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Scenario prompts 7 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 smell-o-vision, tiny surgical robots, war and gaming, BioDT, robotic baristas, curing blindness, artificial wombs, artificial plants, CEOs, and organisational design.
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The Idea of Smell-O-Vision Has Been Around for Over a Century. AI May Finally Make It Work
One potential application Wiltschko describes is “teleporting scent,” where we’ll be able to capture a smell from one part of the world and digitally transfer it to another.
Tiny robot convoy conducts successful endoscopic surgery in a medical first
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/robot-convoy-conducts-endoscopic-surgery
In a first-of-its-kind development, a robotic convoy was used to perform a minimally invasive endoscopic microsurgery. This was achieved using several millimeter-sized robots called TrainBots.
This Video Game Controller Has Become the US Military’s Weapon of Choice
https://www.wired.com/story/fmcu-us-military-controller/
After decades of relying on buttons, switches, and toggles, the Pentagon has embraced simple, ergonomic video-game-style controllers already familiar to millions of potential recruits.
Researchers develop Biodiversity Digital Twins to model our planet’s life
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-biodiversity-digital-twins-planet-life.html
The BioDT project aims to revolutionize our understanding of biodiversity dynamics by integrating advanced modeling, simulation, and prediction capabilities.
China’s robotic baristas brewing fast, cost-effective coffee, can transform industry
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/robotic-baristas-cofe-brewing-coffee
It has been installed in over 500 locations, including hospitals, museums, bookstores, temples, tourist hotspots, and research institutes in China.
Stem cell transplant gives hope for treating age-related sight loss
A transplant of human stem cells sealed a hole in a monkey’s retina, which seems to have improved its vision, offering hope for a new approach to treat a type of age-related sight loss.
To Be Born in a Bag
https://press.asimov.com/articles/artificial-wombs
At least one research group is working on a system to grow a fetus from embryo to birth entirely outside the womb, a concept known as ectogenesis.
Artificial plant generates electricity to power devices, cleans indoor air
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/plant-generates-electricity-carbon-capture
Mimicking the natural processes of plants, each artificial leaf generates electricity during photosynthesis, with water and nutrients supplied through transpiration and capillary action.
What CEOs talked about in Q3 2024
https://iotbusinessnews.com/2024/10/05/64540-what-ceos-talked-about-in-q3-2024/
CEO discussions are increasingly focused on practical AI applications, renewable energy sources, unpredictable IT outages, and election-related topics, while mentions of generative AI, NVIDIA, and the cloud have decreased.
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