Jennifer Riggins, Author on Think Big

Tech for good – Digital inclusion in a war zone

Initiatives

By Jennifer Riggins, 14 February 2017 at 12:47

“If you can make progress in Afghanistan, you can make progress anywhere – no more excuses.” This is what the moderator and Sweden’s former Minister of Finance Anders Borg said while I was wiping away the tears streaming down my Macbook....Continue reading »

How can we measure happiness at work?

Business

By Jennifer Riggins, 13 February 2017 at 10:05

Ah us pesky millennials. We want it all — not just a well-paying job that gives us a path toward advancement, we want to actually love what we do. And you gotta listen to us — by 2035 we’ll be...Continue reading »

Beyond Pokemon Go: Three ways augmented reality will drive innovation

Business

By Jennifer Riggins, 10 February 2017 at 11:13

Pokemon Go was the most Googled topic in 2016. Which means by now you’ve probably heard of and likely played with augmented reality, which, different from virtual reality, adds something new to your current view of the world. Yes, those...Continue reading »

Can a self-driving car surpass our ethical standards?

Digital Life

By Jennifer Riggins, 8 February 2017 at 15:17

The future of The Jetsons is near. Autonomous, semi-autonomous and completely self-driving cars are leaving sci-fi and even the prototype floor, venturing out onto real roads to fix human error. Yes, this means that it’ll soon be safe for us...Continue reading »

Bot or not? | Part 2

Digital Life

By Jennifer Riggins, 6 February 2017 at 11:00

This is part two of the original part one published last week here. Alternatives to the Turing Test: The right questions to ask to determine if it’s a bot or not: Now, back to that Turing Test, which has been countlessly suggested...Continue reading »

Bot or not? | Part 1

Digital Life

By Jennifer Riggins, 30 January 2017 at 11:57

With chatbots and robots having stronger artificial intelligence every day — and with the sure-to-be epic Blade Runner 2049 out later this year — one question is going to continue to plague us: How can you tell if you’re talking...Continue reading »

Can telepresence robots bring remote teams closer?

Business

By Jennifer Riggins, 3 January 2017 at 16:53

We’ve had telepresence on our SciFi minds for decades now, ever since Princess Leia first asked for Obi Wan Kenobi’s help from the depths of R2D2. But instead of just a memory, wouldn’t it be cooler to be live? Scotty...Continue reading »

Would you trust a ‘RoboDoc’?

Digital Life

By Jennifer Riggins, 3 January 2017 at 15:42

Will bedside manner fall to the wayside when medicine is automated? Or will there be less human error? Let’s be serious, we’re all guilty of the bad habit of googling our real and perceived ailments. But would this be smarter...Continue reading »

What is DevOps and how can it change your company culture for the better?

Business

By Jennifer Riggins, 3 January 2017 at 13:48

DevOps — an amalgamation of development and operations/systems administration — is an offshoot of the agile software development world which brings together software and company culture. And like all things in software-based companies, this cultural change disrupts the business as...Continue reading »

When the Internet of Things becomes the Internet of Your Own Body

Digital Life

By Jennifer Riggins, 22 December 2016 at 13:06

The time is near when mHealth and wearables are taken to the next level as medical implants are swallowed or sewn into our bodies. But what will happen when we cease to wear wearables? Will doctors be able to monitor our...Continue reading »