Innovation, typically spurred by reusing, recombining, and synthesizing existing concepts, is expected to result in an exponential growth of the concept space over time. However, our statistical analysis of TechNet, which is a comprehensive technology semantic network encompassing over four million concepts derived from patent texts, reveals a linear rather than exponential expansion of the overall technological concept space. Moreover, there is a notable decline in the originality of newly created concepts. These trends can be attributed to the constraints of human cognitive abilities to innovate beyond an ever-growing space of prior art, among other factors. Integrating creative artificial intelligence into the innovation process holds the potential to overcome these limitations and alter the observed trends in the future.

After two years without a full-fledged, in-person CES, automotive suppliers and vehicle technology providers – and their customers – are eager for CES 2023, which is just a few months away. Even before a trend of diminishing support for some of the major auto shows around the globe, longtime auto journalist and analyst John McElroy called CES the world's best auto show. And it appears the 2023 version, slated for Jan. 3-8, 2023, in Las Vegas, may maintain that status. Gary Shapiro, president and CEO at Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which hosts the event, recently said that excitement is building, as CTA is expecting attendance to surpass 100,000 people. Of even greater interest to automotive and mobility supplier PR professionals, the automotive technology section of the show's floor is sold out, and in the first week of media registration, more than 1,000 journalists have already signed up.

In this month's project update, I would like to apprise our partners and the general public of our ethnographic study that is currently ongoing in selected schools. Three schools from two districts were selected for our ethnographic study. We classified the schools into categories 1, 2, and 3 depending on the extent of their ICT infrastructure. Our strategy going into the schools was to sit in every class in order to understand how teachers incorporated ICT into their teaching and learning. This was done for two weeks in our category 1 school while we awaited approval from the school management to commence work in category 2 and 3 schools.

He walks into the meeting room and starts talking about the Indian Premier League (IPL), a popular club cricket tournament in India, and team jersey colors. "Imagine two teams playing in blue and yellow jerseys on a green cricket pitch," he says. As hard as I try to imagine Chennai playing Mumbai at the Wankhede stadium, I'm left wondering whether I am in the right room and if he's the person I'm supposed to be talking to about Microsoft's role in making the physical and digital world accessible to everyone. As it turns out, he is indeed the one. "You may not realize but people with color blindness might not be able to see an IPL match between Chennai and Mumbai. On Windows 10, you can select a color filter in the ease of access settings that enables people with color blindness to access that content. It is built-in by default and you don't need to add anything," he exclaims without skipping a beat.

As the world around us becomes smarter and more connected, the need for sophisticated systems to facilitate these connections, and support the technology that powers them, is more important than ever. At the recent Oracle Open World event in London, Oracle CEO Mark Hurd laid out his company's aims of enabling new business tools and services using cutting-edge technologies such as AI, which Oracle says can bring a range of benefits across the board. Yet concerns about the effect of AI persist among some in the technology space, who doubt the potential advantages it can bring. At the event, ITProPortal spoke to John Abel, vice president, cloud and innovation for UK, Ireland and Israel at Oracle, who told us how AI is set to play a major role in the company's work going forward. Abel describes how the technology space is going through, "a cultural shift from being an industrial workforce to becoming a creative workforce."

Artificial intelligence and machine learning became popular buzzwords in 2018, thanks in large part to companies adopting the emerging technologies to expand their businesses and acquire new customers. AI-based technologies helped companies add new revenue streams and optimise current ones. According to an analysis by professional services firm PwC, technological disruption has also impacted the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) or investment strategies of large corporations. "With larger corporations looking to adapt to technological advancements and revamp their business models, 2018 has seen a number of acquisitions in the new technology space," said Sanjeev Krishan, partner and leader, private equity and deals, PwC India. "Relevance has become a key element for the survival of any business, and this has made technology expertise a requirement to achieve a competitive advantage in the current market," he added.

When we think of innovators of the technology space we largely think of blokes like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk – the zeitgeist is largely male. But that hasn't always been the case. As a matter of fact, for the first decade or so programming was a'pink-collar' industry. The vast majority of early coders were women. What's more, it's an industry created by women.