Jan 4, 2021
Meet Joe, the drone that herds cattle (or camels)
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: business, drones
Two Israeli cowboys introduce drone technology to save time and manpower in the rugged business of cattle (or camel) ranching.
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Jan 3, 2021
From mealworms to ‘miracle’ berries, EU sees boom in novel food applications
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: business, food
The European Food Safety Authority has taken in more than 156 innovative food applications for substances such as apple cell cultures and mung bean proteins since January 2018, when new EU legislation took effect, aiming to make it easier for businesses to bring their unusual products to market. Of those 156114 are still under consideration, 39 were approved and three were rejected, officials said.
More products have been submitted for approval since 2018 than in prior 14 years combined.
Jan 1, 2021
Dumb and dumber: The future of business AI depends on HI
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: business, robotics/AI
The takeaway: “Unless you can quickly use your tech advantage to establish a monopoly-like position your AI technologies cannot maintain a market lead without additional innovation required.” The ‘innovation’ comes from (HI) Human Intelligence. (HC) Human Creativity-zdnet.com
When every organization has access to AI … the difference will be in Human Intelligence (HI)
Dec 31, 2020
‘Bad business’: the rise and fall of China’s bike-sharing twin stars
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: business, transportation
But their cash-burning tactics to attract users and uncertain business models turned out to be unsustainable. By 2017, the bubble was already bursting – yet another casualty in big tech’s seemingly endless proxy wars for users and market share, leaving a trail of broken companies, and bikes, in their wake.
Mobike officially halted operations of the mobile app and WeChat mini programme under its own brand last week, fully merging under its parent company Meituan.
Dec 30, 2020
The ‘autism advantage’ and how it’s giving workplaces a competitive edge
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: business, neuroscience
This is another example of how autism is now being used as an advantage in business. What people previously saw as a weakness turned out to be a strength. 😃
Gordon Douglas struggled to find work because of his “differences”. Now his neurodiversity is making him a sought-after employee.
Dec 30, 2020
Making Money in a Futuristic World (Jobs and Future Business Ideas)
Posted by Magaly Santiago in categories: business, economics, Elon Musk, employment, physics, robotics/AI, space
In the not so distant future you could be making money from home by controlling robots, robots that are in another country. Or there will be products, such as a self driving Tesla car, that can go out and earn money on their own.
This video takes a look at the futuristic ways people will be earning money. From telepresence jobs and future business ideas, to new space businesses, and even how people will be storing their money — moving away from cash and credit cards to using chips that are in their bodies.
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Dec 29, 2020
Bart Madden — Free To Choose Medicine — Better Drugs, Sooner, at Lower Costs — Saving Lives
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: biotech/medical, business, economics, policy
Is the author of the book Free To Choose Medicine: Better Drugs Sooner at Lower Cost; a book that offers a compelling argument for the freedom of every patient, guided by the advice of his or her doctor, to make informed decisions about the use of not-yet-FDA-approved therapeutic drugs, that are in late stages of clinical testing.
Mr. Madden is recently retired as a Managing Director of Credit Suisse/Holt after a career in money management and investment research that included the founding of Callard Madden & Associates. During his career, he developed the cash-flow return on investment (CFROI) valuation framework that is widely used today by money management firms worldwide.
Dec 26, 2020
For only $160 billion, you can buy … Mars!
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, business, health, space travel
NASA scientists and their colleagues are now proposing corporate financing for a human mission to Mars. This raises the prospect that a spaceship named the Microsoft Explorer or the Google Search Engine could one day go down in history as the first spaceship to bring humans to the Red Planet.
The proposal suggests that companies could drum up $160 billion for a human mission to Mars and a colony there, rather than having governments fund such a mission with tax dollars.
Joel Levine, a senior research scientist at NASA Langley Research Center, was quoted in a release in the Journal of Cosmology by Dr. Rhawn Joseph. The plan covers “every aspect of a journey to the Red Planet — the design of the spacecrafts, medical health and psychological issues, the establishment of a Mars base, colonization, and a revolutionary business proposal to overcome the major budgetary obstacles which have prevented the U.S. from sending astronauts to Mars,” said Levine.
Dec 26, 2020
US Department of Homeland Security warns American business not to use Chinese tech or let data behind the Great Firewall
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: business, security
Even fitness trackers ruled a big risk due to potential for record-matching identifying your family.
Dec 25, 2020
Making jet fuel out of carbon dioxide
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: business, chemistry, particle physics, sustainability, transportation
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.K. and one in Saudi Arabia has developed a way to produce jet fuel using carbon dioxide as a main ingredient. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group describes their process and its efficiency.
As scientists continue to look for ways to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere, they have increasingly focused on certain business sectors. One of those sectors is the aviation industry, which accounts for approximately 12% of transportation-related carbon dioxide emissions. Curbing carbon emissions in the aviation industry has proved to be challenging due to the difficulty of fitting heavy batteries inside of aircraft. In this new effort, the researchers have developed a chemical process that can be used to produce carbon-neutral jet fuel.
The researchers used a process called the organic combustion method to convert carbon dioxide in the air into jet fuel and other products. It involved using an iron catalyst (with added potassium and manganese) along with hydrogen, citric acid and carbon dioxide heated to 350 degrees C. The process forced the carbon atoms apart from the oxygen atoms in CO2 molecules, which then bonded with hydrogen atoms, producing the kind of hydrocarbon molecules that comprise liquid jet fuel. The process also resulted in the creation of water molecules and other products.
