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Scenario prompts 1 October
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 tandem solar, AI agents, vertical farming, curiosity, fizzled trends, a biohybrid robot made of human cells and controlled by a machine mind, Meta Connect 2024, retail trends, and my take on “Our Next Reality: How the AI-powered Metaverse Will Reshape the World”.
Read again: a biohybrid robot made of human cells and controlled by a machine mind
These Record-Breaking New Solar Panels Produce 60 Percent More Electricity
https://www.wired.com/story/tandem-solar-panel-cells-efficiency-energy/
Tandem Solar Cells
How AI agents will help us make better decisions
https://www.fastcompany.com/91198519/how-ai-agents-will-help-us-make-better-decisions
As the ability to create AI agents becomes ubiquitous through open-source tools and platform offerings from startups and cloud providers, this dynamic is beginning to flip. AI systems can now be taught how we make decisions.
‘World-first’ indoor vertical farm to produce 4M pounds of berries a year
https://newatlas.com/manufacturing/world-first-vertical-strawberry-farm-plenty/
This farm is a model for the positive impact climate-agnostic agriculture can have, and proof that vertical farming can deliver the crop diversity, scaled and local production needed to future-proof the global food system.
5 ways to turn curiosity into long-term success
https://bigthink.com/business/5-ways-to-turn-curiosity-into-long-term-success/
Get curious, be proactive, say yes, develop your instinct, and be humble.
“Everybody Thought It Was The Future”: 22 Trends That People Thought Would Be The “Next Big Thing” But Instantly Fizzled Out Instead
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/people-sharing-wildly-viral-trends-121602248.html
NFTs, 3D TVs, Google glasses, bare feet shoes and more.
This Biohybrid Robot Is Made of Human Cells and Controlled by a Machine ‘Mind’
The robot is a biohybrid blend of living, human-derived neurons and muscle cells controlled by a programmable electronic “brain.” The cells cover a synthetic “skeleton” with fins and form dense connections like those that drive movement in our bodies.
A strategical analysis of the news from Meta Connect 2024
https://skarredghost.com/2024/09/30/strategy-analysis-meta-connect-2024/
Orion AR, XR, smart glasses, Quest, mixed reality and spatial computing overtaking virtual reality, 2D, passthrough APIs, privacy, small creators, and Italy,
Retail Revolution: Navigating the Next 5 Years of Industry
Retail-tainment, personalization, customization, reimagining the role of physical stores, AI, and omnichannel.
Immersive reality, from clicking to behaving
https://www.ronimmink.com/immersive-reality-from-clicking-to-behaving/
A new reality is coming in, and artificial intelligence and immersive technologies will fundamentally change our lives, impacting not only how we work and play but also how we perceive our world, engage our surroundings, and interact with each other.
