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Posted: 10 March 2014

I've heard of cognitive computing, but how about cognitive cooking? The IBM Food Truck uses big data, cognitive systems and social media input (plus a few top chefs) to create dishes that have never been tried before - and they're great!

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Cognitive Cooking

A food truck powered by your tweets and a cognitive computer

FOOD IS NOTHING BUT I.P.

Billionaire digital chef creates the ultimate franchise

Dateline: 12 October 2023

When the first 3D ink-jet printers appeared, they were typically used for high-tech applications that could justify the cost. Leading-edge medicine was an ...

Neil Jacobsohn

Who's going to securely store our data?

Posted: 10 March 2014

Interesting that it's a technology company stepping forward to claim the safe space for data privacy. Another example of the banks missing the boat? I have suggested to many bankers that data storage and management on behalf of their clients is a superb business opportunity - and they all run screaming from it, crying "risky, risky!" Well, yes....who told you life is without risks? And when ...

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Intel Invents a Way to Combine Data Sets without Endangering Privacy | MIT Technology Review

A super-secure place for sensitive data to mingle could free companies to get the benefits of sharing it without risking leaks.

Neil Jacobsohn

The Perfect Storm in banking

Posted: 9 March 2014

Do the banks really understand the Perfect Storm in which they find themselves? They face a global trust crisis, a regulatory tsunami, an full-on assault from a plethora of new non-banking competitors, demands from their own staff and customers for new models and services, and more. As this article suggests, up the 35% of traditional bank revenue may be under threat in a shifting ...

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Banks have surprising new competitors

Banks could see as much as 35 percent of their revenue up for grabs over the next decade. Which companies are taking advantage?

BANKS GET FOUND OUT

How they continued to profit in a sawtooth no-growth economy

Dateline: 31 May 2012

Everyone says they're not surprised, but today's revelations in the New York Times and Britain's The Independent have shaken the masters of the financial ...

Wolfgang Grulke

Another step forward in 3D printing...

Posted: 6 March 2014

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3-D Printing Blood Vessels into Artificial Tissues Could Eliminate Need for Donor Organs | MIT Techn

Artificial tissue has always lacked a key ingredient: blood vessels. A new 3-D printing technique seems poised to change that.

PRINTING - THE FUTURE OF MANUFACTURING

No more paper or ink, but everything else goes

Dateline: 17 June 2012

I spent a frustrating few days at the World Printing Industry Showcase in Beijing this weekend. As an old-timer of the printing industry, I simply didn't ...

Doug Vining

Ukranian confusion

Posted: 5 March 2014 1 Comment

It's fascinating to watch the crisis in Ukraine play out on mainstream and social media. Flipping between the channels presents so many different perspectives. Western media take the line that Putin has invaded, and Obama wants to support the populist uprising and overthrow of an authoritarian regime, and quickly head to elections.
Russian media denies that they have invaded, saying that they ...

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WE'RE ALL NAKED NOW

Business and government leaders adopt Naked Leadership as the benchmark for transparency and trust

Dateline: 9 September 2017

Five years ago Naked Leadership was an alien concept, but now leaders in all walks of life are preaching the benefits of a leadership paradigm that includes far-flung collaborators and widely divergent ideas. The concept of a single, charismatic leader, with perfect vision and inspiration seems quite obsolete in a world made impossibly complex by global telecoms and instant feedback. The ...

MindBullets Editors

THE FUTURE IS ALGORITHM SHAPED

Published on: 6 March 2014

Cloud-based algorithms determine our daily routine and schedule - and our love lives

Dateline: 27 April 2017

We can't predict the future, but the clues are all around us. We're all connected, to each other, to everything, in so many ways. Our daily lives are part planned, part accident, but always recorded. Most of us like to let a bit of randomness enter our lives - it's often how the best things are discovered, how the best experiences happen. Serendipitous joy is a treasure. But if we're honest, there's a lot less spontaneity driving our actions and transactions, our travels and connections. And ...

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Piet Venema

And the jobless?

Posted: 5 March 2014 1 Comment

And what will happen to the already billions that cannot find a job?

