In part 2 of the conversation with Matthew Griffin we discuss the importance of a new educational paradigm for the future, how fully autonomous businesses will emerge, Universal Basic Income, and more!

It is quite a challenge to predict what changes will come beyond a 10 year time horizon due to the accelerating nature of technological development, and the convergences between these technologies. But in today’s episode we look beyond the 10 year time horizon for the Future of Work, with the help of futurist Matthew Griffin.

What is the future of Smart Cities? This episode explores how Smart Cities will impact the Future of Work and what negative issues will arise.

Today’s episode looks at perhaps the clearest example of a technology that augments workers, patients, and people in general; exoskeletons. My guest today to talk about this technology is Dr. Saskia Baltrusch.

Social Robots will be the focus of the discussion today with Oliver Korn the Director of the Affective & Cognitive Institute at Offenburg University in Germany.

We talk about where social robots are being used today, and why they can even be a better alternative than living creatures in places like elderly care.

Over the last few months you may have read an article or a social media post about a well known person like Grimes, Jack Dorsey, John Cleese, Mark Cuban, Paris Hilton and many others join the NFT frenzy. They have been offering videos, signed tweets, drawings, and even releasing an NFT art gallery, bringing dollars and more importantly attention to this technology as NFTs enter mainstream awareness.

One of, if not the most well known robotics company today is Boston Dynamics. And they have recently introduced another robot called Stretch, which seems quite different from its previous robots.

Today’s episode focuses on manufacturing, Specifically how neural networks and Artificial Intelligence gives small and local manufacturers the ability to be better connected to opportunities around them, reduce both the business development and administration friction experienced by new entrants, as well as what the future of manufacturing may look like.

Covid spurred on a newfound wave of interest in VR due to the enforced worldwide remote work situation. Even with the industry’s growth, a number of challenges still face this technology and on today’s episode Mark Baxter of Digitalnauts comes on to explain these, what some potential solutions are, and what might be the future for the technology.

As with some previous episodes that have focused on specific tech releases or recent news events dealing with emerging tech, today we will be looking at the recently announced platform from Microsoft.