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Four scenarios on the future of circular economy

The circular economy holds the promise of a zero-waste future, yet formidable challenges in technology, finances, and regulation persist. How will governments and businesses overcome these obstacles to achieve true sustainability?

 
 

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Future Trends Mandla Reissmann Future Trends Mandla Reissmann

The Future of Autonomous Vehicles

The autonomous vehicle is set to be as life-changing as the invention of the motor vehicle itself. Modern-day cities have been shaped largely by the mobility that is achieved through motor vehicles, providing transport services to people and goods alike and supported by major road networks worldwide.

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Future Trends Bruno Jacobsen Future Trends Bruno Jacobsen

Making the Countryside Smarter

Rural areas are plagued with dwindling populations, lack of job opportunities, inadequate education, inferior healthcare services, and much more. In the 21st century, however, we have the opportunity to turn some of this around. Making the Countryside Smarter. How it might survive in a rapidly urbanizing world

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Future Trends Bruno Jacobsen Future Trends Bruno Jacobsen

The Arrival of the Quantified Self

What's the "quantified self?" Also known as "lifelogging," the quantified self is a movement proposing the acquisition of data from every aspect of your daily life. This could include the type of food you eat, the calories you burn, the air you breathe, the number of hours you sleep, other.

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Future Trends Bruno Jacobsen Future Trends Bruno Jacobsen

What's Beyond IoT?

IoT is a network of smart devices that are connected to each other and exchange data, but it is not necessarily sensitive and responsive to people. When it is, we call it Ambient Intelligence, something that truly resembles a futuristic scenario out of a sci-fi movie.

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Future Trends Marko Keskinen Future Trends Marko Keskinen

Are You Prepared for the Connected World of IoT?

If you thought that the proliferation of smartphones and social media apps with all their cultural and societal impact is a big thing - you ain't seen nothing yet. The digitisation of the global economy has just begun. The Internet of Things (IoT) represents the fourth industrial revolution, and perhaps the most significant one so far.

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Future Trends Bruno Jacobsen Future Trends Bruno Jacobsen

Ready For Ultra-Fast Internet Connections?

The American multinational company Qualcomm just claimed the first 5G mobile net connection. Although experts only predict 5G to become widely available in a couple of years, it is guaranteed to give us faster speeds and to become the driving technology behind the Internet of Things.

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Future Trends Bruno Jacobsen Future Trends Bruno Jacobsen

Trump asks, Finland delivers

When US President Donald Trump tweeted that he wanted 5G, even 6G, in the US as soon as possible, social media didn't let him off the hook easily. Indeed, 5G is barely here today - how could we possibly be talking about 6G already? Curiously enough, however, 6G is a thing, and some people have already begun researching it.

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