Mar 14, 2024 · Its underlying technology, blockchain, revolutionized the concept of digital transactions by providing a secure, transparent, and decentralized method for peer-to-peer payments. Bitcoin has not only influenced the development of other cryptocurrencies but has also sparked discussions about the future of money in the digital age.

Dec 6, 2024 · If technology helps generate economic growth, then fast-paced innovation might seem ideal, by delivering growth more quickly. But in another paper, “ Regulating Transformative Technologies ,” from the September issue of American Economic Review: Insights , Acemoglu and MIT doctoral student Todd Lensman suggest an alternative outlook.

May 17, 2022 · The use of technology and advanced analytics to support this decision making will lead to improvements in care efficiency, clinical success rates, and personalization of treatment methods. By 2027, AI will power clinical decision making in fertility clinics around the globe, enabling physicians to deliver a new level of precision medicine to ...

Jan 21, 2025 · The convergence isn’t always apparent at first glance. Take spatial computing – the technology that helps machines understand and interact with physical space. Spacial computing is impressive enough on its own, but when it converges with AI and robotics, we get machines that can navigate complex environments with human-like understanding.

Nov 18, 2020 · Technology has changed major sectors over the past 20 years, including media, climate action and healthcare. The World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers, which just celebrated its 20th anniversary, gives us insight how emerging tech leaders have influenced and responded to these changes.

Jun 25, 2024 · Immersive technology for the built world and AI-driven blended reality tools could have critical parts to play in its cleaner future, helping anticipate challenges and optimize projects for delivery in the real world. Digital twins, for example, can be used to simulate complex outcomes, increasing efficiency, while virtual prototyping and ...

Jan 6, 2025 · Technology can also play a critical role in fostering job-led growth, particularly in developing economies. AI, automation and other emerging technologies have the potential to create millions of new jobs. A World Economic Forum report estimates that AI and automation could generate 97 million new jobs globally by 2025.

Oct 12, 2021 · The pace of change in the technology sector has always been brisk. As much as 10 years worth of growth in e-commerce may have been compressed into just three months in late 2019, according to McKinsey & Company, which predicts that we’ll experience more technological progress in the coming decade than we did in the preceding 100 years put ...

Dec 18, 2024 · The study’s MIT co-authors include first author Ki Seok Kim, Seunghwan Seo, Doyoon Lee, Jung-El Ryu, Jekyung Kim, Jun Min Suh, June-chul Shin, Min-Kyu Song, Jin Feng, and Sangho Lee, along with collaborators from Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea, and the University of Texas at Dallas.

Nov 21, 2024 · “I was able to draw significantly from my learnings as we set out to develop the new battery technology.” Alsym’s founding team began by trying to design a battery from scratch based on new materials that could fit the parameters defined by Chatter. To make it nonflammable and nontoxic, the founders wanted to avoid lithium and cobalt.