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Scenario prompts 17 June 2025
The scenario prompt for today is the future of warfare. Drones and robots. The military is always a source of trends and innovation. Where do drones, robots or embodied AI fit in your future business model.
The other prompts are magic lenses, grief tech, cloning staff as digital twins, printable organs on demand and you are the upgrade.
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‘Magic’ lenses make infrared light visible
https://www.futurity.org/ultra-thin-lenses-make-infrared-light-visible-3283052/
Researchers have developed an ultra-thin lense that can transform infrared light into visible light.
Seance in AI age: the ethics of ‘grief tech’
In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), death no longer has to be the end of a conversation.
CIO wants to grow tech team by cloning staff as digital twins and AI agents
https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/12/cio_wants_to_grow_tech/
Experienced IT professionals should share their experience so their employers can create digital twins and AI agents that do parts of their own jobs, to relieve them of repetitive work and after-hours troubleshooting chores.
Scientists Can Now Design Intricate Networks of Blood Vessels for 3D-Printed Organs
It’s a crucial step toward the dream of printable organs on demand.
Robotic dogs march in a military parade in Washington, DC
https://cybernews.com/cyber-war/robotic-dogs-march-in-us-military-parade/
Robotic dogs, drones, and a robotic combat vehicle were the latest showcases of the future of warfare
Drones will realize the promise of suicide terrorism
https://blog.exitgroup.us/p/cheap-drones-will-realize-the-promise
Soft-target drone warfare will transform the global political order as profoundly as the stirrup or gunpowder. The monopoly on violence at scale will simply be much weaker, and the scope of defensible infrastructure much smaller.
Danish military using robotic sailboats for surveillance in Baltic and North seas
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-robot-sailboats-baltic-sea-bfa31c98cf7c93320115c0ad0e6908c5
Four uncrewed robotic sailboats, known as “Voyagers,” have been put into service by Denmark’s armed forces for a three-month operational trial.
You are the upgrade
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