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Retail trends, embyoids, ferro electrics, hygro electricity, nano fulfilment, tooth regrowth, super intelligence, optical computing, the AI pin and smart manufacturing.
Think exponential. Even a steep exponential curve seems linear when you only look at a tiny slice of it.
The Future of Retail: Top 6 Retail Technology Trends for 2023
https://learn.g2.com/retail-technology-trends
AI, automation, AR, RFID, mobile and data.
Scientists Race to Engineer Human Embryo Models From Stem Cells
Each embryo-like structure—scientists haven’t yet settled on calling them “embryoids” or “stembryos”—partially replicates genetic, molecular, and cellular aspects of a human embry
New Ferroelectric Material Could Give Robots Muscles
https://scienceblog.com/538584/new-ferroelectric-material-could-give-robots-muscles/
A new type of ferroelectric polymer holds promise as a high-performance motion controller or “actuator” with great potential for applications in medical devices, advanced robotics, and precision positioning systems
‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power
Air-derived electricity – hygroelectricity
Nano-fulfilment centres for e-commerce
https://www.springwise.com/innovation/retail/nano-fulfilment-centres-for-e-commerce/?
Modular fulfilment centres with tiny footprints
World’s 1st ‘tooth regrowth’ medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230609/p2a/00m/0sc/026000c?
If successful, a drug to regenerate teeth may be a game-changer for the entire field of dentistry.
The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence
https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html?
Excellent article about AI (written in 2015 but still valid)
Microsoft unveils the world’s first analog optical computer to solve optimization problems
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/first-analog-optical-computer-microsoft?
The computer uses photons and electrons to process continuous value data instead of crunching them to binary bits using transistors.
Humane’s first gadget is named the ‘Humane Ai Pin,’ and it’s coming this year
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/30/23779654/humane-ai-pin-name-launch-date
A wearable AI driven digital assistant/avatar.
AI is making smart manufacturing faster, greener, virtual — and more real
https://venturebeat.com/ai/ai-is-making-smart-manufacturing-faster-greener-virtual-and-more-real/?
AI first, super computing, the industrial metaverse,
