Exploring the frontier of new interfaces

By Adam Tinworth

Where is AI going next? How far and fast with biocomputing develop? And what will the next wave of interfaces look like? A panel discussion from NEXT24.

Personal Energy: the human opportunity in the energy transition

By Adam Tinworth

What is the internet of energy? And why is it inevitable? A fireside chat from NEXT24 about the future of the energy transition.

Timmy Ghiurãu: new technology, new energy, new futures

By Adam Tinworth

How do you incorparate emerging technlogy into your business? By rethinking the very narratives of the job your products are doing, says Volvo’s Timmy Ghiurãu.

Andy Kitchen: Embodied AI, the one body problem

By Adam Tinworth

Forget digital AI. Here comes the minibrain: neural tissue grown on electrodes, that’s created embodied AI.

Maryam Alimardani: the next frontier of human cognition

By Adam Tinworth

Bridging the brain and the computer is the next step in interface design — and AI is helping make it happen.

AI as new media

By Martin Recke

Generative AI will create new media forms where artists and creative technologists are both at the forefront and at risk of being put out of business.

The internet of energy

By Martin Recke

With renewable energy on the rise, the energy networks have to change profoundly. The internet can be a model here.

The Tech Boom Doom cycle

By Adam Tinworth

From hype to fear, digital innovation is trapped in a Boom Doom Cycle. It’s time to escape by taking a nuanced approach to risk and reward.

Rethinking creativity

By Martin Recke

What’s the difference between human and machine creativity? Answering this questions leads to a rethinking of the concept.

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.

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 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".

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.

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.

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.

COP28: the need for innovation

By Martin Recke

COP28 showed that we know what to do. We have the technology we need, but upscaling still requires innovation.

Escaping the Meh-diocracy trap

By Adam Tinworth

The tech and movie innovation of the 2010s seems to have lapsed into a dull morass of “me too” products. A downturn is the perfect time to re-ignite creativity.