futurescope:

McKinsey: The $33 Trillion Technology Payoff

From Bits Blog NYT:

A new report from the McKinsey Global Institute, the research arm of the consulting firm, delivers a twist on the art form, and the difference is more than the timing. The 154-page report not only selects a dozen “disruptive” technologies from a candidate list of 100, but also measures their economic impact. By 2025, the 12 technologies — led by the mobile Internet, the automation of knowledge work, and the Internet of Things — have the potential to deliver economic value of up to $33 trillion a year worldwide, according to the McKinsey researchers. […]

[read more] [McKinsey Global Institute]

thenextweb:

Sage advice from Mr Bill Gates, or just silly nonsense?

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@MattNavarraUK

springwise:

In Israel, QR code application form only scannable by students with high IQs

Advertising agencies may no longer be able to rely on simple QR codes to keep audiences engaged with their content – unless they come up with something special. We recently covered Berrge Tattoo‘s innovative recruitment ad, which could only be scanned once talented artists had carefully filled out the code with ink, and now a similar stunt in Israel means only students with the right quiz answers are able to correctly fill out a QR code to apply for a place on the Kidum 700 course. READ MORE…

thisistheverge:

The Xbox One will always be listening to you, in your own home

Did Microsoft just invent the Telescreen from ‘1984?’

emergentfutures:

Australian 3D printers on track to print body parts

The University of Wollongong’s Centre for Electromaterials Science is opening a research unit at Melbourne’s St Vincent’s Hospital where 3D printing will be used to reproduce tissue material.

The bio-fabrication unit scientists have already begun animal trials to reproduce skin, cartilage, arteries and heart valves.

Full Story: ABC

wired:

This tiny, new compound camera is built LIKE A BUG’S EYE.

…so you may want to be careful the next time you pull out that flyswatter.

(Source: Wired)