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Scenario prompts 23 Augustus 2024
Today’s prompts are failure, the gig economy, tech bio start ups, nanogenerators, asteroid mining, anti-bleed gel, cooling fabric, AI, my take on “Pattern breakers”, and an opportunity to pre-order my book about books about AI.
When failure is an option: Fostering organizational innovation and learning
Also read https://www.ronimmink.com/need-failure-brilliant-mistakes/
Startups Are Making the Global Gig Economy Bigger. But Can They Make It Better?
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/gig-economy-startups-workers
Founders and investors should think about more than scale as they roll out gig economy platforms to the developing world. Doing so won’t just help workers; it will give platforms a better chance at success. Also read https://www.ronimmink.com/gig-economy-parenting/
13 techbio startups to watch, according to investors
https://sifted.eu/articles/13-techbio-startups-to-watch-according-to-investors
RNA therapeutics, T-cell receptors, clinical trials, small-molecule medicine, the first universal AI foundation model for biology, AI, automating lab workflows, immune responses, pathogen detection, bioreactors, genetics, liver disease and allosteric regulation.
Flexible nanogenerator with enhanced power density could one day rival the power of solar panels
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-08-flexible-nanogenerator-power-density-day.html
Your early morning run could soon help harvest enough electricity to power your wearable devices, thanks to a new nanotechnology
Against all odds, an asteroid mining company appears to be making headway
Scientists estimate that there are about 10 million near-Earth asteroids, which come within one astronomical unit (the distance between the Sun and Earth) of our planet. Perhaps 3 to 5 percent of these are rich in metals, so there are potentially hundreds of thousands of candidates for mining.
Battlefield savior: Anti-bleed gel gets FDA approval for US soldiers’ use
https://interestingengineering.com/health/us-clears-traumagel-for-soldier-use
The plant-based hemostatic gel is designed to temporarily control the flow of blood when applied to a wound.
Chalk-Based Fabric Coating Could Keep You Cool In Hot Weather
https://scienceblog.com/547078/chalk-based-fabric-coating-could-keep-you-cool-in-hot-weather/
Researchers have developed a simple, eco-friendly coating that can turn everyday fabrics into cooling textiles.
Vinod Khosla on how AI will ‘free humanity from the need to work’
This large transformation is the opportunity to free humanity from the need to work. People will work when they want to work on what they want to work on. That’s a utopian vision
Better ideas are not enough
“Pattern Breakers: The Secrets Behind the World’s Most Successful Start-Ups” is a must-read for every entrepreneur. The book is a start-up version of “Difference“. There is no point starting another me-too business.
A book about books about AI
https://www.ronimmink.com/product/a-book-about-books-about-ai/
So far, taking the perspective from 22 books/authors covering intelligence (there are many forms), work, synthetic biology, transhumanism, economics, spiritualism, digital transformation, data, etc. When you go through the books again, you start to wonder if we are asking the right questions. Pre-order to stay in the loop.
