In the spring of 2018, researchers at MIT created AlterEgo, a wearable device capable of reading a person’s internal subvocalized monologue. When a person “speaks” in their mind, they produce almost undetectable muscle movements as ...
Last year, a Dutch agricultural machine manufacturer released an on-farm automated dairy processing system. Lely’s “Orbiter” is a miniature processing plant that allows farmers to process milk directly from cow to bottle. According to the ...
Video Transcript [Kristel Van der Elst] So from this work we started to look at really what it means for workers. We put kind of a zoom on that and what we came up with ...
Video Transcript [Eric Ward] Before we talk about the future, let’s just review the present. At this moment, there is a human replacement organ that’s being built with the patient’s own cells using a digital ...
This video is part of the Future of Work: Five Game Changers report, which details key game changers that could disrupt work and employment for Canadians. This is part of Horizons’ Economic Futures area of ...
Download presentation (PDF) Speaking points and presentation of Kristel Van der Elst, Director General, Policy Horizons Canada delivered at the International Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning Symposium (IRAHSS) in Singapore July 24, 2019. The theme ...
This video is part of the Next Digital Economy report, describing the evolution of the value chain. This is part of Horizons’ Economic Futures area of foresight. Video Transcription [Narration] Value chains bring products and ...
The Next Digital Economy promises to revolutionize value chains, and introduce a different model for the production and consumption of goods and services. Much of our economic activity may become digitally intermediated, customized, on demand, ...
We are living through a transition to the Next Digital Economy, in which much of our economic activity may become digitally intermediated, customized, on demand, and globally distributed. As a result, the models for production ...
What comes to mind when you think about the future of work? Automation? Telework? For me, it’s the gig economy, especially in Higher Education. In Canada, more than 50% of academics work on short term ...
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