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The Fight of The Two R’s: Robots v Redundancy

Tom Spencer

“Robots could take over twenty-million jobs by 2030” (Taylor, 2019). This begs the question, why do we favour productivity and efficiency if the new technology is simultaneously kicking workers out of jobs and diminishing the user experience? Robots could take over 20 million jobs by 2030, study claims. million robots worldwide.

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Drones Help New Industries Take Flight

Tom Spencer

This post explores three areas where drones are currently being used, the data they generate, and how they are being used to increase efficiency and maximise profits. Drones in Agriculture: How UAVs Make Farming More Efficient. The drone measured the volume of RWE’s coal reserves, which allowed PwC’s auditors to calculate its value.

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

These include offsetting greenhouse gas production by purchasing carbon credits, investing in more efficient gas turbine engines, using sustainable aviation fuel, and manufacturing with novel materials and 3D printing methods. Companies such as GE Aviation and Safran are working on improving engine efficiency in order to reduce emissions.

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Technology Is Changing Transportation, and Cities Should Adapt

Harvard Business

McKinsey and Bloomberg New Energy Finance have estimated that in 50 metropolitan areas worldwide, a rapid transition to advanced mobility systems could yield $600 billion in societal benefits through 2030. billion per year by 2030. The shift to next-generation mobility systems, however, won’t be easy for cities to manage.

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The Factory of the Future

BCG

The goals were to define a vision for the factory of the future in 2030, assess the benefits, and create a roadmap for implementation. In recent decades, such companies have been the leaders in implementing innovations in production to improve efficiency. In this report, we focus on automotive suppliers and OEMs.

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AI in Project Management: Is the Future Already Here?

Epicflow

According to Gartner , by 2030, 80% of project managers’ tasks will be run by AI, powered by big data, machine learning (ML), and natural language processing. As we stated above, all features in Epicflow work in synergy, which takes the management of multiple projects to the next level in terms of convenience, simplicity, and efficiency.

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The Scale of the Climate Catastrophe Will Depend on What Businesses Do Over the Next Decade

Harvard Business

” We will need to cut CO2 emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, the report says, and get to no emissions by 2050. As soon as the 2016 election was over, an auto industry group asked the new administration to give them some more wiggle room on aggressive fuel efficiency standards established by the Obama administration.

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