Safe Space: Inside the European Space Industry’s Mission to End Space Junk
The European Space Agency launched the Zero Debris Initiative to tackle the space debris junking up Earth's orbit and threatening space safety.
Research Archive
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An archive of DCI’s research publications from 2018-2026, prior to updating our focus on the foundations of the frontier economy: energy, compute, and work.
Q&A: Fadi Micaelian, CEO of Sparkdit, Is Transforming AI Decision-Making by Incorporating Tradeoffs
Getting AI to individualize recommendations by incorporating human intelligence and weighing tradeoffs is complicated. Sparkdit develops software to do just that.
SMB Pulse: What's On The Grill for Small Business Owners this Fourth of July?
DCI's Small Business Pulse launches and finds three in ten small business retailers will be eating barbecue this Fourth of July.
FUZZY LOGIC: A Novel “Innovation Archetype Matrix” To Guide Government, Corporate, and Nonprofit Innovation Efforts
A new framework to classify innovation archetypes and how different kinds of organizations can maximize their innovation efforts.
Ending Fee Caps on Delivery Apps Would Help Small NYC Restaurants
Persisting COVID-era price controls on restaurant food delivery app companies will only end up harming restaurants and consumers.
Sky High: New eVTOL Partnership Between Archer Aviation and United Airlines Takes Flight, Revolutionizing Urban Air Mobility
A new partnership promises technical advances in urban air mobility, bringing futuristic solutions to traffic congestion and long commute times.
Fee Cap Fiasco: Estimating the Economic Harm Caused by Government-Imposed Price Controls on Popular Restaurant Food Delivery App Companies
COVID-era price controls on restaurant delivery app companies have harmed the industry to the tune of at least $150M.
Q&A: How Trust & Will CEO Cody Barbo is Helping the 70% of Americans Without Wills Access Estate Planning
Most Americans don't have wills. Trust & Will is a tech-forward company closing that gap with seamless, digital estate planning solutions.
FUZZY LOGIC: What the National Institutes of Health Can Learn from the 3 Body Problem
Challenge competitions are an efficient funding model to incentivize innovation, speeding up the rate of problem-solving, leveraging compelling rewards, and expending finite resources.
AI Is In Vogue: Luxury Fashion Consumers Excited by Possibilities for Artificial Intelligence
Luxury brands lead the charge using AI to personalize the customer journey, helping designers increase sales and deliver unique experiences quickly.
Intelligently Driven: Factors Associated with the Use Of and Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence in Small Businesses
This report reviews how different sub-groups of SMBs have dramatically different uses of and attitudes about AI in their workplaces.
Only 31% of Chief Information Officers at large companies lead AI initiatives. Why is that?
Large businesses are highly motivated to invest in AI. Yet, there is no consensus on who should lead the charge.