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Scenario prompts 26 June 2025
The prompts will be slightly different and more sporadic as I am driving a (very small) Smartcar from Southhampton to Malaga with a friend. At the moment we are on a ferry on our way to Le Havre.
The prompts for today are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2025, organoids, translucent blood, wireless implants, indoor solar, the end of resumes and you are the upgrade.
If an AI can write the perfect CV, resume, proposal, application, etc, what will happen you think?
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These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2025, according to the World Economic Forum
Nuclear, watermarking, sensors, batteries, nitrogen, medicine, autonomous biochemical sensing, nanozymes, engineered living therapeutics and osmotic power systems.
3D-printed nerve model: Uppsala researchers create motor organoids from skin cells
Induced pluripotent stem cells obtained from skin cells are differentiated into motor neuron precursors, embedded in a gelatinous hydrogel and then built up in a layer-by-layer structure using 3D printing.
US startup unveils surgical tech that renders blood ‘translucent’ during surgery
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/startup-blood-translucent-surgery-tech
The tech lets surgeons see through pooled blood without using suction or irrigation.
Wireless Implant Learns To Fight Chronic Pain On Demand
https://scienceblog.com/wireless-implant-learns-to-fight-chronic-pain-on-demand/
USC engineers develop flexible spinal device powered by ultrasound that adapts to pain levels in real-time, potentially reducing opioid dependence for 51.6 million Americans.
Charging Devices With Indoor Lighting: Office Lights Power Electronics
https://scienceblog.com/charging-devices-with-indoor-lighting-office-lights-power-electronics/
Scientists have engineered solar cells that harvest energy from fluorescent lights and LED bulbs, achieving nearly 40% efficiency under typical office lighting.
The résumé is dying, and AI is holding the smoking gun
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/the-resume-is-dying-and-ai-is-holding-the-smoking-gun/
Employers are drowning in AI-generated job applications, with LinkedIn now processing 11,000 submissions per minute.
You are the upgrade
You can order my latest book about books about AI, “You are the upgrade, augmented natural intelligence as the only way forward” here.
Data, acceleration, and the future of intelligence: Lessons from 25 core books (and links to 114 other books) about AI, technology abstraction, and consciousness.
