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New Ways of Moving

This – refreshingly – is not one of those pieces; rather a round-up of recent things we’ve read and heard about how the future of transport is evolving. ...more

November 29, 2022

Football and Future Trends

November 22, 2022

Farms in the Desert

Dubai may not seem the most obvious place for the future of farming. However, it is precisely because of its climate that Dubai stands at the forefront of farming innovation. ...more

November 21, 2022

Hopefully We Have Lift-Off

Drones have historically been associated either with military warfare or keen hobbyists. However, the number of practical use cases for commercial drone deployment is growing significantly. ...more

November 10, 2022

Breaking New Ground

The idea behind Groundbreakers is to gather leaders from across the ecosystem of global commerce, energy, logistics and more to learn how they see the future. ...more

November 3, 2022

3D Tetris

Logistics matters both for retailers developing omni-channel strategies and for all businesses seeking to build up greater supply chain resilience. ...more

October 25, 2022

Rail Reading Round-Up

The good news, at least, was that there was lots of time to catch up on reading. The following ar three of the most eye-catching stories from a future trends perspective. ...more

October 20, 2022

Braziltech

Your author spent most of last week on a business trip to Brazil, his first since the pandemic. Brazil’s tech scene seems alive and kicking. ...more

October 11, 2022

How Cool Is Your Data Centre?

With data demand heading only one way, the number and density of data centres looks set only to grow. Powering data centres is, however, a non-trivial task. ...more

October 4, 2022

Looking Outwards

For a country with fewer than 6m inhabitants, it is impressive how many world-class and truly global businesses Denmark has produced ...more

September 27, 2022

Mission To The Dataverse

Forget the metaverse and embrace to the dataverse. This was the message we took away from attending Big Data LDN. ...more

September 27, 2022

Message To The Planet

The equivalent of a truckload of plastic enters the oceans globally every minute. Plastic waste is a source of both major concern and pollution. ...more

September 15, 2022

Back To School

The start of September marks the beginning of a new academic year. The bad news is that today’s learners face more pressures than ever. ...more

September 6, 2022

Robo-Taxis And The Two Key EV Debates

Love him or loathe him, it is hard to deny the impact that Elon Musk has had on transforming the auto industry. ...more

August 24, 2022

Art Lesson

Selfridges, one of London's largest department stores, has teamed up with 11 different artists to create the SUPERFUTURES exhibition. ...more

August 9, 2022

Move It Like The Swiss

Amidst the celebrations of 1 August, it would have been easy to miss the formal commencement of a unique project: the build of Cargo Sous Terrain. ...more

August 3, 2022

A Day In Silicon Fen

Although over 5,000 miles separate California from the British university city of Cambridge, there are strong similarities between the two regions. ...more

July 27, 2022

What, No Global Warming?

Sure, seasonally abnormal weather patterns can always occur, but have no doubt, there is growing evidence of climate change. ...more

July 19, 2022

The $100 Genome

Science is marvellous, particularly to a layperson, such as your author. Little can be more important than understanding life. ...more

July 14, 2022

The Ethics Of AI

The use of AI solutions to help drive how we interact – whether we realise it or not – is increasingly ubiquitous ...more

July 7, 2022

The Very Long Road Ahead For Electric Vehicles

For the first time, over 50% of respondents globally in EY’s annual Mobility Consumer Index said they are “looking to buy” an EV. ...more

May 31, 2022

On The Road, Part 2

Your author landed back from the US yesterday, having completed his 9-day cross-country tour, visiting 23 businesses over 6 different states ...more

May 25, 2022

On The Road, Part 1

The purpose for the trip is to meet companies across a variety of industries in order to understand how many of the key future trends which we follow are evolving. ...more

May 19, 2022

Sunshine In Munich

There was a clear sense of urgency and heightened awareness about the role that alternative energy solutions such as solar will (have to) play in the future energy mix. ...more

May 12, 2022

Shop The Future

Selfridges remains one of London’s destination department stores. Part of the reason it has stayed relevant is that it continues to reinvent itself. ...more

May 5, 2022

Metaverse Meals And More

While they were busy at work hunting and then consuming, there was ample time to learn more about how many businesses are thinking about the future of food. ...more

April 19, 2022

Where’s The Hype?

Metaverse and bitcoin fall into the hype category. Smart devices and micromobility don’t. Those are the conclusions from an influential survey. ...more

April 13, 2022

Tailwinds. Headwinds Too.

The good news is that the desire and commitment to grow the wind sector is clear, both in Europe and elsewhere. ...more

April 7, 2022

Feed The World, Better

Security of food supply and the need to diversify away from conventional food sources have been brought to the fore by the recent tragic events in Ukraine. ...more

March 30, 2022

Badger, Tortoise, Dog

Badgers, tortoises and dogs all feature in some of the most interesting innovations currently underway within the world of robotics. ...more

March 24, 2022