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A new Museum of the Future has opened in Dubai, focusing on the future of robotics and artificial intelligence and their impact on human life.

Launched to coincide with Dubai’s hosting of the recent World Government Summit 2016, the Museum of the Future at the Madinat Jumeirah offers a series of interactive experience to visitors to explore future innovations and their affects on the social and economic components of societies, in addition to influencing the healthcare, education and other sectors.

With the full the Museum of the Future set to open next year, the Museum of the Future at the Madinat Jumeirah has three underlying themes.

Firstly, it addresses how robots and artificial intelligence improve human mental and physical capabilities.

It also looks to answer tough questions such as: ‘Will you replace your cardiac muscle if it means you will be able to live longer?’ ‘Will you add robotic parts to your children to improve their school performance?’

The Museum offers a glimpse into ‘NewKnees’ that give their users superhuman abilities to run and jump.

It also features another smart technology to climb walls without falling - the GeckoTips technology containing nano-structural machines that are installed on fingertips and allow the human body to adhere to anything and climb walls.

Secondly, the museum focuses on the relation between humans and robots, looking for answers to questions like: ‘How does it feel to have robots care for the elderly, and will the relation between robots and humans develop to become similar to inter-human relations?’

The Museum of the Future also features future technologies such as DreamStream, which allows individuals to design their dreams and share them with their friends and relatives.

In addition, the future promises a different kind of communication between human beings thanks to technologies like MoodView. This technology gives its users real-time analysis of people’s emotions and then provides instant feedback on what to say and how to act.

Another future technology achieves the dreams of millions by enabling them to be isolated from everything that bothers them and enjoy real moments of calmness. This can be done through temporarily switching off all incoming messages to the brain.

The third theme showcases how the development of artificial intelligence technologies will affect the management and decision making processes. It seeks to answer questions on how confident we are when it comes to letting artificial intelligence systems manage our own money and select our own careers.

The Museum of the Future has opened at a time when the growing value of the global robotics and artificial intelligence market reinforces the need for developing this sector and its tools so it becomes a key part of the agendas of governments and entrepreneurs. These future technologies are set to become a catalyst of major changes in the future. It is also expected that the intelligence of a desktop computer will be similar to the human intelligence in the coming years.

Studies indicate that the next wave of deep disruptive technologies will create a global market valued at US$8.7 trillion by 2025. This reflects the growing importance of such sectors and their increasing role in changing the lives of societies.

Inaugurating the Museum of the Future at the Madinat Jumeirah, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, stated “the UAE seeks to provide a platform that opens a window to the future and attracts experts, decision makers, entrepreneurs, and innovators to share insights and knowledge about what is good for all of humanity."

"Shaping the future cannot be done by just waiting for it but rather by utilising latest technologies and knowledge tools and meetings its challenges starting from today.

Museum of the Future in Dubai is organised by Dubai Foundation for Museum of the Future.

For more information go to www.museumofthefuture.ae

Images: Interiors of the Museum of the Future (top and middle) and the planned exterior of the Museum (below).

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