Systematic Innovation in Competitive Market
For succeeding with Innovation, we need ideas. Innovators easily generate a Flow of Ideas out of brainstorming and other techniques. However, experimenting with ideas is costly. Instead of building a…
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Innovation Possibilities of Digital Twins
Digital Twins is the outcome of the fusion of a set of technologies. These are AR, VR, computer vision, IIoT, and low latency wireless connectivity, like 5G. However, this fusion…
Data Misguiding AI Startups
Low-cost sensors and broadband wireless connectivity have been offering us very detailed, real-time data. Of course, the processing of these data provides intelligence. Such a possibility of data has created…
Perfection Leads to Nobel Prize—Lesson from Japan’s relentless fueling of creative waves of destruction
Often, we draw a demarcation line between basic and applied researches. It’s a common understanding that industry is after quick profit through the subtle touch of available technologies. Mainly, we…
AI Startups and VC Funding—Death Valley to Avoid
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a catchphrase in Startups and venture capital (VC) financing. It’s a new gold rush. In the USA alone, according to the National Venture Capital Association, 1356…
AI Impedes Fourth Industrial Revolution
An industrial revolution unfolds as a series of waves of Creative Destruction. An emerging wave is supposed to offer better alternatives to existing products, often at less cost. New technology…
Robots take over Jobs—which hands to prevent them?
Robots are posing a threat to take over our jobs. Will our hands prevent or slow down them? In fact, along with many other organs, we use our hands to…
Dull Jobs for Human—Dead Robots Redefine Future of Work
The future of work is a concern. Of course, we want jobs to earn a living and to make a contribution. We also want jobs that are not dull, dirty,…
Fourth Industrial Revolution Suffers from Weak AI Technology Core
We are at the cusp of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Over the next 30 to 50 years, we will likely experience profound changes in our way of serving our purposes.…
Autonomous Vehicles in Death Valley!
Mainstem media, including The Economist, ran dozens of articles spreading the news that “Autonomous vehicles are just around the corner.” Furthermore, even Think Tanks and academic publications were echoing the…
Robot Butchers with X-ray Vision—for precision, safety and cost reduction
In America alone, about 250,000 prepare the beef, pork, and chicken that ends up on dinner tables. Unlike in the past, they work in large meat processing plants. A modern…
Knowledge and Skills in Robot Era—are we misinterpreting or misleading?
There are calls from many forums starting from World Economic Forum to Think Tanks and research centers for uplifting education and skill for responding to the robots. We hear loud…