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anna_nelidova

The World's First Fully Robotic Farm Opens In 2017 | Popular Science - 0 views

www.popsci.com/lly-robotic-farm-opens-in-2017

Technology Robots Economic future farmers Human Machine Interaction automated growing future of food Environment sustainability Energy Efficiency Humanisation of Robots Future of Talent Free Time Leisure

shared by anna_nelidova on 09 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • A company in Japan is building an indoor lettuce farm that will be completely tended by robots and computers.
  • The company, named Spread, expects the factory to open in 2017, and the fully automated farming process could make the lettuce cheaper and better for the environment.
  • The plants can be grown hydroponically without exhausting soil resources.
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  • Up to 98 percent of Spread’s water will be recycled, and the factory won’t have to spray pesticides
  • Artificial lighting means the food supply won’t rely on weather variables, and the lighting can be supplied through renewable energy.
  • anna_nelidova on 09 Nov 15
     
    A Japanese company plans to open a fully automated farm by 2017 that will be very efficient and not harmful for the environment. They are hoping to increase production and to reduce labor costs and company's prices. 
Anton Vorykhalov

bcg.perspectives - What's Ahead for Car Sharing? - 0 views

www.bcgperspectives.com/...ility-its-impact-vehicle-sales

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shared by Anton Vorykhalov on 24 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • When Car Sharing Makes Sense
  • Anton Vorykhalov on 24 Feb 16
     
    Economic analysys of efficiency of car sharing based on different usage profiles
Vladimir Antonov

Boeing Says It's Made the Lightest Metal Material in the World | Motherboard - 1 views

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technology material science environment economy fuel efficiency intentional evolution

shared by Vladimir Antonov on 21 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • Its structure is similar to that of a bone, in which the outside is rigid but the inside is mostly hollow
  • to save weight
  • efficient
  • Vladimir Antonov on 21 Oct 15
     
    A new material developed by Boeing is made of metal, but it's so light it can balance delicately on top of a dandelion. The product, called microlattice, is 100 times lighter than styrofoam, according to Boeing, and is made with interconnected hollow tubes.
Olga Bykova

The 5-Step Uber Playbook That Will Disrupt The On-Demand Economy | TechCrunch - 1 views

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CIS Technology Social On-demand ADD

shared by Olga Bykova on 20 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • the ODE efficiently mobilizes supply chains and workforces while enabling collaboration and asset sharing. Uber harnesses the supply effortlessly because their workforce is essentially any person with a smartphone and a car. Sharing and access by phone is nothing new, but Uber was one of the first to apply it to the ODE in a massive scale.
  • One-Click Interface
  • While the one-click interface creates a compelling user experience, the optimized value chain is what makes the user stick around in the long term
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  • Simplifying (the push of a button gets you a ride or lunch delivery) Speed (time reduction from order to delivery) Trust (reliable customers, reliable delivery)
  • Olga Bykova on 20 Oct 15
     
    A frontrunner in the on-demand economy (ODE)
Maria Gurova

Driverless cars, pilotless planes … will there be jobs left for a human being... - 3 views

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robotics Technology Social KE CIS employment expertise jobs big data wicked issues wellbeing

shared by Maria Gurova on 13 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • From staff-free ticket offices to students who can learn online, it seems there is no corner of economic life in which people are not being replaced by machines.
  • One of the reasons Google is investing so much is that whoever owns the communications system for driverless cars will own the 21st century's equivalent of the telephone network or money clearing system: this will be a licence to print money.
  • The only new jobs will be in the design and marketing of the cars, and in writing the computer software that will allow them to navigate their journeys, along with the apps for our mobile phones that will help us to use them better
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  • The invention of 3D printing, in which every home or office will be equipped with an in-house printer that can spew out the goods we want – from shoes to pills – anticipates a world of what Summers calls automated "doers". They will do everything for us, eliminating the need for much work.
  • we have come to the end of the great "general purpose technologies" (technologies that transform an entire economy, such as the steam engine, electricity, the car and so on) that changed the world. There are no new transformative technologies to carry us forward, while the old activities are being robotised and automated.
  • The second is in human wellbeing. There will be vast growth in advising, coaching, caring, mentoring, doctoring, nursing, teaching and generally enhancing capabilities.
  • Notwithstanding robotisation and automation, I identify four broad areas in which there will be vast job opportunities.The first is in micro-production
  • The third is in addressing the globe's "wicked issues" . There will be new forms of nutrition and carbon-efficient energy, along with economising with water, to meet the demands of a world population of 9 billion in 2050.
  • And fourthly, digital and big data management will foster whole new industries
  • the truth is, nobody knows. What we do know is that two-thirds of what we consume today was not invented 25 years ago. It will be the same again in a generation's time
  • Maria Gurova on 13 Jun 13
     
    demand for the new expertise may impact not only the school and academic education, but earlier development stages
Anna Dubinina

