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Organic solar, data analytics, change resistance, strategic leverage, Uber for car rentals, merging AI with braincells, jelly bots, technology trends, digital twinning, light computers and the experience machine.
Watch The Matrix (again).
Organic solar cell with world record efficiency of 15.8%
https://www.inceptivemind.com/organic-solar-cell-world-record-efficiency-15-percent/?
Organic photovoltaics (OPV) is a promising technology that offers numerous benefits for solar energy applications thanks to its climate-friendly and inexpensive production.
The Future of Data Analytics: 9 Emerging Trends and Technologies to Watch Out
AI, ML, visualisation, storytelling, NLP, privacy, ethics, edge computing, multi-cloud, augmented analytics, graph analytics and quantum computing.
The Realities Of Change Resistance To Digital Transformation
https://reprints2.forrester.com/#/assets/2/2500/RES179424/report
21% of global services decision-makers supporting their organization’s digital transformation cited implementation of new processes and capabilities as one of their greatest challenges.
The three kinds of leverage that anchor effective strategies
https://longform.asmartbear.com/leverage?
Leverage isn’t just about strengths; it can also come from the business model, supporting tools, passion and differentiation
Rental Cars Are the New Airbnb
https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-it-yourselfers-get-into-rental-cars-70fd22c8?
Entrepreneurs rent out fleets of cars through services including Turo and Getaround or build their own websites
Scientists working on merging AI with human brain cells
https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-working-merging-ai-human-brain-cells
The team has already successfully demonstrated how a cluster of roughly 800,000 brain cells in a Petri dish is capable of playing a game of “Pong.
A polyamide-based soft jellyfish robot actuated by a shape memory alloy
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-polyamide-based-soft-jellyfish-robot-actuated.html?
In recent decades, roboticists have been developing increasingly sophisticated robots inspired by nature and living organisms. A research team recently developed a new bio-inspired robot that looks and moves like a jellyfish.
McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2023
https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/the-top-trends-in-tech?
Ai, industrialised machine learning, next-generation software development, trust architecture, web3, advance connectivity, immersive technology, cloud and edge, quantum, mobility, bioengineering, space, renewables and climate-tech.
A digital twin of the uk electricity network
The digital twin will use artificial intelligence (AI) to create virtual links between homes and businesses and the grid.
The Digital Future May Rely on Optical Switches a Million Times Faster Than Today’s Transistors
Someday computers themselves might run on light.
Choosing the Experience Machine
https://brinklindsey.substack.com/p/choosing-the-experience-machine?
Suppose there were an experience machine that would give you any experience that you desired (Robert Nozick).
