Scenario prompts are the first step to strategy development. Topics to consider are photonics, superconductivity on a chip, carbon casting, nerds running businesses, 10 trends, generation Alpha, 3 degrees, digitisation and sustainability, batteries, VR, etextiles and mechanosensing.
Read “Hothouse earth”
13 photonics startups to watch, according to investors
https://sifted.eu/articles/photonics-startups-to-watch-2023?
Photonics startups are using products that use light or light particles — photons, rather than electrons — to transmit, detect and work with more data in a way that is faster and more energy efficient.
Photo-Induced Superconductivity On A Chip
https://scienceblog.com/540408/photo-induced-superconductivity-on-a-chip/?
Researchers have demonstrated ability to turn on superconductivity with a laser beam can be integrated on a chip, opening up a route toward opto-electronic applications.
Bill Gates-backed startup to use old wood to remove carbon from the air
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/nov/13/bill-gates-backed-startup-to-use-old-wood-to-remov/
It then condenses it into dense carbon blocks, wraps it in a proprietary polymer barrier and stores it underground in an engineered storage site. The carbon within will be locked away and prevented from being re-released. It is called carbon casting.
4 Ways Silicon Valley Changed How Companies Are Run
https://hbr.org/2023/11/4-ways-silicon-valley-changed-how-companies-are-run
Speed, ownership, science and openness.
Tom Standage’s ten trends to watch in 2024
https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2023/11/06/tom-standages-ten-trends-to-watch-in-2024?
Whether it’s the upsurge in armed conflict, the redrawing of the global energy-resources map or rapid progress in artificial intelligence (ai), the world is changing at mind-boggling speed.
Are Brands Ready For Gen Alpha?
https://creative.salon/articles/gen-alpha-shaping-the-future-of-marketing
Generation Alpha is the age group to watch. They’re the children of millennials and the older end of Gen Z.
The scariest climate plot in the world
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-scariest-climate-plot-in-the?
3°C is bad news. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/a-grim-future-of-perilous-all-pervasive-climate-breakdown/
Digitalization for Sustainability
https://www.unep.org/topics/digital-transformations/digitalization-sustainability
Digital advancements should be pursued with sustainability in mind, and our quest for environmental sustainability can be greatly augmented by embracing these advancements.
Battery breakthrough brings ‘unprecedented performance’ to next-gen cells
Sodium-ion batteries could soon be found in everything from smartphones to wind farms
How will VR technology impact your business operations?
https://www.techradar.com/pro/how-will-vr-technology-impact-your-business-operations?
How to leverage developments in VR to improve your business
Wearable technology goes next level: ‘We’ve already become cyborgs’
https://nationalpost.com/news/wearable-technology-goes-next-level
Etextiles are redefining what clothes can do, like a digital jumpsuit that lights up when an asteroid passes by Earth. Weird or want it?
Merging Nature and Technology through 3D-Printed Cilia Sensors
The focus of the research is on mechanosensing, which delves into how organisms detect and process external stimuli, resulting in sensations such as touch, hearing, and even pain.
