VR/AR, Blockchain, Bitcoin, Artificial Intelligence and The Internet of Things

The grid edge is becoming too shaky to shield with traditional defenses.

Here is an excellent video on what is Blockchain and how it works:

It could displace central banks, conventional banking, and challenge the monopoly of national monies.

"A clear and crisply written account of machine intelligence, big data and the sharing economy. But McAfee and Brynjolfsson also wisely acknowledge the limitations of their futurology and avoid over-simplification." — John Thornhill, Financial Times

The ultimate goal is to facilitate paid work: "Anywhere there’s a phone, there’s a job. You just pick up a phone and whatever your skills, people will send you digital-currency-based jobs. You can click buttons and make money anywhere in the world."

From energy management to billing, blockchain will eventually touch everything in buildings.

The text on the screen is being generated not by his fingertips, but rather by the signals his brain is sending to his fingers. The armband is intercepting those signals, interpreting them correctly, and relaying the output to the computer, just as a keyboard would have.

With artificial intelligence, machines can see what many humans may have missed. "The technology really does work."

Does it sound and look spooky as hell? Absolutely. But in Japan, where the elderly are beginning to outnumber children, cheap, automated funeral rites may soon become the norm.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reinventing the creative landscape for marketers.