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Scenario prompts 16 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 the experience economy, retail trend, printing electronics, indigenomics, fungi computers, electronic skin, carbon bonding, geothermal, and the AI-CEO.
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Consumer spending: the experience economy booms
https://www.euroshop-tradefair.com/en/euroshopmag/consumer-spending-the-experience-economy-booms
Time to read https://www.ronimmink.com/your-business-is-a-stage/. Follow Joe Pine.
Why 9 out of 10 European shoppers prefer in-store shopping, and other key trends
https://www.retaildive.com/spons/why-9-out-of-10-european-shoppers-prefer-in-store-shopping-and-other-key-t/727859/
92% of respondents favor shopping in physical stores. This mostly is because they can see, touch and try. But the picture isn’t simply physical versus virtual. More than three quarters of European shoppers (78%) research online before finalizing purchases in-store.
MIT team takes a major step toward fully 3D-printed active electronics
https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-team-takes-major-step-toward-fully-3d-printed-active-electronics-1015
The ability to 3D print an entire, active electronic device without the need for semiconductors could bring electronics fabrication to businesses, labs, and homes across the globe.
Indigenous Innovation in Technology and the Future of Indigenous Economies
Learned a new word. Indigenomics.
A simple experiment revealed the complex ‘thoughts’ of fungi
https://www.popsci.com/environment/fungi-thoughts/
Fungi computers?
Smart Cities On The Horizon: What Next For Real Estate And Construction?
A future where emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and big data are seamlessly integrated with urban living to improve residents’ quality of life, boost sustainability and connectivity, and drive economic growth.
Low-cost touch sensor shows promise for large-scale robotics applications
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-10-sensor-large-scale-robotics-applications.html
AnySkin can be assembled in just a few seconds and can be used to learn artificial neural network models with very little to no pre-processing. Compared to ReSkin, it also collects tactile signals with greater consistency and can be easily and quickly fixed if accidentally damaged.
Scientists Achieved a Century-Long Dream—Bonding Carbon With a Single Electron
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a62562173/single-electron-carbon-bond/
The fragile bond required outside-the-box thinking, with a complex molecule acting as a shell.
Harnessing Hellfire: The Geothermal Breakthrough Set to Transform Clean Energy
Newly confirmed data reveals that superhot, superdeep rock miles beneath the surface can form permeable fractures, enhancing geothermal energy prospects.
AI Largely Beat Human CEOs in an Experiment — But It Also Got Fired More Quickly
It is only a question of time?