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LET G-DROIDS DO THE DIRTY WORK

Google's robots do the heavy lifting, drive the dump trucks and haul the garbage

Dateline: 17 July 2018

Now that Google has become the leading developer of robots, including humanoid robots, we can leave them to do all the unpleasant, dangerous, and boring work. Robots have moved out of the factories, and into the mines, fields and skies. Google's drones watch over traffic and crops, and are contracted to law enforcement and local authorities. In Africa, the drones keep tabs on endangered ...

Doug Vining

Screening for damaged genes in a big way

Posted: 5 March 2014

Craig Venter has launched Human Longevity, which will undertake mass genomic sequencing of patients, and cross reference the data with their medical records. With this project they hope to identify genes linked to specific medical conditions, and ultimately determine stem cell therapies to repair the "errors."

One of the first targets is cancer, and other life-shortening conditions will come ...

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For his next act, genome whiz Craig Venter takes on aging

Craig Venter, the U.S. scientist who raced the U.S. government to map the human genome over a decade ago and created synthetic life in 2010, is now on a ...

MAIL US YOUR DAMAGED GENES

And we'll mend them and send them right back - by email

Dateline: 15 August 2022

Now that the bio-replicator is a reality, it is easy to transfer biological fragments from place to place - electronically! In fact, you can send the code ...

Harry Shaw

Re:LET G-DROIDS DO THE DIRTY WORK

Posted: 5 March 2014

Good I say. They will carry out the tasks we were genetically created and engineered to do. The created becoming the creator. Very interesting.

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LET G-DROIDS DO THE DIRTY WORK

Google's robots do the heavy lifting, drive the dump trucks and haul the garbage

Dateline: 17 July 2018

Lizanne Jacobsohn

Does great customer service mean a consistent experience?

Posted: 4 March 2014

My personal recent experiences with my ISP, Afrihost, bears out the recent results of this research done by McKInsey and Co. Afrihost have consistently and at every point in our journey delivered a great customer experience!

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The three Cs of customer satisfaction: Consistency, consistency, consistency

It may not seem sexy, but consistency is the secret ingredient to making customers happy. However, it’s difficult to get right and requires top-leadership attention. A McKinsey & Company article.

Neil Jacobsohn

Time to drop your brand baggage

Posted: 4 March 2014

What "brand baggage" does your company carry? Do you have the "brand police" who protect your brand as if it was something sacred frozen in stone, never to be touched, morphed or evolved? Then this great article from Trendwatching.com is for you, on "Heritage Heresy" - how great brands are innovating rather than standing still, growing rather than remaining locked in an industrial-age ...

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trendwatching.com's March 2014 Trend Briefing covering the consumer trend "HERITAGE HERESY"

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Neil Jacobsohn

Banking is about data, not money!

Posted: 4 March 2014

We've been doing a lot of work in the banking sector lately, and reinforcing the viewpoint that the future of banking is data, not money. And here's why - an excellent read on "knowledge banking." And read our MindBullet, published way back in 2008, on "beyond banking".

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Banking, Information, and Technology: Toward Knowledge Banking | MIT Technology Review

Knowledge banking for a hyper connected society.

THE #1 CLOUD BANK OPENS ITS DOORS

Your personal information now under your direct control

Dateline: 11 June 2013

Think about the real meaning of 'wealth'. It really isn't just your financial resources. The holistic sum of your personal wealth includes health, ...

Doug Vining

Google robots and Facebook drones

Posted: 4 March 2014

Is Facebook on a mission to compete with Google in the acquisition race? Are they buying up this drone maker before Google can grab it? At least these drones have a specific purpose, acting as low-orbit communication satellites, which aligns with Facebook's broader mission of connecting to everyone on the planet.

I am surprised though, that Google hasn't acquired any drone specialists for its ...

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Facebook In Talks To Acquire Drone Maker Titan Aerospace

Facebook, one of the primary backers of the Internet.org initiative, which aims to bring affordable Internet access to the 5 billion people in the world ...

LET G-DROIDS DO THE DIRTY WORK

Google's robots do the heavy lifting, drive the dump trucks and haul the garbage

Dateline: 17 July 2018

Now that Google has become the leading developer of robots, including humanoid robots, we can leave them to do all the unpleasant, dangerous, and boring ...

