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december 2015

On the brink of a technological revolution

By | Algemeen

We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before. We do not yet know just how it will unfold, but one thing is clear: the response to it must be integrated and comprehensive, involving all stakeholders of the global polity, from the public and private sectors to academia and civil society. Already, artificial intelligence is all around us, from self-driving cars and drones to virtual assistants and software that translate…

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‘There’s plenty of room at the bottom’

By | Algemeen

Over 50 years have passed since the Nobel Prize physicist Richard P. Feynman, with the lecture at the California Institute of Technology entitled ‘There’s plenty of room at the bottom’ has opened the way for innovations related to nanotechnology, prefiguring the possibilities associated with the transformation of matter at the molecular level.

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