What do we know about the economics of AI? - MIT News
Dec 6, 2024 · If technology helps generate economic growth, then fast-paced innovation might seem ideal, by delivering growth more quickly. But in another paper, “ Regulating Transformative Technologies ,” from the September issue of American Economic Review: Insights , Acemoglu and MIT doctoral student Todd Lensman suggest an alternative outlook.
The top technology stories from 2024 - The World Economic Forum
Dec 18, 2024 · It's been a year of technology headlines. In June 2024, the Forum released its Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2024 report . Drawing on insights from scientists, researchers and futurists, the report identifies 10 technologies poised to significantly influence societies and economies within three to five years.
Top 10 tech trends for next 10 years (according to McKinsey)
Oct 12, 2021 · The pace of change in the technology sector has always been brisk. As much as 10 years worth of growth in e-commerce may have been compressed into just three months in late 2019, according to McKinsey & Company, which predicts that we’ll experience more technological progress in the coming decade than we did in the preceding 100 years put ...
How AI and other technology changed our lives – a timeline
Mar 14, 2024 · Its underlying technology, blockchain, revolutionized the concept of digital transactions by providing a secure, transparent, and decentralized method for peer-to-peer payments. Bitcoin has not only influenced the development of other cryptocurrencies but has also sparked discussions about the future of money in the digital age.
Here’s how technology has changed the world since 2000
Nov 18, 2020 · Technology has changed major sectors over the past 20 years, including media, climate action and healthcare. The World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers, which just celebrated its 20th anniversary, gives us insight how emerging tech leaders have influenced and responded to these changes.
MIT engineers grow “high-rise” 3D chips
Dec 18, 2024 · The study’s MIT co-authors include first author Ki Seok Kim, Seunghwan Seo, Doyoon Lee, Jung-El Ryu, Jekyung Kim, Jun Min Suh, June-chul Shin, Min-Kyu Song, Jin Feng, and Sangho Lee, along with collaborators from Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea, and the University of Texas at Dallas.
A nonflammable battery to power a safer, decarbonized future
Nov 21, 2024 · “I was able to draw significantly from my learnings as we set out to develop the new battery technology.” Alsym’s founding team began by trying to design a battery from scratch based on new materials that could fit the parameters defined by Chatter. To make it nonflammable and nontoxic, the founders wanted to avoid lithium and cobalt.
Nanoscale transistors could enable more efficient electronics
Nov 4, 2024 · But silicon semiconductor technology is held back by a fundamental physical limit that prevents transistors from operating below a certain voltage. This limit, known as “Boltzmann tyranny,” hinders the energy efficiency of computers and other electronics, especially with the rapid development of artificial intelligence technologies that ...
Computer science and technology - MIT News
2 days ago · Karl Berggren named faculty head of electrical engineering in EECS. Professor who develops technologies to push the envelope of what is possible with photonics and electronic devices succeeds Joel Voldman.
Physicists magnetize a material with light - MIT News
Dec 18, 2024 · MIT physicists created a long-lasting magnetic state in a material, using only light. The results provide a new way to control and switch antiferromagnetic materials, which are of interest for their potential to advance information processing and memory chip technology.