Posts Tagged:technology

Macy’s retail media network aspirations.

Macy’s solution for the retail apocalypse? S E L L I N G A D S – The often-predicted retail apocalypse certainly seemed to get more likely for many large retailers over the past year. Macy’s alone shuttered 45 stores in 2021 and needed a $4.5B loan to escape bankruptcy. Yet it is one of the retailers…

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SpinLaunch. The Beauty of Physics.

SpinLaunch: Giant vacuum e-centrifuge for slinging 200kg satellites into orbit at up to 5000 mph. 4x less fuel, 10x less cost. Threat to SpaceX? Maiden test last month at supersonic speeds, launch vehicle recovered. #wakeupimagine #innovation#space#rockets#satellites#physics#engineering

Amazing Autonomous (Mini) Automobiles.

Amazing #innovation – The University of Cambridge has created a fleet of autonomous mini-cars able to interact with each other for a common goal: optimized traffic flow and passenger safety. The video shows that, in “cooperative” mode, vehicles approaching the obstacle (car 16) will reduce their speed, avoiding other vehicles to be blocked by the obstacle and create queues.…

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Click this. How Instagram scaled social media.

Great journey map of how a couple of innovators made an app in 8 weeks and scaled to one of the most used #socialmedia photo apps. Oh ya, and then they were purchased by Facebook for $1 billion. #wakeupimagine #startups #innovation #entrepreneurship

CRISPR is revolutionary. It’s also a total brute.

CRISPR is revolutionary. It’s also a total brute. The classic version of the #geneediting wunderkind literally slices a gene to bits just to turn it off. It’s effective, yes. But it’s like putting an electrical wire through a paper shredder to turn off a misbehaving light bulb. Once the wires are cut, there’s no going back. So,…

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Gartner’s Emerging Tech & Trends Impact Radar

Gartner‘s fascinating look at emerging tech trends, adoption, and the future – with 3 themes – Interfaces and experiences; Business enablers; and Productivity revolution. The rings represent the range, which estimates the number of years it will take until the technology or trend crosses from early adopter to early majority adopter. The size and color…

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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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Amazon Fresh

Check it out – The first Amazon Fresh #grocery store opened a few weeks ago in #California and it leverages the latest #technologies: ? Smart cart: able to scan any item you put in it, and generate your bill at any time? Live Amazon reviews are displayed for each product on the shelves? Cashierless: automatically debits your Amazon account when you leave…

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Do You Love Me?

Ok … these robots continue to amaze me – Boston Dynamics gets their whole crew together for a little New Years’ dance that will quite frankly blow you away! #imagine #ai #robots

Juicy Circular Design

Love this!!! – After squeezing the #orange juice, this #innovative#designthinking machine turns orange peels into #3Dprinted bioplastic cups, replacing single-use plastic cups. This prototype developed by Design studio CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati aims at bringing circular design into everyday life. #imagine#creativity#innovation#intelligentautomation

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