Lizanne Jacobsohn

Hiring the best

Posted: 3 March 2014

Always a difficult thing to do when faced with a number of candidates who all look like potential new employees. But, weeding out the maybes from the super stars to ensure exceptional productivity and profitability in a company, is what its about And those who have joined us in our Leaders of the Future and Customers of the Future presentations recently would applaud the truth of it.

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A Recruiter's Guide to Hiring the Super Motivated

Duds and rock stars are easy to spot. Here's an assessment system to help ensure that you don't hire the candidate who's almost good enough.

Doug Vining

Breakthrough wireless disruption

Posted: 3 March 2014

Steve Perlman of Artemis Networks is going beyond the limits of the wireless spectrum - but he's sticking to radio to do it. Rather than turning to LEDs to distribute high speed broadband to mobile devices, he has created a unique software-defined network that uses the interference of overlapping signals to provide a 'personal cell' for every device, no matter how many are active in the ...

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Artemis’s pCell Promises a Revolutionary Cure for Slow Wireless Data | TIME.com

A veteran tech entrepreneur says that he's about to deliver uncompromised bandwidth to every phone.

GO BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE WIRELESS SPECTRUM

For free energy and communication at light speed, take a walk on the bright side

Dateline: 15 August 2020

It's amazing how a few bright ideas can shift the world! Two breakthroughs have crept up on us and swept the globe - and cut the cost of connectivity and ...

Doug Vining

Disruption and destruction

Posted: 28 February 2014

We've said many times that 3D printing is going to disrupt and perhaps destroy traditional businesses, but it goes way beyond just manufacturing and logistics.

Here's a great round up of the likely impacts in the future. ...

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10 industries 3D printing will disrupt or decimate - TechRepublic

As it evolves, 3D printing technology is destined to transform almost every major industry and change the way we live, work, and play in the future.

Max Burger

Listed companies related to robotics

Posted: 28 February 2014 1 Comment

who has suggestions for listed companies in the space?

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LET G-DROIDS DO THE DIRTY WORK

Google's robots do the heavy lifting, drive the dump trucks and haul the garbage

Dateline: 17 July 2018

Doug Vining

Smartphones on wheels

Posted: 28 February 2014

Soon the smartest thing you own will be your car. Already, cars are shipping with all sorts of sensors and wireless communications interfaces. You can control a lot of the functions with your phone, and soon you'll be getting email from your car when it's due for a service.

In fact, it's already possible to hack your car to interact with many web services. So, for example, you can get a ...

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Sprint Opens New Lines of Communication with Cars’ Onboard Computers

Wireless connections in cars are becoming faster and more capable, bringing new features, new services—and new problems.

DO YOU DRIVE A SUPERCOMPUTER?

The smartest high-tech device that you own is - your car!

Dateline: 18 October 2017

Ford actually made this a mission of theirs some years ago. Now it's a reality. MIT just released a new study that shows the sheer computing power and ...

Doug Vining

Amplifying the sun

Posted: 27 February 2014

A team at IBM recently developed what they call a High Concentration Photo Voltaic Thermal (HCPVT) system that is capable of concentrating the power of the sun 2,000 times.

In this video, Bruno Michel, a research scientist at IBM Research - Zurich, explains his latest invention. His hope is that this technique will prove to be so successful that we'll be able to use it to replace all fossil ...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_zzE8xMdZc

Doug Vining

Shopping done in seconds

Posted: 27 February 2014

Now this looks like an app that could fix the frustrations of finding and buying something specific:

"Instead of taking a photo of an item or scanning a barcode, Flow recognizes items via their shape, size, color, box text, and general appearance. Hold your iPhone up to a row of items on your shelf or counter, and within seconds of “seeing” it with the iPhone’s camera, every recognizable item ...

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Point Your iPhone at Something You Like, and Amazon's New App Buys It

Today, Amazon is announcing a new feature inside its mobile shopping app that lets you scan items in your home using your smartphone's camera and quickly ...

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS MY SHOPPING DONE

The age of digital abundance is mired in old fashioned industrial business practices

Dateline: 26 December 2016

A few years ago it was easy to buy things on the internet. Remember the story of someone who ordered a curry online, from a London restaurant, and had it ...

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