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Scenario prompts 24 September 2024
Use the prompts to question things such as relevance, opportunity vs threat, if vs when, timelines. impact and responses. Consider multiple futures. Discuss and debate.
Today’s prompts are technology abstraction, DNA computing, sensors, Google ventures, Glas as 5G antennas, Sam Altman, a massive CSV file containing every sci-fi idea imaginable (super cool!), the opportunity lens, embodied AI, printing fish meat and unbundling ESG.
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LEGO built a full-scale, drivable McLaren P1 model
https://www.popsci.com/technology/full-scale-lego-mclaren-p1/
The ultimate expression of low code/no-code and technology abstraction.
DNA Computing Evolves: New System Stores Data, Plays Chess, and Solves Sudoku Puzzles
Unlike data centers, DNA is incredibly compact. These molecules package an entire organism’s genetic blueprint into tiny but sophisticated structures inside each cell.
Ultrathin organic-inorganic device shows promise for wireless monitoring of biomarkers
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-ultrathin-inorganic-device-wireless-biomarkers.html
The device consists of OECT biochemical sensors integrated with inorganic micro-light-emitting diodes.
Inside Google Ventures’ first 15 years—and its plans for the next 300
https://fortune.com/2024/09/20/inside-google-ventures-15-years-startup-investing/
“Explain something technical to me that I don’t already understand.”
World’s first antenna that turns glass windows into 5G towers unveiled in Japan
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/windows-5g-base-stations-japan
Wave Antenna has no external presence and helps improve 5G coverage in urban areas.
The Intelligence Age
In the next couple of decades, we will be able to do things that would have seemed like magic to our grandparents.
Someone compiled a massive CSV file containing every sci-fi idea imaginable.
https://gist.github.com/FL33TW00D/2cf10abfb468bddcb585d3c282d0b133
With thanks to Daniel Miessler of Unsupervised Learning
The Opportunity Lens
https://davidrogersdigital.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-lens
This entails thinking about strategy in terms of new ways to create value, both for customers and the business.
Embodied AI robots for the future workforce
https://springwise.com/innovation/computing-tech/automated-embodied-ai-robots/
One of the central promises of AI is that it will someday be able to relieve humanity from strenuous and tedious tasks. Today, startup Swiss-Mile is drawing closer to that goal by connecting AI with the physical world to create truly autonomous robots.
Simulated construction of plant-based fish meat with composite structure using 3D printing
To date, around 90% of fish stocks worldwide have already reached the limits of sustainable fishing. At the same time, intensive agriculture and aquaculture contribute to significant environmental pollution and degradation.
It’s Time to Unbundle ESG
https://hbr.org/2024/09/its-time-to-unbundle-esg
ESG is at an inflection point. It has come to represent a broad and inchoate aspiration for what business should be doing beyond maximizing shareholder value. With ESG advocates on the defensive, business leaders need a new roadmap to determine which factors to incorporate into their business strategies and operations.
