Kodak invented the digital camera - then killed it. Why innovation ...
2016年6月23日 · Kodak had a long history of cultivating and embracing risky innovations. George Eastman, the company’s founder, recognised this when he pivoted Kodak’s core business from dry-plates to film, and from black and white to colour, despite hitting profitable product lines …
Here’s how technology has changed the world since 2000
2020年11月18日 · From smartphones to social media and healthcare, here's a brief history of the 21st century's technological revolution. Just over 20 years ago, the dotcom bubble burst , causing the stocks of many tech firms to tumble.
How smartphones devastated the camera industry
2019年9月23日 · According to CIPA, a Japan-based industry group with members such as Olympus, Canon and Nikon, worldwide camera shipments dropped by 84 percent between 2010 and 2018. The steep decline was mainly driven by a drop-off in shipments of digital cameras with built-in lenses , the type that casual photographers used to rely on prior to the rise of ...
How AI and other technology changed our lives – a timeline
2024年3月14日 · A significant moment in the history of quantum computing was achieved in October 2019 when Google’s Sycamore processor demonstrated “quantum supremacy” by solving a complex problem faster than the world’s most powerful supercomputers. Quantum technologies can be used in a variety of applications and offer transformative impacts across ...
A brief history of globalization | World Economic Forum
2019年1月17日 · For the first time in history, luxury products from China started to appear on the other edge of the Eurasian continent – in Rome. They got there after being hauled for thousands of miles along the Silk Road. Trade had stopped being a local or regional affair and started to …
The World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or …
A short history of AI in 10 landmark moments | World Economic …
2024年10月3日 · From the first digital computers built in the 1940s to the multitudinous uses of today’s machine learning tools, artificial intelligence (AI) has come a long way in a relatively short space of time.
A visual history of pandemics | World Economic Forum
2020年3月15日 · Despite the persistence of disease and pandemics throughout history, there’s one consistent trend over time – a gradual reduction in the death rate. Healthcare improvements and understanding the factors that incubate pandemics have been powerful tools in …
IBM created the world's first smartphone 25 years ago
2018年3月13日 · Moreover, while demand for high quality, 4G connectivity and better camera features remained strong, high expectations and few incremental benefits during replacement weakened smartphone sales.” If innovation is the key, perhaps developers should cast their minds back to Simon and ask themselves: how was the world’s first smartphone so ...
How we use digital media is changing our lives - The World …
Half of us believe that increased use of digital media has improved our lives, according to recent World Economic Forum research.