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Start ups, thinking about the future, energy harvesting, makers, embryo definitions, enterprise tech, lamp shades, sabbaticals, triboelectrics, traditional medicine, who needs god when you have AI, exponential organisations and mind reading AI and VR.
Read “Exponential organisations”
I’ve never seen so many crap startups
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/18/ive-never-seen-so-many-crap-startups/?
A huge amount of waste recycling, poop and urine startups. Other trends are silver tech, mil tech, cleantech, fintech, social media and AI everywhere.
Future Tense Newsletter: Why It’s So Hard to Think About the Future
https://slate.com/technology/2023/08/thinking-about-the-future.html?
Academia and media are industries prone to getting stuck in the frictions and anxieties of transitions
Scientists manage to harvest energy from ripples in graphene
These small-scale GEH circuits could revolutionize wireless sensors and devices, particularly in environments where battery replacement is inconvenient or costly.
We Are Entering a Maker Renaissance
https://every.to/p/the-internet-s-next-maker-moment
Why generative AI will fuel a new era for builders. Access, openers and iteration velocity.
What is an embryo? Scientists say definition needs to change
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02641-2?
Lab-grown structures with the potential to develop into fetuses should be defined — and regulated — as embryos, some researchers say.
State of Enterprise Tech 2023
https://www.insightpartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-State-of-Enterprise-Tech.pdf?
Annual insights from hundreds of the world’s top technology leaders on the emerging trends impacting enterprise strategies.
Special coating turns lampshades into indoor air purifiers
https://www.inceptivemind.com/special-coating-turns-lampshades-indoor-air-purifiers/32866/
Researchers have designed catalyst-coated lampshades that transform indoor air pollutants into harmless compounds.
Rest
https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/rest?
The case for sabbaticals
Harvesting energy from raindrops
https://www.springwise.com/innovation/agriculture-energy/harvesting-energy-from-raindrops/?
A new design of triboelectric array could turn every rainstorm into a miniature hydropower generator
WHO’s first traditional medicine summit splits opinions
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02636-z?
The Lindy effect in action. Also read https://www.ronimmink.com/ayurveda-will-make-you-a-better-c-e-o-leader-or-entrepreneur/
Exposure to automation explains religious declines
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2304748120
Who needs god when you have AI?
EXOS: 18 implications & opportunities
https://www.diamandis.com/blog/exo-implications-opportunities?
Exponential Organization (ExOs) are operating 10x faster… So, what are their implications in the business world? And how can you create your own ExO? Read https://www.ronimmink.com/five-steps-to-cope-with-exponential-change/
This ‘mind-reading’ AI system can recreate what your brain is seeing
This is bringing VR to a complete different level.
