MAIZE

Top of the flops

The Museum of Failure, a collection of commercial mistakes.

by MAIZE

Hasta ahí les puedo decir

by MAIZE

Atlas 21°03′19″

On NFTs value, a way out to Zoom fatigue, and virtual concerts.

by MAIZE

Atlas 21°03′05″

On hybrid-electric aircraft, brain-computer interfaces, upgradeable laptops, and myopia smart glasses.

by MAIZE

Atlas 21°02′19″

On hyperfast delivery services, digital-only garments, data-driven variable fonts, and better tools for school at home.

by MAIZE

A brief history of utopias

Envisioning perfect worlds through centuries to escape reality.

by MAIZE

Not your usual toy story

Only a handful of product stories are as interesting as the one behind the Tamagotchi.

by MAIZE

Finding Utopias: Happiness

During the third day of maize.LIVE 2020, we explored the theme of happiness with Robert Waldinger, Daniela Lucangeli, Evelyn Doyle and Nina Hajikhanian.

by MAIZE

Finding Utopias: Trust

During the second day of maize.LIVE 2020, we explored the theme of trust with Brian Solis, Richard Winder and Federica Cherubini.

by MAIZE

Finding Utopias: Time

During the first day of maize.LIVE 2020, we explored the theme of time with Robert Wolcott, Michele Zanini, Tomas Barazza and Moran Cerf.

by MAIZE

Finding Utopias: unlocked conversations beyond a new normality

This year's online edition of maize.LIVE revolves around three words: Time, Trust, and Happiness.

by MAIZE

A road to paradise

From an avant-garde noise album to a non-school, eight ideas to think beyond the limits of our realities.

by MAIZE

What is contact tracing?

Tracing the path of contact with anyone who might have the virus is being used as a public health tool for controlling the pandemic.

by MAIZE

Finding value in an economy of care

Is social entrepreneurship becoming the norm, as more people are starting to work on projects that they believe in?

by MAIZE

Envisioning more intelligent crowds

Retailers, and other businesses, are finding solutions to keep customers safe in the Covid-19 world.

by MAIZE

From linear to circular economy

After 150 years, an economic paradigm based on "take-make-dispose" is no longer sustainable.

by MAIZE

A brief history of AI

Many of us are already using artificial intelligence in our everyday lives. But do we know the history of AI?

by MAIZE

Optimize meetings: let’s start with the basics

We've all thought at least once in our lifetime: "Did we really need a meeting for that?"

by MAIZE

Employee experience: people at the center

In a dynamic and unpredictable world, how does an organization find and keep talent?

by MAIZE

Why maize.PLUS

An innovative, online learning journey, featuring personalized bite-sized content which can adapt to any device at any time.

by MAIZE

Why human-centered design is not enough

Have we launched into a new era of design where people can really help rather than just making an aesthetically-superior product?

by MAIZE

Moving towards virtual healthcare

Apps and telehealth can give people access to a doctor on their smartphone whenever they need them, especially during Covid-19.

by MAIZE

Curing a different type of epidemic

Former Chicago gang member, Chico Tillmon, is fighting what seems to be an incurable epidemic in his city: violence.

by MAIZE

Reflecting upon the Afterwords journey

The maize team reflects on Afterwords' six-week journey and the themes addressed as various phases of this crisis unfolded.

by MAIZE

A history of Instant Messaging and Chat

The first instant messages were for programmers and emergency communications until they entered the realm of our everyday lives.

by MAIZE

A brief history of time

Our awareness of time — how we measure and explain it — is one of the most distinguishing features of humans.

by MAIZE

When at sea

Sailor Giovanni Soldini's sense of time where there is no elsewhere, no desires, and few doubts about how to use your time

by MAIZE

Cartographies of time

What does time look like? Daniel Rosenberg and Anthony Grafton curated the first visual history of the timeline.

by MAIZE

The rise and grind of Hustle Culture

Long story short

by MAIZE

The empire of Sensorium

Wonder, fear, empathy, excitement, love, and déjà vu became artistic experiences with intelligent technology in Sensorium.

by MAIZE

The end of handwriting

In the digital age we have moved away from everything analog, including handwriting. Could this catapult us into another Middle Ages?

by MAIZE

Do we really care about the Anthropocene?

