Discover the key drivers of positive smart city development, including collaboration, data literacy, and a sharp focus on sustainability.
Some of the most experienced tech investors in the world share their insights and advice to help new investors on their path to success.
Discover how brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are creating new possibilities in healthcare and medicine.
Two leaders at the intersection of art and technology share their perspective on the value of tech to enhance the emotional and sensory power of art.
Following the reveal of Microsoft’s new quantum chip, we explore how quantum computing could transform industries.
Discover the ten technologies that MIT researchers predict will have a major impact on our world for decades to come.
Discover the developments you’ll see across the EdTech sector this year, with a focus on personalised learning, adaptive teaching, and the integration of new innovations into existing educational models.
Aman Merchant (Serial Entrepreneur; Chief Provocateur at Radicle; General Partner at ReimaginED Collective) is a futurist at heart, with three decades of experience across education, social impact, and innovation. An expert in the art of collaboration, he’s a leader in global education transformation. As Founder of the ReimaginED Collective,
Isaac Applbaum (Founder and Partner at MizMaa Ventures) is an investor with extensive experience in international markets, and a specific interest in Saudi Arabia. Based in California, he has visited Saudi Arabia 28 times. He’s a proactive investor in early-stage startups – including startups he discovered at LEAP. And he’
The rise in global internet penetration, along with major improvements in mobile connectivity with the advent of 4G and 5G, have enabled a generation of digital nomads. According to data from Digital Nomad, there are about 35 million digital nomads worldwide in 2023 – and 47% of them are from the
In The Economist’s future-gazing segment, The World Ahead 2024, technology is featuring heavily in predictions for transformation as we move into a new year.
We spend a lot of time talking to tech innovators, executives, developers, and entrepreneurs. And one of the stumbling blocks that comes up at every level is communication. The tech products with the greatest potential to have a real positive impact can be held back if company leaders can’t
When we interviewed Amy Peck (Founder and CEO at Endeavour XR) about her experience at LEAP, she said: “I am still so inspired by the event and the future vision in Saudi – I don’t think it will ever fade!” And she’s right: Saudi Arabia is a country that’
You stop at a tea stall at the side of the road. You don’t have any cash in your pocket – but it doesn’t matter, because the tea trader has a QR code. You can scan and pay on your phone. Ten minutes later, you’re back on the
It might sound a bit like something from Ghostbusters, but hyperspectral imagery is gaining interest (and investments) in the tech industry. It’s a technique that collects and processes information across the electromagnetic spectrum, in order to obtain the spectrum for every pixel within an image. This means that materials
Imagine a microscopic robot that could spiral through the human body’s vascular system, guided by sound, and deliver life-saving medicine as it goes. Along with his colleagues at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Daniel Ahmed (Professor of Acoustic Robotics for Life Sciences and Healthcare) is working on a