Charging your phone from your jacket - 0 views

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shared by Anna Dubinina on 18 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • of GPS Smart Soles. This is exactly what you think they are -- insoles for your shoes that are GPS-enabled so that you can “keep connected to who matters most.”
  • They were specifically designed for:Seniors suffering from Alzheimer’s/dementiaTeens and young adults with autismAthletes and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI)Anyone who could potentially wander off and require oversight
  • This is just the beginning. Solar power is the most immediate, efficient green technology option, and your clothes will continue to get "smarter" and serve more functional purposes.
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  • It's not available yet. But scientists are working on textile-based nanotechnology that uses friction to convert mechanical energy from body movements into electricity
  • And before any of my devices demand to be recharged, I can plug them into my solar-powered jacket to recharge them while I'm on the go
  • Innovative companies such as Evolution Wear have come up with a clever way to keep mobile devices charged, using solar panels integrated into the user's jacket
al_semenchenko

The driverless truck is coming, and it's going to automate millions of jobs | TechCrunch - 0 views

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Technology economy jobs automated cars Transportation efficency productivity self-driving transportation driverless cars

shared by al_semenchenko on 26 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • A convoy of self-driving trucks recently drove across Europe and arrived at the Port of Rotterdam.
  • the technology would effectively double the output of the U.S. transportation network at 25 percent of the cost.
  • While the efficiency gains are real — too real to pass up — the technology will have tremendous adverse effects as well. There are currently more than 1.6 million Americans working as truck drivers, making it the most common job in 29 states.
Maria Gurova

The Future of Advertising Hinges on Understanding Identity | Adweek - 0 views

www.adweek.com/...-understanding-identity-154330

Technology social security cyber safety identity google internet of things big data behavior

shared by Maria Gurova on 10 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • . The future of identity lies in digitizing the physical world, and the context in which we collect data about identity needs to become transparent.
  • Will consumers understand that better identity data equals higher-quality messaging to them throughout their lives? Context will allow us to exchange value better and build deeper networks in physical world data collection.
  • We need better systems to understand and provide access to individuals’ identity by service and by object
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  • How do we get the right message to the right user to maximize the value to the consumer? In doing so, we can minimize waste and theoretically deliver a much more accurate and compelling experience
  • The Internet of Things phenomenon is in the early days of posing the question: Can we, or should we, bring the intelligence and efficiency of the Internet to everyday objects?
Maria Gurova

By 2020, you could have an exascale speed-of-light optical computer on your desk | Extr... - 0 views

www.extremetech.com/...-optical-computer-on-your-desk

Technology science CIS optical computing processor efficiency

shared by Maria Gurova on 13 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • Optalysys, a UK technology company, says it’s on-target to demonstrate a novel optical computer, which performs calculations at the speed of light, in January 2015. If all goes to plan, Optalysys says its tech — which is really unlike anything you’ve ever heard of before — can put an exascale supercomputer on your desk by 2020.
  • Maria Gurova on 13 Aug 14
     
    Watch the video it explains better than the article 
anna_nelidova

MediaCom clients could benefit from emotion tracking tech | The Drum - 0 views

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Technology Emotion tracking technology Digital Marketing Impactful content personalization

shared by anna_nelidova on 14 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • Realeyes last year received a near £3m grant from the The European Commission help develop its technology, which claims to track the ‘likability’ of brand’s marketing efforts by measuring people’s emotions via standard webcams as they watch video content.
  • Tools such as Realeyes allow us to get behavioural information upfront, so we can optimise and measure content before launch.
  • This enables us to deliver more effective video and more efficient distribution, making the message more impactful and delivering increased business advantage for our clients
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  • MediaCom will integrate the Realeyes platform into it’s central content hub and apply it across its client roster including brands such as P&G, Coca Cola, GSK, Shell, Sony Mobile and Volkswagen
  • anna_nelidova on 14 Jan 16
     
