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Scenario prompts 19 November 2024
Today’s prompts are DNA-printing, blockchain-powered cities, AI in science, trends to watch, designer genomes, robot swarms, voice interfaces, AI-powered shopping and citizen development.
Use the prompts to question things such as relevance, opportunity vs threat, if vs when, timelines, impact and responses. Consider multiple futures.
A New DNA-Printing Technique Could Revolutionize How We Store Data
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-dna-printing-technique-could-revolutionize-how-we-store-data
A new technique for writing data to DNA works like a printing press and makes it easy enough that anyone could do it.
Brave new city: Bahrain’s blockchain-powered metropolis
https://wired.me/technology/bahrain-blockchain-city/
Inside Bahrain’s bold leap to build the world’s first blockchain-powered metropolis, fusing technology with a bold vision for the future.
9 ways AI is advancing science
https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-ai-big-scientific-breakthroughs-2024/
Protein, brain, flooding, wildfires, weather, mathematical reasoning, chemical reactivity and kinetics and material science.
Tom Standage’s ten trends to watch in 2025
https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2024/11/18/tom-standages-ten-trends-to-watch-in-2025
To navigate the future, it can help to anticipate the unlikely. AI and cleantech.
A ChatGPT-Like AI Can Now Design Whole New Genomes From Scratch
Designer genomes……
A nervous system-inspired framework to deploy self-organizing robot swarms
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-nervous-framework-deploy-robot-swarms.html
Researchers have developed a new swarm architecture inspired by the human nervous system that could improve co-operation among robots in teams.
On-Device AI And The Voice-Powered Future Of Computing
Imagine a world where your voice commands control every aspect of your environment, from lighting to virtual meetings.
More Than Half of Consumers Want Smarter Shopping Experiences
The Growing Demand for AI-Powered Shopping
Transforming business value creation with Citizen Development
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, organizations face increasing pressure to innovate quickly, streamline processes, and adapt to ever-changing market demands. However, traditional software development often struggles to keep up with this need for speed and flexibility, which is burdened by resource constraints, slow time-to-market, and high costs.