Future Technology

As machines become capable of doing most of the work people have performed for centuries, we are headed for a massive social reorganization. In The Five Forces That Change Everything, Steve Hoffman, venture capitalist and CEO of Founders Space, takes you on a journey to see what the most brilliant minds of our age are dreaming up.

A deeply personal investigation into the current state of eldercare and what it means to grow old in America Unlike many other cultures, our collective stance toward older people in the United States has long been one of casual avoidance and neglect. This attitude became brutally clear during...

A teen criminal hacker turned secret operative must outwit a band of cyberterrorists in this gripping novel from the acclaimed author of The Bone Houses. I was fifteen when I became a murderer. After a hack gone tragically wrong, a teen girl is given an ultimatum: accept a harsh prison sentence...

Experiencia del cliente impulsada por IA: el futuro de la excelencia en el centro de llamadas. Una guía completa para operaciones de alto rendimiento. Hace treinta años, el servicio al cliente priorizaba la velocidad y la eficiencia sobre la satisfacción y la empatía. Con el tiempo, observé y lideré su evolución de un centro de costos a una ventaja estratégica en empresas grandes y pequeñas.

Dive into the future of AI with this audiobook! Embodied AI is transforming the world by seamlessly integrating advanced technologies into real-world applications. This audiobook offers an in-depth exploration of how AI is bridging the gap between simulations and reality. Discover the secrets of Embodied AI and learn how it’s revolutionizing industries. From innovative techniques like Sim2Real Transfer to the latest in Multimodal Perception, this audiobook covers it all.

The professional landscape is transforming, and the only way to maintain competitive advantage is to maximize the unique skills of your workforce. In Humanity Works, best-selling author, global workplace consultant, and futurist Alexandra Levit provides a guide to making the most of the human traits of creativity, judgement, problem solving, and interpersonal sensitivity. Revealing what the "robot takeover" will really look like, how talent and machines can work side by side, and how you can make organizational structures more agile and innovation focused, this book will prepare you to lead organizations of the future.

Before there was Steve Jobs, there was Norman Bel Geddes. A ninth-grade dropout who found himself at the center of the worlds of industry, advertising, theater, and even gaming, Bel Geddes designed everything from the first all-weather stadium to Manhattan's most exclusive nightclub to Futurama, the prescient 1939 exhibit that envisioned how America would look in the not-too-distant 1960s.

A través del recuento de los grandes avances de la ciencia el libro nos presenta cuatro grandes expansiones que están transformando la humanidad: La expansión del cuerpo. La expansión de la mente. La expansión de la conciencia. Y la expansión de la realidad.

We often think of AI in terms of futuristic robots with glowing eyes or walking, talking machines that look and act like humans. That’s the image many movies and books give us, and while that vision is fascinating, it’s only a tiny slice of what AI actually is. In real life, AI is less about building androids and more about designing systems that can learn, reason, and adapt—traits we usually associate with human intelligence. It’s about creating software and machines that can recognize patterns, make decisions, and even improve themselves over time through experience.

Breakthroughs such as personalized genomics, drones, self-driving vehicles, and artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. On the other hand, the same technologies raise the specter of a frightening future - eugenics, a jobless economy, a complete loss of privacy, and ever-worsening economic inequality. Wadhwa says that we need to ask three questions about every emerging technology: Does it have the potential to benefit everyone equally? What are the risks and the rewards? And does it promote autonomy or dependence?

The history of the American gun is intricately entwined with the history of America itself, and the potential future developments in gun technology could change the world. However, the radical anti-gun lobby stands between innovation and the American people. Bestselling author Frank Miniter describes amazing breakthroughs waiting to happen in gun technology - and how gun grabbers threaten to stop progress in its tracks.

Eine Chinesin, die es wagt, ihren brasilianischen Freund nicht mehr länger nur in einer virussicheren, virtuellen Realität zu treffen. Ein junger Mann in Sri Lanka, der mittels autonomer Fahrzeuge Leben rettet. Ein Münchner Quantencomputerprofi, der die Welt mit KI-gesteuerten Waffen ins Chaos stürzen will... In KI 2041 haben sich der international bekannteste KI-Experte und ein führender Science-Fiction-Autor zusammengetan, um eine zwingende Frage zu beantworten: Wie wird künstliche Intelligenz unser Leben in zwanzig Jahren verändert haben?

"Smart Ecosystems: Integrating Nature and Technology in Future Cities", the latest installment in the acclaimed Building Digital Twin Metaverse Cities series, delivers a visionary blueprint for urban environments of the future—where cutting-edge technology harmonizes with the beauty of nature. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Samuel Li explores how cities can transition from resource-intensive hubs to regenerative spaces that nurture biodiversity, promote sustainability, and enhance human well-being.

Artificial intelligence may feel like it appeared overnight—suddenly able to write stories, answer questions, analyse data, recognise images, and hold conversations with remarkable fluency. But today’s AI is not the result of a single breakthrough. It is the outcome of a long, fascinating journey built on decades of research, experimentation, and problem-solving.

The Future of AI Chatbots: 10 Predictions for Interaction is a timely exploration of how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way we live, work, and communicate. In just a few years, chatbots have evolved from clunky curiosities into remarkably capable tools—writing poetry, debugging code, summarising reports, and even offering emotional support.

We have been underselling the future. In fact, the future will be neither dystopia nor utopia (which is an actively harmful dichotomy) - it will be what we do the work to make it. And the best way to the brightest future is to focus on what we can do, and make sure we are working to get there. Kate O’Neill, author of Tech Humanist and Pixels and Place, explores the ways we have already begun to solve human problems at scale, and makes the case for an approach that’s both hopeful and strategic as our best chance at a truly bright future.

Acclaimed futurist, author, and digital strategist Bernard Marr delivers a compelling and engaging discussion of the technologies driving the impending—and ongoing—transformation of the internet, including blockchain, augmented reality (AR), and more. In the book, you'll explore the risks and opportunities presented by these game-changing techs and how they might impact you, your organization, and community.

Technology is advancing faster than ever - but for better or for worse? On the one hand, astonishing technological developments from personalized genomics to self-driving cars to drones to artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. On the other hand, these very same technologies could raise the specter of a frightening and alienating future - eugenics, a jobless economy, complete loss of privacy, and an ever-worsening spiral of economic inequality.

El objetivo no es predecir el futuro con certeza, eso sería imposible dado el rápido ritmo del cambio. Más bien, es proporcionar un marco integral para comprender las fuerzas que dan forma a la evolución de la IA y los escenarios probables que encontraremos en los próximos años.

This book explores nanotechnology—a revolutionary scientific frontier that is reshaping our understanding of what it means to manipulate matter at the atomic and molecular levels. Delving into the fundamental principles of nanoscale processes, the author reveals how these invisible mechanisms are driving breakthroughs in medicine, energy, manufacturing, and even space exploration.