Stories by Richard Yonck

Richard Yonck is a futurist, author and speaker at Intelligent Future Consulting. He's guided businesses through the ever-shifting technology landscape for over two decades and writes extensively about the future and emerging technologies. Yonck lives in Seattle, where he is currently completing his new book, "Emotional Machines: When Computers Know What You Feel," which explores the growing role of emotion in artificial intelligence.

Space & Physics

The Dawn of the Space Mining Age

New legislation and interest from a number of private ventures could lead to extraction of valuable minerals from asteroids—and sooner than you might think

November 24, 2015 — Richard Yonck

Mind & Brain

‘Optocapacitance’ Shines New Light on the Brain

A novel twist on the young field of optogenetics may provide a new way to study living human brains as well as offering innovative therapeutic uses.

April 10, 2015 — Richard Yonck

Technology

Facing Up to Online Murder and Other Cybercrimes

A recent report from Europol's European Cybercrime Center includes a forecast that the world's first "online murder" will likely occur before the end of 2014.

December 3, 2014 — Richard Yonck

Is All the Universe From Nothing?

In March, a team of researchers based in Antarctica announced they'd detected gravitational waves, faint echoes from the first moments of the Big Bang.

May 22, 2014 — Richard Yonck