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First e-Road Charges Electric Vehicles as They Drive

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Electrified roads could cut heavy-duty vehicle emissions in one country by 1.2 million tonnes by 2030.

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

As Europe attempts to transition away from fossil fuel, Sweden is working on the first permanent electric road in the world, which will allow electric cars and trucks to charge while traveling.

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The E20 motorway has been chosen for the project by Trafikverket, the Swedish Transport Administration. In particular, it will construct the electric road system (ERS) along the 21-kilometer route between Hallsberg and Rebro, which is part of the route between Sweden’s two largest cities, Stockholm and Gothenburg.

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Stanford Scientists 3D-Print Heart Tissue

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Will human organ transplants be a thing of the past?

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

The way we construct homes cars, and even food is changing, thanks to 3D printers. They may alter how transplant patients receive new organs in part because of researchers at Stanford University. Their innovative method might eventually enable the printing of organs from the patient’s own cells on demand.

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Bioengineers Mark Skylar-Scott and his group have created a method that enables them to 3D-print living heart tissue. One day, they hope to print vital components of the heart, such as valves and ventricles, that would really develop with the patient.
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ChatGPT Unlikely to Replace Accountants

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Your job may be safe … for now.

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

Even while there is rising concern about how generative AI can disrupt the world’s labor markets, accountants may be able to sigh with relief, even if only temporarily. Recent studies show that my chosen profession may be spared replacement because the ChatGPT language model doesn’t do well with math!

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The fastest-growing and most well-known AI platform to date – ChatGPT’s artificial intelligence language model, which excels at behavioral learning, storytelling and other creative tasks – has prompted questions about its potential to enable students to cheat on assignments and exams. However, the bot passed the bar exam with a 90th percentile score, completed 13 out of 15 AP tests, and scored almost perfectly on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE).
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Three Ways A.I. Will Take Shape in Accounting

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Artist concept of an AI-based neuronWhat do they mean for you?

By Hitendra Patil
Rise of The AiCCOUNTANTS

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rage worldwide now, and accountants are racing ahead to test/try out publicly available AI tools. AI-powered tools can potentially automate tasks outside the purview of the software solutions created by programmers. AI also has the potential to help accountants to better understand and analyze data, which is essential for helping their clients, and accountants themselves make better informed business decisions.

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All of you (almost) have already tried ChatGPT. But it is just one type of AI – a generative, large language model (LLM). As it is “language”-based, it can, right now, quickly help accountants enhance marketing and client communications.
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Cancer Vaccine Available by 2030?

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Imagine a world without cancer. Is it possible?

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

A ground-breaking group of new vaccines for a variety of illnesses, including cancer, might save millions of lives, according to researchers. A major pharmaceutical company expressed confidence that vaccines for ailments including cancer, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, as well as others, will be available by the end of this decade.

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Studies into these vaccinations are also “very promising,” according to some researchers, who claim that the COVID-19 jab’s success has “unspooled” 15 years’ worth of development in just 12 to 18 months.

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Four of Today’s New Technologies That Will Be Tomorrow’s ‘Norm’

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What startup stock should you add to your portfolio?

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

Twenty years ago, the idea of smartphones and electric automobiles looked like a pipe dream. However, as of today, 86.4 percent of the world’s population, or roughly 6.92 billion people, own their own smartphones.

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Further, EV car ownership grows daily. Governments all around the world are promoting the use of electric automobiles rather than vehicles with combustible engines to move toward a greener future.

We’re all trying to add to our portfolio that startup stock that will blossom into a blue chip cornerstone of our retirement. Here are four exciting innovations that seem poised to become an assumed part of our life in the next two decades.

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4 New Tech Trends to Watch

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Embedded research assistants, metaverse meetings, more EVs and safer connections are closer than you think.https://cpatrendlines.com/2022/12/06/choose-your-little-black-dress-of-technology/

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

Now that we have a few weeks of 2023 under our belts, it’s time to look out to the remaining months to see what areas of technology are going to have the biggest impacts on our lives.

Before we look forward, let’s look back to the end of 2022 and see the trends that were forming and how they will affect our world in 2023.

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From a hardware perspective, it was an unexciting year. Apple and Samsung refreshed their flagship smartphones, but most reviewers rated the changes as incremental upgrades. Mark Zuckerberg, with his eyes on changing the way people work, introduced a $1,500 virtual-reality headset. But, with only a two-hour battery, most users will strap the new headset on for gaming.

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Who Is Better At Accounting, AI or Humans?

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And what that means for the profession.

By Hitendra Patil
Rise of The AiCCOUNTANTS

A new research study by the American Accounting Association evaluated the performance of ChatGPT on accounting-specific content.

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The study was conducted by a team of 327 coauthors from 186 educational institutions worldwide, who entered 25,817 assessment questions and evaluated the accuracy of ChatGPT’s responses.
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