The Future Now ShowOctober 2017Digital Twin Cities & Artificial IntelligencewithIgor van Gemert Artificial Intelligences (AIs) are being increasingly used in real applications. An example, discussed here, is using them to mimic the goings-on in a simulation of a real city (or even country), from traffic flow to electricity and water consumption. This allows us to play … [Read more...] about Digital Twin Cities & Artificial Intelligence
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Demography of Europe
The Future Now ShowNovember 2017Demography of EuropewithMichael Akerib Table of ContentHistory 1:16Now 25:52Migration 28:27Opportunities 48:58 Musings on the future are often quite narrow in scope (e.g. specific technologies) and time. The near future is obviously of great interest as it’s our next page, but it’s one page in a very long book and sometimes you need to read … [Read more...] about Demography of Europe
Happy Rain
The Future Now ShowDecember 2017Happy RainwithIsabelle Antunès Storytelling is a fundamental part of what makes humans successful. This is a story about how farming communities in Bangladesh were transformed by an idea that allowed them to profit from the monsoon season instead of migrating away and waiting for it to pass. But it’s also a story about a story, about the … [Read more...] about Happy Rain
Causalities and A.I.
The Future Now ShowJanuary 2018Causalities and A.I.withHardy Schloerhosted bySimon Jones Big data and artificial intelligence (AI) are terms you’ll have been hearing a lot. They are often misused and poorly understood. So it’s nice to see a concrete example of what can be done with them. The key here is to use not only standard metadata (data describing data) but also … [Read more...] about Causalities and A.I.
Social Banking with Christian Heyner
The Future Now ShowFebruary 2018Social BankingwithChristian Heyner It is a strange and unfortunate fact of life that many things people in the developed world pay little for cost substantially more in the developing world. One of these is banking, often costly in the developing world while in much of the developed world banks now offer you money to encourage you to open a … [Read more...] about Social Banking with Christian Heyner