Trends are born, they grow, mature, reach old age and die. The “clean phone” trend we forecast is still in technology’s womb. And those who recognize the firms giving birth to this multi-billion-dollar market segment will reap great financial benefits and personal satisfaction. In trend forecasting, all things are connected. It’s Globalnomic®. To understand the market dynamics and growth potential...
Chatbots: The next big thing?
Anyone who’s conversed with Apple’s Siri or Microsoft’s Cortana has made friends with a chatbot. A chatbot is a form of artificial intelligence that responds in a conversational manner, in print or verbally, to questions or requests from people: “Where’s the nearest McDonald’s?” or “Call Doug.” But, for chatbot developers, that’s baby talk. Chatbots have the power to personalize a...
From robots to ‘co-bots’
The speed with which robots and software are becoming more intelligent and more capable threatens to eliminate humans’ jobs, ranging from manufacturing to accounting to journalism and the law. But in a Ford Motor Co. plant in Cologne, Germany, robots and people have found a way to co-exist. The plant uses specially designed collaborative robots, or “co-bots,” to do tasks...
Take control of public funds
The idea is as simple as it is profound: A city earmarks a portion of its planned capital budget to be spent by residents. Anyone can suggest an idea for the money’s use, which is then vetted for practicality and cost. Surviving proposals are subject to a public vote; the top vote-getters are included in the city’s next budget. Governments...
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Gerald Celente’s “Trends This Week,” a weekly show on the Progressive Radio Network, PRN.fm, airs live each Wednesday at 11 a.m. Trends This Week breaks down essential trends in economics, geopolitics, health and well-being, pop culture and more in classic Celente style. And, if you can’t catch the show live, you can listen 24/7 by visiting Trendsresearch.com and clicking on “Gerald In The...
Gene reverses aging?
A gene with the unappealing name of “Nanog” may be the key to reversing aging. At the University of Buffalo, scientists have found a way to use the gene to kick-start dormant processes in cells that can prevent clogged arteries, brittle bones and other markers of old age. Every part of our bodies holds adult stem cells, which leap into...
Making dirty water drinkable
With clean water becoming increasingly scarce around the world, ways to purify dirty water become urgent. Now we have a new one that’s cheap, simple and quick. The process, created by scientists at Washington University, uses a two-layer foam that floats on water. The bottom layer is cellulose produced by bacteria; the top sheet is the same cellulose integrated with...
Top Trends of 2016 update
The Summer 2016 Trends Journal examines the Trends Research Institute’s Top Trends of 2016 at mid-year, providing forecasts in economics, geopolitics, business and investment, aging and technology. Also featured is powerful commentary by Gerald Celente on the greater trend lines behind the Brexit vote and what it could mean to Direct Democracy movements worldwide. Also, we provide an in-depth look...
People Power: The New World Order
By Gerald Celente PUBLISHER Trends are born, they grow, mature, reach old age and die. The People Power trend, while at a ripe old age in nations such as Switzerland — one of the wealthiest, most democratic countries in the world where its people vote on issues that affect their lives and livelihoods, and not political parties — is now...
The Last World War
TOP TREND: MID-YEAR UPDATE 2016 forecast: With each passing day, the drums of war beat louder and the list of countries joining the march to war grows longer. If trend lines drawn since the War on Terror launched by US President George W. Bush following 9/11 are not reversed, World War III will not only be a Top Trend of...