Scenario prompts are part of my straightforward 4-step strategy development programme.
Today’s topics to consider are plants that glow in the dark, AI holding patents, O´Reilly´s tech trends, strategy traps, smart tiny homes, AI everywhere (and hidden), bio-engineering, batteries, free time and solar everywhere.
Read “WTF” by Tim O’Reilly
Engineered plant infused with genes from mushroom glows green in dark
“Firefly Petunias”—petunia plants modified through genetic engineering technique.
US patent office confirms AI can’t hold patents
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/13/24072241/ai-patent-us-office-guidance
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) maintains that artificial intelligence systems cannot be named inventors, but humans can use AI tools in the process of creating patented inventions and must disclose if they do.
2024 Tech Trends: AI Breakthroughs & Development Insights from O’Reilly’s Free Report
https://www.kdnuggets.com/2024-tech-trends-ai-breakthroughs-development-insights-oreilly-free-report
Software development, programming language, AI, data and operations. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/the-moral-paradoxes-of-our-future/
The Strategy Trap
Fizzle, orphan and fragile strategy.
Exploring the World of Smart Tiny Homes: What You Need to Know
https://www.intelligentliving.co/exploring-the-world-of-smart-tiny-homes-what-you-need-to-know/
Interest in tiny homes has surged in recent years, driven by a desire to live more sustainably and to reject the traditional belief that success is tied to living in a large, expansive property.
AI Is Everywhere—Including Countless Applications You’ve Likely Never Heard Of
Hidden AI and AI everywhere.
Bioengineering Beyond Health
https://www.oodaloop.com/archive/2024/02/12/bioengineering-beyond-health/
Bioengineering is touching many other fields now and has been applied to outcomes like production of bioplastics, biolubricants and other chemicals, production of pharmaceuticals, improving agriculture, bioremediation to clean up polluted soil and water, and methods to aid in extraction of rare earth elements from ore.
The Rise of Batteries in Six Charts and Not Too Many Numbers
https://rmi.org/the-rise-of-batteries-in-six-charts-and-not-too-many-numbers/?
The unstoppable rise of batteries is leading to a domino effect
Why is free time still so elusive?
https://theconversation.com/why-is-free-time-still-so-elusive-221081?
Separating economic growth from well-being
Shining Laser Light on Glass Creates a Solar Cell
https://spectrum.ieee.org/next-generation-solar-transparent-glass
The implications of this discovery extend to the potential of a future where some kinds of windows might double as energy-generating surfaces, while sensors could seamlessly integrate into everyday objects.