A quick-and-complete overview of our current geological era which is becoming heavily impacted by human behavior.

by MAIZE

What is advanced fission?

Mostly developed over the last two decades, it was meant to produce cheap and clean energy.

by MAIZE

Lords of food

Turning food into a commodity could be the worst idea humankind has ever had.

by MAIZE

The Great Acceleration

Environmental history is often considered to be peripheral, but it can teach us a lot about the times we’re living in.

by MAIZE

A brief history of the anthropocene

We live in an age marked by climate change, pollution, ecosystem crisis, depletion of natural resources, and epidemics.

by MAIZE

Takeaways from WonderLEARN

WonderLEARN is part of our maize.LIVE series aimed at rediscovering corporate learning and mapping out the landscape of education.

by MAIZE

What are microplastics?

Microplastics have rapidly become an issue of concern for both human and non-human's health. But what are they exactly?

by MAIZE

A brief history of corporate learning

If we want to shape the future of corporate learning, we have to know where it comes from first.

by MAIZE

From Satoshi to nakamo.to

We sat down with the company that's "picking up where Satoshi left off", taking Distributed Ledger Technology to the next level.

by MAIZE

Tooso: Making e-commerce search great again

We are not really sure what "meaning" is, but when it comes to online business, semantics is crucial.

by MAIZE

Life inside the gilded cage

How mass surveillance and the manipulating of data are blurring the lines between sci-fi dystopias and reality.

by MAIZE

An image paints a thousand data

We sat down and spoke to Juliette Debois to understand how Heuritech allows brands to better connect with their customer base.

by MAIZE

Banking is dying

Shifts in customer behaviours are forcing wealth management services to undergo an existential crisis in what they offer. How will this play out?

by MAIZE

What is the future of sex?

Sex and the ways in which we become intimate are changing, but for better or for worse?

by MAIZE

What is asteroid mining?

What seemed to be a harebrained idea meant for science fiction might end up being crucial to our future as a species.

by MAIZE

What is mobile-first customer engagement?

Mobile-first customer engagement is the key to attracting today’s omnichannel shoppers.

by MAIZE

What is transhumanism?

What was once a loosely defined movement, has developed gradually over the past three decades and is now gaining momentum.

by MAIZE

What is smart dust?

The fascination with the miniaturization of technology is no news, so is its ability to transform multiple industries.

by MAIZE

Leaders: A survival guide

Unpacking the myth of the "Great Man".

by MAIZE

A brief history of organizations

A tongue-in-cheek look at how organizations became what they are today.

by MAIZE

What are deep fakes?

With this technology around, you might have to not believe everything you see.

by MAIZE

Understanding the dance of life

With the increasing capabilities of biotech and honed understanding of genomics, we are finally increasing the odds of creating healthier lives for all.

by MAIZE

What are synthetic embryos?

Researches pushed their creation a step further, raising ethical concerns.

by MAIZE

How Depop is changing the retail game

An interview with the founder of one of the first marketplaces that integrated social networks, geolocation and push notifications in a single platform.

by MAIZE

What is shadow banning?

What if a social network removes a user's recognition and reach without their knowledge?

by MAIZE

Amazon: From everything store to everything business

With no real rivals or competitors in the market, Amazon continues its quest for world domination.

by MAIZE

What is IOTA?

A deep-dive into a cryptocurrency envisioned for the first time four years ago, and conceived with the future in mind.

by MAIZE

The advanced manufacturing challenge

Advanced or Smart Manufacturing Industry 4.0: No matter how you call it, its impact on the manufacturing sector is real.

by MAIZE

Sowing the seeds of a growth mindset

Mindset is what really makes the difference, and is one of the most crucial elements in creating a successful business.

by MAIZE

How Jack Ma is changing the Chinese retail game

Alibaba founder is sculpting the world of tomorrow and is better equipped to know what the future has in store than most.

by MAIZE

What is the AI black box problem?

