Author: Ben Debski

Proving non-internet networks still have a place in the future, Lumkani’s radio-connected fire and smoke alarm systems have the potential to save thousands of lives in shack and slum dwellings across the world.

The Internet of Things has come to your fridge, washing machine and bathroom thanks to Amazon’s handy one-press Dash buttons. The system allows intelligent reordering, making life that little bit easier.

The phenomenal popularity of Pokémon Go has been the biggest sign of public enthusiasm for augmented reality technology yet. The near-daily negative press is surely a sign Niantic has done something right.

From next year, Audi, BMW and Mercedes Benz cars will share travel information, allowing Here’s mapping service to provide real-time information on parking spaces to owners of the German automobiles.

Snap’s Spectacles headset, its first piece of hardware, is a pair of video recording glasses, designed to capture clips for the company’s social network, Snapchat. It addresses many of the flaws of Google’s failed Glass headset.

Over the last 20 years, this non-profit entity has done an invaluable service to history by preserving vast chunks of digital media that might otherwise have been lost, tracing a record of the defining technology of our time.

Training the next generation of business leaders, FIA Business School incorporates sustainability and technological fluency, so graduates are prepared to meet a wide range of global challenges.

Established in 2005, the Azerbaijan-based think tank works with governments and civil groups to promote both economic reform and social policy reform across the wider region.

A vocational school based in Rwanda, the Akilah Institute provides market-relevant education to economically empower young women in east Africa, helping them become the business leaders of the future.

James Dyson’s convention-busting think tank remains a leader in innovative design, and is very much the sort of forward-thinking business the UK will need in the post-Brexit world.

Google’s empire is built on pay-per-click advertising deals. However, by punishing sites with pop-ups, the company is helping to find a middle ground between businesses and web users.

With its increasingly recognisable smartphones, Xiaomi has the potential to be the first Chinese consumer brand to go global, stepping out of the iPhone’s shadow to become a true low-cost alternative.