New tech trends 2016 - How new tech is impacting society around the world

3. #NewTech16 @mdial Stretching the machine Stretching interactions STRETCHING THE LIMITS Bio-stretching

4. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org Researchers at Binghamton University had 45 volunteers read out a list of words to analyse their brain reactions. They just have to read the same words again to be identiﬁed with 94% accuracy. => Now you can be identiﬁed by the way your brain works. BRAINPRINT (USA)

5. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org The biometrics centre at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a system that identiﬁes individuals from their iris. It works at over 10 meters compared with a few centimetres before. A new way of checking identities for security or marketing. LONG-RANGE IRIS RECOGNITION (USA)

6. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org HOOPE (KAZAKHSTAN, MEXICO, RUSSIA) Hoope selects STDs discreetly, quickly and painlessly using a smart ring. The results for syphilis, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis and chlamydia are displayed in  a smartphone app that tells you   where the nearest treatment centres are.

7. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org Developed at Technion, detects cancer by analysing exhaled breath. Sniffphone is based on olfactory sensors that recognise the distinctive smells associated with certain types of cancer, particularly lung tumours. The solution is being miniaturised for use with a smartphone. SNIFFPHONE (ISRAEL)

8. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org MICROCULUS (GERMANY) A low-cost, 3D-printed device that can detect the biomarkers for cancer in less than an hour, with a dish, a smartphone and a drop (1ml) of blood. Macrocells reacts to the presence of   suspicious micro-NRA and sends the data to the cloud for analysis.

9. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org IKO CREATIVE PROSTHETIC (COLOMBIA) In cooperation with Lego, the IKO project develops electric prostheses for children. They can be customised through a   digital interface. Children can create modules with the shape of their choice and interchangeable accessories. The system lets children give free rein to their creativity and overcome their disability.

10. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org The first wireless brain- machine interface on the market, selling for $15,000. A small box is attached to the skull and connected to electrodes in the brain. It amplifies and digitises   brainwaves then transmits them by radio, as if your thoughts were carried by WiFi. Application: a paralysed person remotely controls a robotic arm. The first step towards telekinesis? CEREPLEX-W (USA)

11. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org DNA DATA STORAGE (SWITZERLAND) DNA is a biological code that can be engineered. Researchers at ETH Zurich used DNA sequencing not to create organic matter but to encode and store the Swiss Federal Charter and Archimedes’ Methods (83Ko). In addition to its longevity compared with other media (over 10,000 years in a silicon shell), DNA has huge storage capacity:   1g could hold all of google’s data. How long until computers have organic memories?

12. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org BLUE BRAIN PROJECT (SWITZERLAND / INTL)This multinational project, by 13 research institutes coordinated by EPFL in Lausanne, aims to digitally reproduce the functioning of a brain. A milestone was reached in October 2015 with the simulation of a neocortex (37 million synapses, 30,000 neurons). The project aims to improve our understanding of how memory works and the role of sleep or even create an artiﬁcial brain similar to our own.

13. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org AMINO (CANADA)You can already make bread at home but Amino goes one step further: now you can make perfume, brew your own beer or grow bacteria. Designed at MIT, this kit for making organic material is democratizing biotechnology by enabling users to look after cell cultures like a pet. Amino is designed to let anyone grasp cutting-edge science through simple experiments. Thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign, it sells for just 700€.

14. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org Two biohackers, the founder of Indie.bio, opposed to the high price of insulin   and big pharma’s monopoly, want to brew their own insulin at home like beer. Their crowdfunded, open source project consists of growing insulin by inserting the relevant DNA in   bacteria, taking advantage of falling prices for biotech equipment and the power of networks. OPEN SOURCE INSULIN PROJECT (USA)

15. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org To protest against the poor state of Panama City’s roads, a TV news show, together with ad agency P4 Ogilvy, created the tweeting pothole. Using sensors marked with a # and placed in holes in the road, El Hueco Twitero posts a tweet to the roads minister whenever a car drives over it. Following the automatic tweeting campaign, the minister took action to ﬁx the roads. EL HUECO TWITERO (PANAMA)

16. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org Researchers at the University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest complete computer, the size of a grain of rice. It can capture (sensors), record, analyse, store and transmit (by radio) data with a clean photovoltaic energy source. This miniaturisation of an autonomous computer opens the way for new smart, active objects. MICHIGAN MICRO MOTE (USA)

17. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org TODAI ROBOT PROJECT (JAPAN)Japan’s National Institute of Informatics has developed an artiﬁcial intelligence system that is capable of taking the national university entrance exam. After falling short in 2013 and 2014, the program passed in 2015 with a score of 53.8 over 5 subjects, higher than the national average. The goal now is to improve its performance, particularly in physics, and earn a place at the University of Tokyo.

18. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org Researchers at the University of Oslo are developing robots that can assess their own performance in tasks. Their appraisal leads to new 3D- printed parts, further tests and iterative improvements in performance. The goal is to develop methodology that enables robots to adapt to unpredictable situations (emergencies, interplanetary exploration, etc.). SELF-TEACHING 3D-PRINTED ROBOTS (NORWAY)

19. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org EVOLVING ROBOTS (UK - SWITZERLAND) Researchers at Cambridge University and ETH Zurich took inspiration from bio- design to build a “mother” robot capable of building its own “children” autonomously. Mother tests the performance of her children then adjusts the design of the next generation so that advantageous traits are passed on. The system is designed to mimic biological evolution and leads to the emergence of new models with no human involvement.

20. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org This young Canadian startup uses artiﬁcial intelligence to analyse contracts and other long legal documents quickly and produce a graphic summary that non- specialists can easily understand, bringing out the most important points. BEAGLE (CANADA)

21. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org Trolls ruin online discussions with insults and antisocial behaviour. Researchers at Stanford and Cornell have developed an algorithm that can spot a troll with 80% accuracy after 5 posts, before they even start trolling. This lets supervisors monitor these users as a priority, moderate their posts or even block them. TROLL-HUNTING ALGORITHM (USA)

22. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org Tinder is a highly popular dating app that lets users select or reject profiles with just a swipe of the finger. If two people choose each other they can chat. Tinderbox uses a facial recognition algorithm to automate selection after 60 swipes. The first messages are also written automatically. TINDERBOX (CANADA)

23. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org DOROTHY (USA) Dorothy lets users politely get out of an awkward situation or a boring conversation. Thanks to a small device hidden in your shoe, you can trigger a ﬁctitious incoming phone call. Dorothy can also invite your friends to your rescue by geolocating you, or order a Uber car.

24. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org TALKPUSH (HONG KONG) This recruitment platform, available in 20 Asian countries, lets businesses automate their recruitment campaigns. Applicants (invited e.g. by LinkedIn) contact the platform by phone, Web or chat. Recruiters have determined questions for candidates in advance. Their answers are recorded for consultation in Talkpush. The recruitment team can quickly review the applicants without having to interview them one by one.

25. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org WONOLO (USA)Wonolo (Work Now Local) gives anyone a chance to prove themselves. Candidates download the app and take a quick comprehension, communication and motivation test. Wonolo makes a few checks (without looking at qualiﬁcations or experience) before interviewing the candidate by phone. Businesses announced their needs on the platform. Workers can accept the job and go to the ﬁrm right away if needed. The higher they are rated by employers, the more the candidates can earn.

26. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org MITSUCARI (JAPAN) Mitsucari combines personality tests and artificial intelligence to match candidates with jobs, on the basis of 48 criteria that define the profiles of the company’s top performers. The platform analyses not only the right skills for a job, but also the right cultural match.

27. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org Created by a 17 year-old French entrepreneur, Bitproof notarizes contracts, documents and other information in the Bitcoin blockchain. The documents are permanently sealed and are legally valid worldwide. Contracts worth $2 million have been notarized to date. BITPROOF (FRANCE)

28. © 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.© 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. #NewTech16 @mdialnetexplo.org BITLAND (GHAN As much as 90% of land in Africa is undocumented and therefore outside the legal system. Using technologies from US startups Epigraph and Factom, the NGO BitLand wants to solve that problem by creating a permanent, transparent land register based on blockchain to make transfers easier and sales or mortgages more secure.

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