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A biological computer that can play Pong

By Martin Recke

The human brain is a biological computer. Recent breakthroughs give us real, biological models of the brain – that can learn by themselves.
For innovation, break the pattern

By Adam Tinworth

Patterned behaviour is the enemy of innovation. To put new energy into your business, break the pattern, and let the creativity free.
The demographic collapse

By Martin Recke

Around the middle of the century, the world’s demographics will shift from growth to decline – with dire consequences for our way of living.
The car of the future is emerging — in XR

By Adam Tinworth

Despite bad car news from Apple and Tesla, and the lack of true autonomous cars on the roads, innovation is still happening — just not where you expect.
Brains, robots, and interfaces

By Martin Recke

The brain is energy-hungry. But because it uses electrical signals, we can develop digital interfaces – even for human-robot interaction.
Why new energy is key to innovation

By Martin Recke

Today, a lot of energy is lost in complexity. New energy in all forms – physical, mental and creative – is the key to innovation.
AI needs new energy — and lots of it

By Adam Tinworth

AI is seriously energy hungry. Our new technology needs new energy — without making the climate crisis worse. What are the solutions?
More food with less energy use?

By Martin Recke

Our global food system runs on an energy deficit. More efficiency is needed, and agtech can be part of the solution.
AI is finally unlocking a new interface paradigm

By Adam Tinworth

We’ve been using the graphical interface for decades, while voice assistants have struggled. Could AI be the key that unlocks a new form of computing?
Wanted: New Energy for everything

By Adam Tinworth

The productivity crisis. The climate crisis. The permacrisis. We face many challenges as a society — and we badly need to find new energy to find solutions.
NEXT24 theme: New Energy – Recharging our Systems

By NEXT Conference

We proudly present this year's motto for NEXT24: "New Energy - Recharging our Systems".
SXSW Insights 2024: the potential and peril of AI

By Adam Tinworth

The SXSW hype machine was in full flow this year, with AI — quite justifiably — at its centre. But we need to focus on the wider picture and the potential downsides, too.
AI & Creativity: should we fight it — or embrace it?

By Adam Tinworth

AI can do creative work — depending on your definition of “create”. What does that mean for those of us who earn our living through creativity?
Will AI change everything everywhere all at once?

By Martin Recke

A new book by Miriam Meckel and Léa Steinacker gives insight into the impact AI will have on everything everywhere all at once.
Re-energising your company with true hybrid work

By Adam Tinworth

Office work or home working is a false dichotomy. Smart companies need to make hybrid work deliver — and that means new skills are needed.
Our electric future needs electrifying marketing

By Adam Tinworth

If we’re going to hit the net-zero targets we need, we have to electrify everything we can. And that means a new energy in our marketing, to sell people on the better lifestyle that could result.
2024, a big year for freedom and democracy?

By Martin Recke

In 2024, democracy and freedom are at peril. Politics needs to solve systemic issues – and can’t simply throw money at every problem.
Apple Vision Pro: a tentative first step into a phygital world

By Adam Tinworth

The launch of the Vision Pro is the end of a decade of development — but only the very beginning of figuring out what spatial computing is.
WEF 2024: why the world’s corporations need to learn to dance

By Adam Tinworth

The annual chinwag in Davos needs to translate ideas into action faster than ever before, as global instability grows.
A new interface paradigm

By Martin Recke

Computing is expanding in two dimensions. Will conversational AI lead to a new interface paradigm? And what does that mean?
Paula Zuccotti: how design ethnography illuminates the future by understanding the present

By Adam Tinworth

How does design ethnography change the sorts of products and service we deliver? By rooting them in the lived reality of people’s lives, we make them more compelling, suggests Paula Zuccotti.
Paula Zuccotti: Unlock the World of Ethnography

Immerse yourself in design ethnography with Paula Zuccotti and Ina Feistritzer. Learn how Paula adapted to the challenges of the pandemic and transitioned from in-person to virtual design ethnography.
How life favours sustainability

By Martin Recke

It’s high time to put sustainability on a more secure human footing. People have a desire to sustain and improve their lives: build on that.
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