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Scenario prompts 4 July 2024
Today’s prompts are eyesight from a 3D printer, China and brain computer tech, 4D printing, connected packaging, sci-fi quotes, biological algorithms, open source, solar and biomimicry, artificial atoms and supercharging hearing (through gene editing).
Augmentation through gene-editing. What will be possible and how will it impact your organisation?
Eyesight from a 3D printer
Researchers and industry partners develop process for printing personalized cornea
China plans standardized brain-computer tech similar to Elon Musk’s Neuralink
China wants to develop its own cybernetic technology
Starfish-inspired robot-like structure bends, mends, and remembers
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/starfish-inspired-morphing-structure
Starfish inspired researchers to manufacture an innovative 4D morphing structure that could revolutionize furniture to robotics.
The Future of Connected Packaging: Trends and Innovations
https://lbbonline.com/news/the-future-of-connected-packaging-trends-and-innovations
Smart labels, AR, NFC, RFID and blockchain.
31 genius sci-fi quotes that offer real-world wisdom
https://bigthink.com/high-culture/science-fictions-best-quotes-that-offer-real-world-wisdom/
Science fiction transcends mere entertainment. This genre reveals, predicts, warns, educates, and inspires unlike anything else.
Google DeepMind’s AI Rat Brains Could Make Robots Scurry Like the Real Thing
To make robots more agile, why not control them with algorithms distilled from biological brains?
Open Source Will Be Different in the Age Of AI
https://moorinsightsstrategy.com/research-notes/open-source-will-be-different-in-the-age-of-ai/
Market Economics Is Now the Biggest Driver of Open Source Decisions
Giant clams could inspire better solar power systems
https://www.futurity.org/giant-clams-solar-energy-3235912/
Giant clams have precise geometries—dynamic, vertical columns of photosynthetic receptors covered by a thin, light-scattering layer—that may just make them the most efficient solar energy systems on Earth.
‘Artificial Atoms’ Power First Intercity Quantum Communication Link
https://scienceblog.com/545745/artificial-atoms-power-first-intercity-quantum-communication-link/
Quantum dots, tiny semiconductor structures that behave like artificial atoms, have shown immense promise in quantum information technologies.
Changing a Single Gene Gave Mice Supercharged Hearing
https://www.sciencealert.com/changing-a-single-gene-gave-mice-supercharged-hearing
It does so by increasing the number of connections – called synapses – between hair cells in the ear’s cochlea and the brain.
