Do you know your bots? May 19, 2021 Robots are everywhere — from robotic wearables, bionic hands and arms, companion robots, medical devices and even biomorphic drones that model the behaviour of bees. The fastest and most significant new innovations are taking place right now in three subsectors of the robotics sector which focus respectively on cobots, drones and medical robots. Cobots Cobots [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? May 19, 2021 City A.M.‘s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every Wednesday afternoon. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Ex Co-op CEO joins Boomin’s board Property site Boomin has bagged itself a retail veteran this week, who is set to join the board as a non-executive director at its next [...]
AI is the next frontier for surgical robots May 19, 2021 The introduction of robots into surgery has changed modern surgical practise. The global surgical robotics market is expected to reach $98 billion in value by the end of 2024. Being minimally invasive, surgical robots are helping to perform complex surgeries with geometrical precision even in anatomical areas that are difficult for even human surgeons to reach. [...]
Former MI5 chief reveals secret documents in hollowed-out tree were eaten by squirrels May 18, 2021 A former MI5 chief has recalled the distress of a Russian intelligence officer discovering top secret documents concealed by an agent in a hollowed-out tree had been eaten by squirrels. Baroness Manningham-Buller, who served for more than three decades in the Security Service including five as director general, recounted the spying tale as she highlighted [...]
These are the jobs of tomorrow May 18, 2021 The future looks bright if you are a data analyst, a scientist, a robotics engineer, a business development professional or an artificial intelligence or big data-specialist. These are amongst the top twenty roles that are increasing in demand across all industries, according to the World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report. The report claims that [...]
Nine technologies imagined in SciFi that actually became a reality May 17, 2021 Some say that imagination is a form of prediction. Through deep analysis Rewired seeks to back the deep tech ventures that will unlock an artificial intelligence revolution with the backing of investors such as technologist Tej Kohli. We aim to ‘get in early’ when investing across five verticals including machine learning, robotics, bionics, sensors, mapping and [...]
Keir Starmer was right on one thing in his reshuffle – we need a Future of Work Secretary May 15, 2021 After a poor set of local election results and a botched reshuffle, Labour hasn’t had the best of weeks. But one thing it may have gotten right is the appointment of Angela Rayner as “shadow secretary for the future of work”. While it is easy to mock the elaborate titles bestowed on the deputy leader [...]
6 Technology-driven trends that will change business strategy May 14, 2021 Last year Gartner’ published ‘Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2021’ as an e-book to highlight those trends that are set to drive significant disruption and opportunity over the next five to 10 years. Nearly half-way into 2021 and many of the trends identified in the report are as pertinent now as they were then, with some [...]
Embracing technology to become better chartered accountants May 14, 2021 Gareth Lewis CA, chief executive and co-founder of Delio, and the 2019 winner of ICAS’ Top 100 Young CAs Technology category, talks about the changing profession and why it’s time for chartered accountants to embrace technology. Over the last decade, multiple technological developments have impacted the accountancy profession, financial services and the wider world of [...]
Solving the efficiency problem at the heart of AI May 13, 2021 Our Switzerland-based investment fund focuses on investing in the technologies that can help to unlock an artificial intelligence revolution. Backed by prominent investors such as technologist Tej Kohli*, we invest across five verticals including machine learning, robotics, bionics, sensors, mapping and localization; and we also back frontier applications which combine AI with new innovations such [...]