If you want to become more anticipatory, buy yourself the time to respond, develop your change muscle, and increase the quality of your strategy development, here are the scenarios prompts for 24 February 2023.
Circular, radical re-imagination, liquid electronics, a 3D printed replica of your heart, abundance, robot window cleaners, octopuses and growing electrodes in your brain.
Understanding the Circular Flow Model: A Comprehensive Guide to What It Is and How It Works
The circular flow model is a way to show the flow of money, goods and services in an economy
Using Radical Re-Imagination to Create a Vision for Our Future
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/using_radical_re_imagination_to_create_a_vision_for_our_future?
Dream of a remarkable, multi-racial world where all people’s needs are met, and think of this not as a utopian vision, but as an acceptable and very real possibility. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/create-your-own-deja-vu-of-the-future/
Using a solidified liquid metal to build 3D flexible electronics
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-02-solidified-liquid-metal-3d-flexible.html?
In recent years, engineers and material scientists have been trying to identify particularly promising materials for creating flexible electronics of different shapes and sizes.
3D-Printed Hearts Look And Pump Just Like The Real Thing
https://scienceblog.com/536655/3d-printed-hearts-look-and-pump-just-like-the-real-thing/?
MIT engineers have developed a procedure to 3D print a soft and flexible replica of a patient’s heart.
Metatrend #20: increasing global abundance
https://www.diamandis.com/blog/metatrend-20-increasing-global-abundance?
An optimistic perspective. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/design-a-business-model-based-on-abundance/
Robot window washers are here to clean our skyscrapers
https://www.axios.com/2023/02/24/robotic-window-washers?
Commercial window washing is still handled primarily by humans on scarily high perches, but now — thanks to a handful of startups — robots are poised to disrupt the industry.
Scientists Just Discovered New Patterns Of Brain Activity In Freely-Moving Octopuses
That octopuses have evolved such a high level of intelligence despite being so evolutionarily distant from other smart animals, and having grown up in an alien underwater world, has actually made them the subject of astrobiology research. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/beyond-human-intelligence/.
Scientists grow electrodes in brain, thanks to a simple viscous gel
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/scientists-grow-electrodes-in-brain?
Researchers have successfully grown electrodes in living tissue using the body’s molecules as triggers. This paves the way for forming fully integrated electronic circuits in living organisms.