    Incorporation of emotion measurement technology into content testing and media planning.
al_semenchenko

Team wants to sell lab grown meat in five years - BBC News - 1 views

www.bbc.com/...science-environment-34540193

Technology science artificial food production methods sci-fi to reality efficiency World Hunger accessibility affordability new business models

shared by al_semenchenko on 07 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • The Dutch team who have grown the world's first burger in a lab say they hope to have a product on sale in five years.Researchers are to set up a company to look at making the burger tastier and cheaper
  • The burger is made from stem-cells: the templates from which specialised tissue such as nerve or skin cells develop.
  • The motivation for the research is to find ways of keeping up with the growing demand for meat. Traditional farming methods will need to use more energy, water and land - and the consequent increase in greenhouse gas emission will be substantial.
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  • One food expert said it was "close to meat, but not that juicy" and another said it tasted like a real burger.
  • al_semenchenko on 07 Nov 15
     
    Looks like we wont need to grow livestock for food in the near future. Artificial meat going to be mass produced.
Maria Gurova

The Personal Blog of Zack Kanter - How Uber's Autonomous Cars Will Destroy 10 Million J... - 1 views

zackkanter.com/...estroy-10-million-jobs-by-2025

Technology Economy Environment transportation market autonomous transport self-driving car Uber Tesla transportation cloud Shared Economy efficiency Energy

shared by Maria Gurova on 05 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • . Autonomous cars will be commonplace by 2025 and have a near monopoly by 2030
  • They will cause unprecedented job loss and a fundamental restructuring of our economy, solve large portions of our environmental problems, prevent tens of thousands of deaths per year, save millions of hours with increased productivity, and create entire new industries that we cannot even imagine from our current vantage point.
  • Morgan Stanley’s research shows that cars are driven just 4% of the time,5 which is an astonishing waste considering that the average cost of car ownership is nearly $9,000 per year.6
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  • The car purchasers of the future will not be you and me – cars will be purchased and operated by ride sharing and car sharing companies.
  • , it is unlikely that major automakers like General Motors, Ford, and Toyota will survive the leap.
  • while startup automakers like Tesla will thrive on a smaller number of fleet sales to operators like Uber by offering standardized models with fewer options.
  • 884,000 people are employed in motor vehicles and parts manufacturing, and an additional 3.02 million in the dealer and maintenance network.22 Truck, bus, delivery, and taxi drivers account for nearly 6 million professional driving jobs. Virtually all of these 10 million jobs will be eliminated within 10-15 years
  • Maria Gurova on 05 Nov 15
     
    an article about autonomous transportation and how disruptive they might be not only for the car and transport industry but for entire economy
anna_nelidova

Head tracker knows what you're doing and helps you multitask | New Scientist - 1 views

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Technology Wearables ADD AI Multitasking

shared by anna_nelidova on 27 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • wearable system that tracks human movements to understand what task you’re doing, how difficult it is, and when you switch to something else. His goal is to help us control our multitasking lives
  • Gathering patterns of data that describe humans doing different tasks has more potential than just helping us work more efficiently.
  • the device could turn your phone to silent or deliver only emergency notifications. It could also tell you when you need to take a break
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  • Epps’s team has made a device which straps to a baseball cap that can work out the intensity of a task and when a person switches to another task – just from their head movements.
  • o use the data from wearables to train artificial intelligences.
  • Epps’s team is building a new prototype made from cheap components that can be worn on glasses, which tracks eye movement and speech as well as head motion.
  • anna_nelidova on 27 Nov 15
     
    A wearable system that tracks head movements could help people to multitask and handle distractions. The data generated by wearables on millions of humans can be useful for learning purposes of robots and AI. 
anna_nelidova

Apple's New Solar Projects To Slash Over 20 Million Tons Of Emissions - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...homes_5628e8fee4b0aac0b8fbc760

Technology solar energy Environment clean renewable energy Apple CSR

shared by anna_nelidova on 26 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • Apple announced Wednesday it will build 200 megawatts of solar energy projects in China and work with local suppliers to source more renewable energy
  • the tech giant said it will launch an initiative to "drive its manufacturing partners to become more energy efficient and to use clean energy for their manufacturing operations."
  • Apple said the 200 megawatts projects will produce the equivalent of the energy used by more by than 265,000 Chinese homes in a year.
Vladimir Antonov