We do not fully understand why the algorithms behind AI act the way they, and this is a problem which we can't ignore.

by MAIZE

R+ is the future of architecture

Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality have finally displayed their potential in this industry, attracting new investors

by MAIZE

8 takeaways from the rise of Artificial Intelligence

An analysis of our debut event on AI, the technology that walks the fine line between a world of wonder and one of woe.

by MAIZE

Healthcare goes virtual: Healing by feeling

VR is being successfully employed in a variety of ways and for many different purposes across the healthcare industry

by MAIZE

What is UBI?

Universal Basic Income: a utopia of leisure and free time, or a dystopian fugue state for humanity?

by MAIZE

What is the WeChat ecosystem?

WeChat, the brainchild of Chinese Tech giant Tencent, celebrated its seventh birthday this year.

by MAIZE

4 ways telecoms will change tomorrow

The Telco industry is among the sectors that have been shaken by the digital revolution from the ground up.

by MAIZE

What is BIoT?

Blockchain Internet of Things is a viable answer to the ongoing security concerns faced by IoT.

by MAIZE

What is General Data Protection Regulation?

Let's take a closer look at the attempt to update data protection for the 21st century and make Europe "fit for the digital age.

by MAIZE

Remaining disruptive is key

A dive into some case studies which make clear that being a continual disruptor is key to success today.

by MAIZE

What is Design Thinking?

A useful method for creative and practical problem-solving that finds its roots in a plethora of subjects, from architecture to business.

by MAIZE

This is ground control to Major Tom

When the moon was reached, the space sector was a two-horse race between USA and USSR, but this is not the case today.

by MAIZE

What is LiDAR?

Taking a closer look to one of the most crucial pieces of hardware behind the success of self-driving cars.

by MAIZE

What is Machine Learning?

Long Story Short

by MAIZE

The algorithmic self

All over the world, predictive algorithms are shaping societies in profound ways: How can we as a society make sure we have the right to regulate how they affect our lives?

by MAIZE

What is Blockchain?

Blockchains are tamper-resistant means of keeping records, linked and secured through the use of cryptography.

by MAIZE

A year of consolidation

We take a look back at some of the year's most defining high-tech deals.

by MAIZE

Education needs to go back to school

In a world that is ever growingly more ubiquitous with technology, children have to develop new skills from an early age.

by MAIZE

What is an ICO?

An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is a crowdsourcing mechanism that is now at the heart of the blockchain discussion.

by MAIZE

Education is changing

Our current educational systems, still heavily determined by the first industrial revolution, must adapt to the times we live in.

by MAIZE

What is net neutrality?

Net neutrality is the principle that all data is equal and must be treated so accordingly by Internet Service Providers

by MAIZE

Preparing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Revolutions are never well mannered— and the Fourth Industrial Revolution won’t be any different.

by MAIZE

What is quantum computing?

In short, it's our ticket to the next step in human innovation—and we’re likely to be given it sometime soon.

by MAIZE

The human side of robots

Scientists, programmers and researchers have been working hard to develop machines which possess distinctively human features, bringing us deeper into the “uncanny valley”.

by MAIZE

What is Ransomware?

Ransomware is a type of malicious software that infects computers and restricts their access to files, often threatening permanent data destruction unless a ransom is paid.

by MAIZE

What is CRISPR?

CRISPR-Cas9, a genome-editing tool that is faster, cheaper and more accurate than previous techniques of editing DNA, is our future tool in the countering the effects of diseases.

by MAIZE

What is Li-Fi?

There is a new form of data transmission that travels across the visible light spectrum; it is faster, safer and has zero levels of electromagnetic interference.

by MAIZE

3D-printing the future

Additive manufacturing is setting us free from many of the boundaries of the production process, revolutionizing the way we design across different sectors.

by MAIZE

What is Transportation-as-a-Service?

MaaS is the turning away from personally owned forms of transportation and the steering toward mobility solutions as a form of consumable service.

by MAIZE

Learning to share

The story of sharing economy began with an almost rethorical question: Why do I have to bother taking the umbrella if I’m not sure it’s going to rain?

by MAIZE