SXSW put together a significant blockchain program with over 48 panels in four days bringing together technologists, thinkers, and entrepreneurs from every end of the blockchain ecosystem.
“While cryptocurrencies and medical records receive an enormous amount of attention for their potential use cases of the technology, many lesser-known-yet-significant use cases will emerge with time.”
"The potential of #blockchain to help solve environmental challenges can be amplified exponentially when it is combined with other emerging Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies such as #AI, #IoT, drones, 3D printing & biotechnologies."
“The #mirrorworld will reflect not just what something looks like but its context, meaning, and function. We will interact with it, manipulate it, and experience it like we do the real world.”
#ChinaMobile is building the first 5G highway. “A city-scale system of roads capable of supporting cellular network-coordinated transportation services.”
The case for play and work. "#Pictionary could perhaps give AI programs a deeper understanding of the world."
Here’s a good overview of investments in the voice market from #Amazon, #Google, #Apple, #Microsoft, #Facebook.
Projects include smart speakers, search and natural language processing capabilities, whisper commands, more hands-free capabilities, #Salesforce integration, smart appliances and offline voice capabilities. via #CBInsights
“#Samsung’s latest flagship phone will include a dedicated secure storage function designed for cryptocurrency private keys. The S10 joins a slowly growing line of smartphones designed with cryptocurrencies in mind, including HTC’s EXODUS 1 and Sirin Labs’ Finney.”
