About Us Innovation
Share Buttons
Filter Options
-
Tech companies transforming the way we live
Entrepreneurs are driven by a desire to make a difference. In doing so many are developing technology that can transform the way we live. How do investors find these groundbreaking companies?
-
The department store of the future. Shopping in Beijing.
China's new middle class, numbering some 400 million people, will fundamentally change global trade. What are these people buying? How do they approach consumption? We accompany a young Chinese woman as she goes shopping – and catch a glimpse of our own future.
-
Loans with the help of satellite images. A start-up solution.
How does a corn farmer in East Africa prove his creditworthiness? A start-up has come up with a solution for connecting remote regions to the rest of the world. The only requirement? A mobile phone.
-
AI and healthcare: more personal and more accessible
Artificial intelligence, or AI, has many applications in healthcare. Discover what companies are doing in primary care and fertility medicine, in our series of interviews.
-
Beating death – advances in healthtech
The latest developments in medicine and healthtech will soon allow for completely new therapies to treat a whole range of diseases, some of which were considered until now to be fatal. Will our lifespan soon increase? Can we really beat death?
-
Is there a human side to the use of artificial intelligence in the workforce?
Ensuring that modern computer technology improves the working world and ultimately benefits people, now and future generations, is possible but continues to be a pressing challenge ethically and legally.
-
Greater job opportunities or social threat?
The gig economy is revolutionizing employment, growing in participants as well as in skepticism. AI & The Future of Work: Assessing economic security in the gig economy.
-
Where innovation comes first. Right after health.
Health is our most precious asset. At the 5th Private Innovation Circle in Hong Kong, two out of a total of eight young companies presented solutions to help improve quality of life for patients with pain and diabetes.
-
Triumphing with the 4th industrial revolution: The desired professional skillset
The 4th industrial revolution is changing our working environments rapidly, creating more new job types. Having the right skillset for fulfilling the innovative demands secures professional success.
-
Virtual reality. Innovations for the real world.
Until recently, virtual reality and augmented reality were still a distant dream. But nowadays, they have become almost indispensable. At the 5th Private Innovation Circle in Hong Kong, three companies demonstrated how these technologies can be put to profitable use.
