, elaborates on this problem: The issue here is that we may… Continue reading How Domino’s is leading us into the era of conversational interfaces

The year is 2030. Your Mercedes-Benz S-class is having transmission troubles, so you take it into the dealership. Half an hour passes and a manager approaches you with the news: Welp, the repair is going to run you about $3,500. Your transmission is about to poop out on ya. We can have you back on… Continue reading How self-driving cars will make cities healthier (in a way you’d never expect)

The planet must produce more food in the next four decades than all farmers in history have harvested over the past 8,000 years. With the global population set to reach 10 billion by 2050, many scientists have come to the consensus that we’re going to enter a desperate world food shortage very soon if we… Continue reading Tasty, edible crickets may solve the impending food crisis

After last week’s Apple keynote, it’s never been clearer that we’ve reached an impasse in smartphone innovation. Most people were more excited about what’s to come with the Apple Watch than the iPhone XS and XR. In other words, the rectangle screen we put in our pockets has maximized its potential. But, that’s not to… Continue reading Broadcasting electricity to an iPhone near you

I’m at the airport multiple times a month. Cutting travel time in half is a huge deal for me. The time saved compounds into days. That’s why I use Clear, which is cutting the time surrounding travel – eliminating security lines, bag-checking, and waiting at the terminal. However, Clear isn’t the only innovation we’re striving… Continue reading The innovation that’ll take us from New York to London in 30 minutes