By the year 2050, more than 60 percent of the world’s populations will live in cities. Researchers, entrepreneurs, and policy makers are working on ways to give our huge urban areas a technological upgrade, planning the connected infrastructures that will support tomorrow's "smart cities."

When Cities Get Smart

Ground-breaking innovations hold real potential to change our lives in the foreseeable future–and not always in the ways you’d imagine. When Fidelity’s investment experts consider this potential, they look well beyond the obvious implications. “The Future According to Now” is a podcast from Atlantic Re:think, the branded content studio at The Atlantic, and Fidelity Investments. Follow along at theatlantic.com/fidelitypodcast, @atlanticrethink, or on your favorite podcast platforms. 

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As big data evolves from giving us public transit updates to influencing some of the biggest decisions in our daily lives, technologists are trying to harness its potential to revolutionize the field of healthcare. Not only can big data be used to change the way an individual patient is treated, it can also help track and treat the outbreak of infectious diseases. Can big data help curb the next big flu epidemic? This is The Future According To Now, a podcast from Atlantic Re:think, the branded content studio at The Atlantic, and Fidelity Investments, with production support from At Will Media.

Big Data Is Spreading

As we look more and more toward renewable energy, wind turbine farms have exploded in popularity. But no longer are we limited only to traditional wind farms in large open prairies. Intrepid engineers have turned to the ocean, where they operate wind farms, some of them even floating like buoys, bobbing above the tide. And perhaps sooner than we expect, offshore floating wind farms could power a significant percentage of our homes. This is The Future According To Now, a podcast from Atlantic Re:think, the branded content studio at The Atlantic, and Fidelity Investments, with production support from At Will Media.

Floating Into The Future

With six billion new internet users wielding smartphones and the evolution of e-commerce and mobile payment platforms, money is being moved faster and more frequently than ever before. In this episode we will speak with experts about how new models of digital infrastructure are being cultivated in emerging markets, and what we can learn from them. This is The Future According To Now, a podcast from Atlantic Re:think, the branded content studio at The Atlantic, and Fidelity Investments, with production support from At Will Media.

The Next Six Billion Users

The promise of 5G networks is already propelling innovators to design new modes of communication. From remote robotic surgery to ultra-responsive autonomous cars, the 5G network leans into a world of higher reliability and lower latency. In this episode, we talk to experts revolutionizing the way we transfer skills via the technology of touch. We’ll also hear from a Fidelity expert on how this move to the fifth generation will effect a fundamental building block in the tech industry. This is The Future According To Now, a podcast from Atlantic Re:think, the branded content studio at The Atlantic, and Fidelity Investments, with production support from At Will Media.

Beyond the Internet of Things

Feeding our ever-growing appetite for faster and more convenient delivery, shipments from online purchases are set to almost double in the next few years. A future in which drone and autonomous vehicle deliveries could be as common as checking the mailbox seems closer everyday. But before we can get there, first we must solve a major logistical problem: the nearly four billion people without addresses. We talk to the experts transforming the way we think about location and we’ll hear from an investment expert about the solutions he’s tracking. This is The Future According To Now, a podcast from Atlantic Re:think, the branded content studio at The Atlantic, and Fidelity Investments, with production support from At Will Media.

When Cities Get Smart

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