Amira Saadeh

Events in the Metaverse: Making Crowds Tolerable

Crowds. I don’t like them very much, and I will avoid them at all costs. And I don’t know many people who do. Here comes the metaverse. It allows users to attend different events and gather from the comfort of their homes, especially using mixed reality (MR) technology. But the events in the metaverse are […]

MRTs in Construction: A Tale of Two Cities

The automation of the building and architectural engineering industries has been significantly impacted by Mixed Reality (MR) technologies, which include both augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). In order to enable organic and intuitive 3D interactions between people, computers, and the environment, MR offers a fusion of the physical and digital worlds. These technologies […]

Quantum Computing in Banking: Is any of It a Good Idea?

As we speak, our traditional trust-based banking system is crumbling down like a house of cards. Most experts hope that blockchain-based finance, or in other words, no-trust finance, will salvage the economy. Now, more than ever before, people are careful where they invest their money. But with the threat of malicious quantum computing use cases, […]

MedPaLM, Medical AI: The New WebMD?

Out of all the technological advancements I’ve researched, artificial intelligence (AI) remains my favorite. Seconded by quantum computing, the supercomputer’s jacked cousin. You see, AI and all it entails are a complex network so versatile it fits in literally every industry, including telecommunications and connectivity, law and politics,  and even in the coffee industry. Meet […]

Smart Retailing: An Efficient Way to Reach Consumers

The history of the Internet of Things (IoT) in retail begins in 1999 with Kevin Ashton, a computer scientist at Procter & Gamble. Ashton proposed putting radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips on products to track them through the supply chain. But this article isn’t about history. No. This article is about how the consumer AND the […]

Log in, Darling! We're Going Meta-Shopping!

Our world was built with little to no accommodations for the disabled community in mind. But the metaverse is a blank slate, meaning we can make it inclusive from the get-go. While society has gotten better in accommodating everyone in the spaces that they’ve always had a right to occupy, it does come up short […]

Quantum Computing Technology: The Dark Side

Quantum computing technology is truly a masterpiece although it is not yet mature. I’ve already sung its praise: the benefits it brings to the table, the advantage it gives the telecom industry, and the radical revolution it will incite in the medical field. But it’s time to bring the expectations back to earth as there […]

Mira Murati: The Profile of a Revolutionary

Hard work, dedication, perseverance, and a little bit of luck: that’s how most get to the top of their chosen fields. In honor of Women’s Month, we are kicking off our profile series with the woman behind the artificial intelligence (AI) tool that broke the Internet in late 2022, ChatGPT. She’s part of the 22 […]

Are We Creating a Breed of Super Cyber Criminals?

To humanity’s dismay, one’s noble intentions when innovating technology is a moot point. Once that creation is out there, made available to everyone, its application is open to interpretation. Someone somewhere will always find nefarious uses for the technology. And those are cyber criminals. The Dangers of Cyber Criminals The same technology that allowed companies […]