BMW Vision Next 100 shows future of BMW - Business Insider - 1 views

uk.businessinsider.com/100-shows-future-of-bmw-2016-3

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shared by Vladimir Antonov on 10 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • body of the concept car is designed to maximize aerodynamic efficiency and is constructed primarily out of recycled materials
  • BMW has also eliminated to wood and leather from the its interiors to promote sustainable manufacturing.
  • The BMW design study also incorporates full autonomous and manual driving modes, called "Ease" and "Boost" modes.
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  • In Ease mode, the car is fully autonomous, and the driver the able to sit back let the machine do the driving.
  • Boost mode affords the driver the opportunity to push the performance boundaries of the BMW at his or own pleasure. It's the traditional BMW driving experience. 
  • future of automobiles will be built upon four pillars
  • Artificial intelligence and intuitive technology
  • future cars will be able to learn, think and interact in a more human-like manner. 
  • future technology will be seamlessly integrated into the usage experience in way that the driver may not even know he or she is interacting with technology
  • According to BMW, the development of carbon fiber and composite parts along with new manufacturing techniques like 4D printing may render old-fashioned pressed steel obsolete.
  • mobility will remain an emotional experience
  • BMWs will remain driver focused
  • Features such as autonomous drive are key because they keep the brand at the forefront technological development. But they may threaten the driver-centric, pleasure-of-driving ethos BMW has built for itself over the past 100 years
  • Vladimir Antonov on 10 Mar 16
     
    1. BMW probably won't be exist in 100 years from now :) 2. Those cars will be on our roads much much sooner 
Anna Dubinina

How robots will reshape the economy (based on U.S. example) - 0 views

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CIS science technology Social economy robots

shared by Anna Dubinina on 21 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Few doubt that our future — both immediate and long term — will be heavily impacted by robots
  • A pair of Oxford researchers recently estimated that 47 percent of the total U.S. employment is at risk of being eliminated.
  • On the other end of the spectrum, Mercedes announced it is trading out some of its production robots for human labor — the machines could not keep up with the increasing options for customization
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  • robots in the workplace will likely help reverse this trend.
  • The vast majority of automation technology will not outright replace humans; instead, it will simply make their work more efficient.
  • As the global supply chain matured, market pressures drove American companies to offshore their work to other countries that offered inexpensive labor
  • This is not to say that all white-collar workers should enroll in engineering night classes, but knowing how technology works at a base level will make you better at your job 
  • Employers need to actively promote training programs that empower employees to work more effectively with new tech.
alexbelov

Stae wants to prepare cities for the future | TechCrunch - 0 views

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  • innovation is coming from private companies. These companies are starting to have better insights about how a city works compared to local governments.
  • Cities should be collecting all the data these companies are generating — Airbnb, Uber, drone delivery, Google self-driving cars. You can run analytics and look at the efficiency of the city
  • The startup is building a platform so that all the companies can send their data to this platform using an API approach.
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  • Stae is starting with a compliance and payment platform for the sharing economy. Stae wants to create an API that would let Airbnb seamlessly pay (for example) $.75 to the city for a one night stay
  • Boston is the first partner city to test the platform.
  • alexbelov on 05 Apr 16
     
    A NY startup is trying to build a platform that would collect data generated by a city to make the city smarter. The accumulated information will be used for making management decisions data-driven. They will start with providing payment platform to collect local taxes from cervices like Airbnb and Uber. The first city to take part in this experiment is Boston.
al_semenchenko

There Are Some Super Shady Things in Oculus Rift's Terms of Service - 1 views

gizmodo.com/-oculus-rifts-terms-1768678169

Technology Social economy entertainment VR concerns VR Oculus digital economy

shared by al_semenchenko on 02 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • If you create something with the Rift, the Terms of Service say that you surrender all rights to that work and that Oculus can use it whenever it wants
  • Oculus can collect data from you while you’re using the device
  • Furthermore, the information that they collect can be used to directly market products to you
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  • What’s most worrisome here is that the emergence of VR technology opens up an new type of data for companies to mine en masse which can be collected efficiently. The fact that Oculus, the clear leader in the new VR marketplace, is setting this precedent could be dangerous for the future of the technology.
  • the Oculus Rift is a device that is always on (much like Microsoft’s Xbox One Kinect feature) which leads to further concerns about when the information will be collected.
  • al_semenchenko on 02 Apr 16
     
    Oculus already gathering much more personal data than were possible before, and owns any UGC created with the help of Oculus.
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