NFTs: How It Can Shift Value – and Opportunities
NFTs upending how value is created, shifted, preserved, and monetized.
An intelligent robotic arm that selects and picks apples, precisely and gently…
BBC video of tech news for APR2021: Toyota+Lyft autonomous ride-hailing; drone deliveries; robotic arm harvests fruit
Case #14 (Part 1): Perspectives on Technology, Post-Covid
CASE #14 (Part 1): LinkedIn’s Dan Roth asks speakers on where technology will be… and the world? INSIGHTS+OUTLOOKThe digital buzz may distract us from noticing a marked divide between HAVE DIGITIZED’s and HAVE NOTS. Yet as we connect “everything and everyone”, the problem is quickly global. The concern is not merely an untapped market potential:…
Cases #08 and #09: Bots to Enhance, Extend, or Restore
CASE #8: ORCAM: a handheld smart device that seamlessly reads text for people with visual or reading difficulties. CASE #9: SKYDIO: Autonomous drone can see, understand its complex surroundings; plan and fly a path avoiding obstacles in close-proximity. INSIGHT+OUTLOOK: Virtual reality and Robotics:I have a Need. I either bring the Value (of the object or…
Cases #06 & 07: A John Deere Harvester and a MOFLIN AI pet?
CASE #6: John Deere X-Series: Smart Farming with GPS, AI, and IoT: autonomous equipment for use in the harshest conditions globally.CASE #7: MOFLIN: Your AI pet simulates a living animal’s emotions & development, for the human need for interaction, entertainment. Featured on the graphic, clockwise from top: John Deere, awardee; Samsung Ballie; MIT nanoemulsion gel;…
CASE #05: LUMI Keys: A Self-Directed Learning System
LUMI Keys: a self-directed music learning system integrated through sound, light, and color. INSIGHTS+OUTLOOK: The pandemic isolation has surely helped the market for personal entertainment and creativity. The LUMI is very directly hands-on, making for a fun way to learn and create music. An excellent application of technology and insights from gaming: fun challenges to…
Case #04: Samsung Note, aka the Pocket PC for Gamers?
Samsung puts a “PC in your pocket with power to do things unlike any PC”
Case #03: Sony’s Spatial Reality Display
Where previous approaches attempt to project 3D recreations, Sony takes a different -and brilliant – tack based on understanding how our eyes and brain perceive.
Case #02: LG Transparent OLED
Transparent screens for conference tables, allowing full interactions, with semi-transparent work screen areas.
Case #01: Samsung SmartTV
Samsung: “using AI and human-factors design to make the TV the voice-interactive. intuitive command center for managing everything from access to a world of content beyond streaming, to controlling all connected home devices” .
Surely there’s a more meaningful challenge than this?