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Satan is back. And… landed his Dream Job.

Fresh of off finding love on Match, Satan finds his dream job. Guy is on a hot streak! Yes, Ryan Reynolds and Maximum Effort have Satan back in action post his love-finding escapades. He’s now the ideas guy at Big Wireless – more fulfilling and even more rewarding than gathering souls for the underworld. Who’s he up against?…

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The Cognitive Bias Codex

A #cognitivebias is an inherent thinking ‘blind spot’ that reduces thinking accuracy and results inaccurate–and often irrational–conclusions. Much like logical fallacies, cognitive biases can be viewed as either causes or effects but can generally be reduced to broken thinking. Not all ‘broken thinking,’ blind spots, and failures of thought are labeled, of course. But some are so…

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Does your Spinach email?

Crazy Cool – through #nanotechnology, engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have transformed spinach into sensors capable of detecting pollution. In contact with specific chemicals, the plant emits a signal which is read by an infrared camera, sending an email alert to the scientists. Yes, you read that right the spinach emails – think early warning system –…

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Xupermask = will.i.am x Honeywell

Will.i.am‘s superhero-inspired mask has air filters, earbuds, and LED lights! The Black Eyed Peas iconic lead man is back with another wild gadget — though this one might be his most aptly timed yet. Dubbed “Xupermask,” it combines personal protective equipment #PPE elements with high-tech audio to create a device that, according to will.i.am, has been designed to…

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Pillcam and the Fantastic Voyage

P I L L C A M – for decades, sci-fi writers have fantasized about taking a “fantastic voyage” inside the human body. The story usually involves a maverick scientist getting miniaturized, popped into a syringe, and then, next thing you know, he or she is slaloming around inside a live person. Sounds outrageous, right?…

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WeWork and THE (so must see) Documentary

W E W O R K the Documentary – launching April 2 on Hulu – you know this is a crazy MUST watch as they beam the pure unadulterated WeWork cult of #AdamNeumann to your screen. And of course, always the shrinking violet, Scott Galloway giving his best “Are you kidding me!” take on the whole shebang. #wakeupimagine #startups SoftBank #funding #SXSWFilmFestival SXSW #wework

Visa goes big into Crypto

Yes, the tide is shifting and Visa moving with it. Reuters, announced that the payments giant will roll out a pilot program with #crypto platform Crypto.com. Crypto.com already offers its users a Visa card. However, any payments used by the cryptocurrency card have to be converted to fiat, which adds costs and complexities for merchants. Here’s the new process:> A Crypto.com Visa…

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You’re not a BOT. Don’t date like one.

Great #creative – a friendly reminder from Jose Cuervo to keep your dating interesting. You’re not a bot. Don’t date like one. Most of us have had our fair share of bad dates. They offer us good stories to tell … but they are nothing compared to what you could easily consider the saddest date in human history: between…

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Covid Risk and being Self-Deprecating

Love this! – With the maleficient maelstrom of madness, we’ve all been through to vaccines dancing on the horizon, I think it’s our ability to laugh, imagine, and be self-deprecating that’s buoyed us. #wakeupimagine #marketoon #covid19

S T R E T C H the Robot

This amazing new workhorse by Boston Dynamics is designed to make warehouse operations more efficient and safer for the workers. Stretch™ uses a robotic arm and smart gripper to move over 800 boxes per hour, each of them can weigh up to 23 kg. Thanks to its state-of-the-art #computervision, it can autonomously navigate loading docks, and identify boxes. #wakeupimagine#intelligentautomation#ai#robotics…

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