Every day I read a large number of information feeds to stay up to date. These are my highlight for 19 November 2021.
These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2021
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/11/these-are-the-top-10-emerging-technologies-of-2021/?
Decarbonisation, self-fertilisation (farming), diagnostics, pharma on-demand, wireless energy, ageing, wireless biomarkers, green ammonia, 3D printed houses and satellites connecting everything with IoT.
19 Tactics to Solve the Chicken-or-Egg Problem and Grow Your Marketplace
https://www.nfx.com/post/19-marketplace-tactics-for-overcoming-the-chicken-or-egg-problem/
Micro market places is a trend. Could you create a platform for your clients?
Patents vs Prizes
https://virginica.substack.com/p/patents-vs-prizes?
From my days in tech transfer at Dublin City University, I always found patents too slow. And we are running out of time to find the solutions we need. Look at ChangeX as a concept.
Cultivating Flow
https://every.to/superorganizers/cultivating-flow-to-become-more-focused-present?
Collective flow score is becoming a metric in business.
Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier Using Lasers and Gold Nanoparticles
Crossing the blood-brain barrier is the key here.
Portable e-nose for real-time odour quantification in wastewater plant
https://www.inceptivemind.com/portable-e-nose-real-time-ador-quantification-wastewater-plant/22108/
A portable, lightweight electronic nose. When coupled with small drones, the e-nose can measure the concentration of different smells, predict odour intensity, and produce a real-time odour map of the plant for management.
Children eat meat unknowingly — perhaps in violation of a bias against animals as a food source
Reminds me of brandwashed. Dark marketing. https://www.ronimmink.com/brandwashed-the-dark-side-of-marketing/
Revopoint POP 2 lightweight 3D scanner creates digital assets from real-life
https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/revopoint-pop-2-3d-scanner-18-11-2021/
Digital life and real-life will merge more and more
Cold War spy satellites built to track nukes now help monitor trees
It is called ecospy. Expect more and more monitoring from the sky. Satellites will start spotting the polluters in real-time.
Consumption must fall: how marketers are getting ahead in sustainability and design
We need to sell fewer products, each with longer life cycles that can be extended with repairs. Does this clash with the need to sell as much as possible?
What are the 8 most dangerous things most people do not understand about climate change and the global warming emergency?
https://www.joboneforhumanity.org/what_most_people_do_not_understand?
Climate change is not linear. It is all about tipping points.
Bacteria may be key to sustainably extracting rare earth elements for tech
https://phys.org/news/2021-11-bacteria-key-sustainably-rare-earth.html
Using bacteria to mine.
Chinese firms are quietly pursuing a new global strategy
Economic warfare?
’Tis the Season for Nonprofits to Maximize Online Donations
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/tis_the_season_for_nonprofits_to_maximize_online_donations?
An article about online marketing and nudging.
Singapore’s tech-utopia dream is turning into a surveillance state nightmare
Utopia and dystopia are very close to each other.
The Home Is the Future of Travel
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/work-travel-airbnb-ceo-interview-workcation/
Travel, life, and work are blurring. Let´s all move to Spain.
Perception pioneer explained
Most of us consume information at the level of having McDonald’s for breakfast every day.
Perception pioneering helps you to improve your information diet, starting with setting up your own information dashboard.
Once you have fed yourself with quality content for a minimum of a month, your ability to strategise and develop scenarios will have dramatically improved. Can be done individually as well as collectively.
Go to https://www.ronimmink.com/perception-pioneer/ and set up a virtual cup of coffee.
