Mind candy are prompts to help you to keep up to date, develop strategic responses to trends and train your change muscle, making you more resilient and agile for the future. If you need help with developing these prompts, you can book a free appointment here. If you want me to speak at your event, contact me at ron@ronimmink.com
How to use the prompts
Become a trend watcher yourself. Use these prompts to explore their relevance, assess opportunities and threats, and analyse timelines and impacts on your organisation. Consider multiple possible futures across varying time horizons—1, 3, 5, and 10 years.
Scenario prompts 13 February 2025
Todays prompts are artificial leafs, sustainable manufacturing, quantum computing, wisdom, solar, material science, quantum computation in DNA, precedent thinking, and telepathy.
Quantum computation in DNA and telepathy…….. (and AI).
Breakthrough artificial leaf follows sun for over 800% solar energy efficiency boost
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/artificial-leaf-follows-sun-energy
Chinese researchers have developed a new kind of artificial leaf that can track the movement of the sun, much like real leaves. Able to produce electricity and potentially split water into hydrogen and oxygen, this new leaf could revolutionize fuel production
16 Ways Technology Is Driving Sustainable Manufacturing
Technology-driven solutions can help manufacturers meet their sustainability goals more quickly, easily and efficiently.
Quantum Computing Breakthrough Brings Us Closer to Universal Simulation
https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-computing-breakthrough-brings-us-closer-to-universal-simulation/
This hybrid system allows precise manipulation of quantum states while naturally modeling real-world physics, enabling breakthroughs in fields like magnetism, superconductors, and even astrophysics.
The Death of “I Don’t Know”
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-digital-self/202502/the-death-of-i-dont-know
AI’s confident answers are killing “I don’t know,” endangering the foundation of true wisdom.
Next-gen solar cells now fully recyclable with water-based method
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-02-gen-solar-cells-fully-recyclable.html
Researchers have developed a method to recycle all parts of a solar cell repeatedly without environmentally hazardous solvents. The recycled solar cell has the same efficiency as the original one.
AI Is a Paradigm Shift That Could Unearth The Next Super Material
https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-is-a-paradigm-shift-that-could-unearth-the-next-super-material
Searching for new materials that could help drive the development of the next groundbreaking technologies has previously been a long and expensive process.
Scientists perform quantum computation in DNA
https://superinnovators.com/2025/02/advancement-in-dna-quantum-computing/
Researchers have used electric field gradients and nuclear spins in DNA molecules for quantum computation.
Precedents Thinking
https://hbr.org/2025/03/precedents-thinking
How to innovate by combining old ideas.
A Year of Telepathy
https://neuralink.com/blog/a-year-of-telepathy/
Neuralink enables users to operate their phones and computers with just their thoughts, a capability we call “Telepathy.”
