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What new jobs will exist in 2035?

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A visitor stands in front of QR-codes information panels. Image: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Written by Joe Myers Account Manager, Formative Content Published Monday 29 February 2016 As the infographic highlights, the impact of automation will vary considerably. For the authors of the report, creativity is an increasingly sought after skill, while the employment landscape in 2035 will work “to the advantage of tomorrow’s entrepreneur”. The human-only jobs of 2035 Given the demographic and technological changes now set in motion, these are some of the new human-only jobs that could emerge. The rise of unmanned and un-crewed vehicles will need a new workforce of remote operators. Pilots, ship captains and drivers could all be sitting in an office, potentially thousands of kilometres from the vehicle they are controlling. While many existing skills will transfer, new skills will also be needed to fly a plane remotely. A new category of "...

The Thing (listening device)

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Replica of the  Great Seal  which contained a Soviet bugging device, on display at the  NSA 's National Cryptologic Museum . The Thing , also known as  the Great Seal bug , was one of the first  covert listening devices  (or "bugs") to use passive techniques to transmit an audio signal. It was concealed inside a gift given by the Soviets to the US Ambassador to Moscow on August 4, 1945. Because it was passive, being energized and activated by electromagnetic energy from an outside source, it is considered a predecessor of  RFID  technology. [1] Creation The Thing was designed by Soviet Russian inventor  Léon Theremin , [2]  whose best-known invention is the electronic musical instrument the  theremin . The principle used by The Thing, of a resonant cavity microphone, had been patented by Winfield R. Koch of the  Radio Corporation of America  (RCA) in 1941. In US patent 2,238,117 he describes ...