Scenario prompts are a way to develop responses to trends and train your change muscle, making you more successful. If you want to talk about scenario prompts for you and your organisation, you can book a free appointment here.
Scenario prompts 29 October 2024
Use the prompts to question things such as relevance, opportunity vs threat, if vs when, timelines, impact and responses. Consider multiple futures.
Today’s prompts are liquid metal microdroplets, technology change, ionocaloric cooling, cyber security, self-powered sweat sensors, AI tutors, 10 strategic technology trends, Jesse Schell, solar, regenerative cities and caring blindness.
Follow Jesse Schell.
New method paves way for electronics that bend and twist
https://www.futurity.org/flexible-electronics-circuit-layers-3254822-2/
This novel technique uses liquid metal microdroplets to create a stair-like structure that forms small conductive passages called vias. These vias create electric connections through and across circuit layers without needing drilled holes in hardware.
On Technological Change: 3 Learnings.
https://rishad.substack.com/p/on-technological-change-3-learnings
Technology does not care about anybody’s business model or way of working.
Scientists Invented an Entirely New Way to Refrigerate Things
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-invented-an-entirely-new-way-to-refrigerate-things
Say hello to ionocaloric cooling. It’s a new way to lower temperatures with the potential to replace existing methods of chilling things with a process that is safer and better for the planet.
2025 Cyber Security Predictions – The Rise of AI-Driven Attacks, Quantum Threats, and Social Media Exploitation
As we move into 2025, the cyber security landscape will become more complex, with new challenges emerging as rapidly as the technologies that drive them
From Lab to Life: Self-Powered Sweat Sensors and Their Future in Personal Health Monitoring
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202409178
Emerging energy harvesters capable of converting various environmental energy sources—biomechanical, thermal, biochemical, and solar—into electrical energy are revolutionizing power solutions for wearable devices
“An AI tutor for every kid”: Promise and reality
https://www.axios.com/2024/10/28/school-tutors-ai-kids-personalized-learning
AI tutors are quickly moving into both classrooms and homes without a lot of oversight or tracking.
Top 10 strategic technology trends shaping the future of business
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/10/28/cios-strategic-technology-trends/
Agentic AI, governance, disinformation security, postquantum cryptography, ambient intelligence, energy-efficient computing, hybrid, spatial, polyfunctional and neurological enhancements.
Jesse Schell On the History of VR, the Rise of MR, & the Potential of Digital Worlds
https://www.meta.com/en-gb/blog/quest/jesse-schell-games-vr-mixed-reality-history-future/
Each week, we’ll sit down with different XR pioneers to talk about their time in the industry, some lessons learned, and what they’re most looking forward to in the future.
Cheap Solar Panels Are Changing the World
The world is on track to install 29 percent more solar capacity this year than it did the year before
Here’s What the Regenerative Cities of Tomorrow Could Look Like
https://www.wired.com/story/heres-what-the-sustainable-cities-of-tomorrow-could-look-like/
Around the world, seeds of regenerative cities have already been planted. As they grow, they will shape the metropolises of tomorrow.
The Clinically Blind See Again With an Implant the Size of a Grain of Salt
The study implanted a tiny chip that acts like a replacement retina in 38 participants who were legally blind.
