A new technology, sono-optogenetics, is being experimented to support brain-computer interfaces -BCI. BCI aims at capturing the brain activity, convert it into bits and provide these bits to a computer for analysing what is going on, eventually what you are thinking. Let’s clarify that we are still very – very …
Read More »Smartphones showing the way to the future of personal computers
The new Apple M1 chip has been around for a few months now and the feedback on its performance are so impressive that quite a few people are asking how is that possible. A low cast Mac Mini is now offering better performance than last year Mac Pro that had …
Read More »From Beer to Bits to Beer
Over this last week end we had our youngest son visiting us: he is working at one of the biggest brewery group. He is engaged in a program that takes him to experience the various aspect of the company business, from manufacturing (brewing) to logistics, from marketing to sales … …
Read More »Bigger cities bigger emission, not necessarily true
An interesting article by the World Economic Forum discusses the carbon footprint of cities, an important topic as we are striving to reduce the human society carbon footprint on the planet with the (ambitious) goal to become carbon neutral by 2050 (this is not as good as it might seem, …
Read More »If Zoom works too well … you can make it worse
Just yesterday I wrote about the thin line between fake and true. Let’s take a step forward into the realm of fake but for what might be a good cause (the end justifies the means… Macchiavelli said long time ago!). Are you spending more and more time on Zoom (and …
Read More »The fading line between “fake” and “true”
Philosophers have been debating for thousands of years the concept of “truth”. You’ll probably remember Protagoras of Abdera criteria: “Of all things the measure is Man, of the things that are, that they are, and of the things that are not, that they are not” often captured by the sentence: …
Read More »From fill her up to power her up
Last December (2020) a draft document prepared by the European Commission indicated a target of 30 million electric vehicles on the European roads in 2030. Transportation contributes for 1/4 of greenhouse gas emission and 30% of CO2 emission in Europe. The 30 million electric cars figure is considered a “must” …
Read More »Pandemic effects on biz are here to stay
An interesting report by McKinsey on the Future of Work after Covid-19 is reporting on the various changes that occurred in the workplace because of the epidemic and the possibility that these changes will become permanent. It is an interesting report, surely worth reading. It is based on thousands of …
Read More »How smart could/should a smart shelf be?
Over the past few years Amazon has released a number of “gadgets” to make even more seamless our buying experience, the Amazon Dash Replenishment. It started with some sort of tokens that you can associate to a specific product. Once you notice that you are running short and want to …
Read More »Making Zoom and the likes a thing of the past …
Microsoft has announced its Mesh platform and t their Ignite event. You can get all details, and there are plenty, in their Innovation Stories and take a look at the clip to see how it may look like. I am saying “it may look like” because the way it can …
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