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8. The coming age of AI-Human collaboration what iThis Megatrend is already affecting our life in many ways as well as affecting business. Think about talking to Alexa or Siri: you are actually bringing AI into your everyday life.  Pick up your phone and take a picture: AI is at …

That e-commerce is growing is no surprise, nor that Amazon is the biggest e-commerce player in the US yet, looking at the expected sales for the coming Prime Day (October 13/14), I cannot help but being amazed by the estimated sales: almost 10 billion $ worldwide and over 6 billion …

In its recent announcement, Sept 24th 2020, Amazon revealed a mini drone, Ring Always Home Cam, designed for surveillance of closed environment, specifically designed for our homes. As shown in the photo (left) it looks like a cube with smooth edges, that would fit nicely in any home. That cube …

The Pandemic Impact on the Gig Economy The recent pandemic hit the Gig Economy and possibly changed its evolution in two main ways: Emphasised the critical work environment with low societal protection Boosted the Gig Economy with, possibly, lasting effects Critical Work Environment The insecurity of work intrinsic in the …

Shopping “Born to Shop”. I remember seeing this on a t-shirt long long time ago in Carnaby Street, London, at a time when having writings on a t-short was new and eye catching. At those times Internet was yet to come and computers were nowhere to be seen in everyday …

The drone industry has kept growing in the last decade, taking on board the consumer market and extending the application range in commercial domain. Hence, it is a no brainer to predict that at least for 2020 this trend will continue. According to Drone Industry Insights report “Global Drone Outlook 2020: …

The first ready to fly drone targeting the mass market was released in 2010 by a French company, Parrot, at a price of 299$ (around 350$ in today’s money). The user could control it through an app on the iPhone. In these past 10 years drones targeting the mass market …

One of the defining characteristics of our human species is the way we communicate using voice. Very few other species have this capability and those having it show a very rudimentary set of “voice messages” (this obviously has a lot to do with the vocal apparatus as well as with …

Robots are becoming a ubiquitous presence in factories and warehouses. There are not just “more” robots, they are requiring and establishing a different relationship with human beings, actually I should say with their “co-workers”. This is a step in the direction foreseen by the Symbiotic Autonomous Systems Initiative (now merged …

Let’s move on and consider, in the consumer space, the existence of services like movies and music on demand. These are present in the cyberspace, in some clouds of a service provider, yet, once we subscribe, they are becoming part of our ambient, our home. Alexa may be a bridge …