Author: Connected World

Step aside Uber. In many countries, we are now seeing the rise of electric flights that are offering taxi services between cities. For example, Japan now has an electric air taxi. AutoFlight delivered the five-seater Prosperity aircraft to the operator, which will be named in the future. This comes on the heels of AutoFlight’s February announcement where it demonstrated inter-city electric air taxi demonstration flight between the southern Chinese cities of Shenzhen and Zhuhai. AutoFlight’s Prosperity aircraft completed the trip by autonomously flying the 50km (31 miles) route. The flight across the Pearl River Delta took just 20 minutes, a…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Laura Black  Editor-At-Largelblack@specialtypub.com Columbia, S.C. — April 9, 2024 — Research shows 93% of people acknowledge the future of work is facing remarkable transformation. To help conceptualize preferences and attitudes about the future of work, Specialty Publishing Media releases the report: Who Is the Worker of Tomorrow? The detailed results from 4,004 respondents led to additional secondary research, which has mapped out what is truly on the minds of today’s workers. “The findings from the survey point to economic future opportunities and consequences by the numbers,” says Peggy Smedley, editorial director of Constructech and Connected World, and…

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The labor shortage is causing challenges across many industries including among engineers. Can AI (artificial intelligence) help recruit the right workers for the job, all while improving the effectiveness of recruiting? All signs point to yes. TalentRecipe uses psychological approaches and AI technology including GPT to address the global shortage of engineering and project managers. In Japan, the company demonstrated how generative AI can be used by a major tech firm that is piloting a project aimed at global engineering recruitment specifically. TalentRecipe says this experiment will verify the economics of using generative AI to improve the efficiency and quality…

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