Would you want to be trained by an AI? AI could replace human coaches - would you be trained by a robot? By 2025, five billion people will be connected to each other through four billion smartphones and 50bn other devices. This will produce new data at unimaginable rates. Add in exponential growth in artificial intelligence (AI) – which is predicted to generate 1.7MB of data for every person every second by this time next year – [...]
Neuroscience could be key to unlocking your brain’s true potential Our brains have been humanity’s best adaption. Despite sharing 90 per cent of our DNA with our primate cousins, it’s the faster evolution of our grey matter which has helped us rise to dominance while others are still chewing grass. Our cerebral cortex (the part responsible for higher cognition) is disproportionately larger than those of [...]
Employers want to use wearable tech to track the health, sleep, fitness and productivity of the office If you've woken up and checked your watch for last night’s sleep data, you’re not alone. In the UK, more than five million wearables (such as Fitbits and step counters) are now part of individuals’ everyday lives – 1.96m were sold in 2017 alone. So it’s only natural for employers to be interested in the power of [...]