From my dashboard of 28 February 2023
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 28 February 2023.
Tissue engineering, geo-engineering, technology trends, innovation, Apple, retail, prompt engineering, narrative warfare, facial recognition for military drones and Neal Stephenson.
Read and follow Neal Stephenson. His comment about hype cycles and engineering is something you should think about.
Tissue engineering: Developing bioinspired multi-functional tendon-mimetic hydrogels
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-tissue-bioinspired-multi-functional-tendon-mimetic-hydrogels.html?
A research team in physics, mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering reported the development of multifunctional tendon-mimetic hydrogels by assembling aramid nanofiber composites.
Reflecting sunlight to cool the Earth must be studied before climate change gets much worse, urges group of 60 scientists
Read https://www.ronimmink.com/synthetic-as-way-to-save-or-destroy-our-planet/
The top 10 technology trends to watch in 2023
https://www.consultancy.com.au/news/6743/the-top-10-technology-trends-to-watch-in-2023
Democratisation of AI, LCNC, multicolour, cyber security, quantum, 5G, immersion, blockchain, supercharged sustainability, EX and humanoid bots.
Twelve Paradoxes Of Innovation
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbremen/2023/02/27/twelve-paradoxes-of-innovation/
Going outside, incremental vs disruptive, silos, process, culture, communication, failure, timing, cannibalisation, framing and growth mindset.
Apple Reportedly Has Secretive ‘Startup’ Team Working on Experimental Technologies for Future Devices
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/02/27/apple-secretive-team-working-on-experimental-tech/
The group is said to be actively working on next-generation display technology, artificial intelligence, low-processor technologies, next-generation batteries for smartphones, and health features for headset devices to help people with eye diseases.
‘Physical retail has never been more important’: Why apparel companies like Canada Goose and The North Face are investing in stores
Offline is not any less important than it was a year or two years ago or five years ago. It’s still super critical and it’s growing.”
Prompt-Engineering-Guide
https://github.com/dair-ai/Prompt-Engineering-Guide/blob/main/guides/prompts-intro.md?
Prompt engineering is a relatively new discipline for developing and optimizing prompts to efficiently use language models (LMs) for a wide variety of applications and research topics.
The Digital Forensic Research Lab on Narrative Warfare and the Invasion of Ukraine
Read https://www.ronimmink.com/the-ongoing-war-for-your-mind/
US ‘develops’ AI-powered facial recognition tech for military robot drones
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/us-facial-recognition-tech-robot-drones?
The drones are to be tasked with expeditionary roles, including special operations, to “open the opportunity for real-time autonomous response by the robot.”
Metaverse creator Neal Stephenson on the future of virtual reality
https://www.ft.com/content/0ecab009-6543-4386-b936-0eecc9293d2e
The hype cycle moves fast, but engineering doesn’t. Engineering takes time. If you’re trying to engineer at the same pace as the hype cycle, it won’t work.
