Mind candy are prompts to help you to keep up to date, develop strategic responses to trends and train your change muscle, making you more resilient and agile for the future. If you need help with developing these prompts, you can book a free appointment here. If you want me to speak at your event, contact me at ron@ronimmink.com
How to use the prompts
Become a trend watcher yourself. Use these prompts to explore their relevance, assess opportunities and threats, and analyse timelines and impacts on your organisation. Consider multiple possible futures across varying time horizons—1, 3, 5, and 10 years.
Scenario prompts 13 March 2025
Todays prompts are quantum sensors, bacteria, stem cells, digital prototyping, food trends, slowbots, embodied AI, growth printing, artificial muscles, artificial leafs, and hybrid intelligence.
We are all slowbots now.
Scientists create highly-sensitive diamond quantum sensors to monitor EV batteries
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/sensitive-diamond-quantum-sensor-ev-battery-efficiency
As EV manufacturers aim for cars with longer range, faster charging, and improved safety, the demand for effective EV battery management technology is increasing
Scientists Harness Bile-Converting Bacteria To Heal Damaged Colons
https://scienceblog.com/554209/scientists-harness-bile-converting-bacteria-to-heal-damaged-colons
Researchers have identified a specific gut bacterium that could transform treatment approaches for ulcerative colitis by restoring the colon’s ability to heal itself.
Stem cell therapy trial reverses “irreversible” damage to cornea
https://newatlas.com/biology/stem-cell-therapy-reverses-irreversible-damage-cornea/
A new clinical trial has repaired this damage in patients thanks to a transplant of stem cells from their healthy eyes.
How accurate are digital prototypes compared to physical ones?
https://www.engineering.com/how-accurate-are-digital-prototypes-compared-to-physical-ones/
However, while digital prototypes offer many advantages, their accuracy compared to physical prototypes depends on various factors, including the fidelity of simulations, material properties, and real-world conditions.
Unilever Food Solutions Unveils the Key Future Menus 2025 Trends: The rise of Asian flavours in an evolving global food service market.
Street food, borderless, culinary roots and design.
I, slowbot: AI blunts human cognition, report finds
https://www.raconteur.net/technology/genai-critical-thinking
New research reveals a link between the use of generative AI and diminished problem-solving skills. As eschewing AI is a non-starter, how can businesses keep their employees sharp while embracing cutting-edge tech?
Google’s Gemini Robotics AI Model Reaches Into the Physical World
https://www.wired.com/story/googles-gemini-robotics-ai-model-that-reaches-into-the-physical-world/
Google has developed an AI model that gives humanoids and other robots more intelligence—and a tool designed to give them a moral compass too.
Nature-inspired 3D-printing method shoots up faster than bamboo
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-nature-3d-method-faster-bamboo.html
Researchers created “growth printing,” which mimics tree trunks’ outward expansion to print polymer parts quickly and efficiently without the molds and expensive equipment typically associated with 3D printing
Muscles from the printer
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076494
Artificial muscles don’t just get robots moving: One day, they could support people at work or when walking, or replace injured muscle tissue
This artificial leaf makes hydrocarbons out of carbon dioxide
These artificial leaves use sunlight to separate water into oxygen and hydrogen, which could then be used to fuel cars or generate electricity. Now a research team has taken aim at creating more energy-dense fuels.
Why Hybrid Intelligence Is the Future of Human-AI Collaboration
Hybrid intelligence combines the best of AI and humans, leading to more sustainable, creative, and trustworthy results.
