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Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari (winyy) - Issue #18

Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari (winyy) - Issue #18

winyy Issue #18今週は共和党大会での指名受諾演説や安倍首相辞任の報道や、TikTok CEOの辞任があったりと、政治を意識した週でした。今週はElon Muskが自ら発表した脳に電極を埋め込む技術の記事がお勧め。先週一番クリックされた記事は、”SpaceX launched and landed a Falcon 9 rocket on a record-breaking sixth flight"でした。今週号も気に入ってもらえたら、メールの末尾の「いいね！」ボタンをお願いします！拡散大歓迎。サインナップはこちら。winyy Issue #18There are a lot of political news such as the nomination acceptance speech at RNC and Prime Minister Abe's resignation, as well as TikTok CEO's one. Elon Musk has presented their developing technology to implant a sensor to brain. It's a must-read.The most read news last week was "SpaceX launched and landed a Falcon 9 rocket on a record-breaking sixth flight".Enjoy this issue!Please press the 'Like it' button at the end of the email if you like this issue.Sign up page is here.

August 29, 2020

Elon Muskが開発進める脳の埋め込むセンサーの最新発表。専用の外科手術ロボットで頭蓋骨を削ってコインサイズのセンサーを埋め込み、1日1回の非接触充電で脳波を読み取れるようにする計画で、既にブタで実験しているとの発表。AIと人間の脳の融合を目指す。マッドサインスか、未来の技術か。

Just over a year since their last major announcement, Elon Musk’s Neuralink is finally ready to show off the fruits of its labor: a revolutionary brain-machine interface that could blur the lines between humanity and technology, as well as give our feeble fleshy minds a leg up against increasingly capable AIs.

A Japanese company said it had completed a manned flight of its electrical vertical takeoff and landing machine. Experts say the technology needs work and that it will be expensive.

There’s an experiment going on inside Bedrock’s Assembly Garage in Detroit that’ll sound especially interesting for those who despise looking for parking spaces.

米国はAIと量子コンピューティングの10億ドルの研究推進を発表

The White House has announced $1 billion in funding for multidisciplinary research hubs involving artificial intelligence and quantum information and computing. The hubs will be spread across federal agencies, and the White House says they are necessary for both economic prosperity and national security.

The Deliver-E is scheduled to go into production in 2022.

39％の企業がデザイン思考を採用し、企業成長に直結していた

We rushed into digital because we had to. Now it's time to take a step back and consider what we've done, and where to go next.

オンライン上でのデザイン思考でよく使うリモートコラボレーションツールを提供するMURALが$118Mの資金調達に成功。この金額には驚きました。

MURAL is developing a digital workspace for visual thinking and remote collaboration.

If you are reading this, you probably have a knack for healthy businesses, as design thinking has practically become a must for building a healthy company

デザイン思考を使って、国際宇宙ステーションでの研究がどう人類に役立つかを構想するワークショップ開催

WDO has announced a two-week virtual design challenge to apply design thinking to space-based research for life on Earth.

SPAC(逆買収)を利用して3DプリンティングのDesktop Metalが上場へ

Desktop Metal’s had no shortage of investor interest in its business during its half-decade existence. To date, the metal 3D printing company has raised $430 million, becoming one of the fastest U.S. companies to achieve unicorn status in the process. Today it also became the latest in a recent string of firms to announce its […]

　LuminarもSPACによる上場

Luminar, the lidar startup that burst onto the autonomous vehicle scene in April 2017 after operating for years in secrecy, is merging with special purpose acquisition company Gores Metropoulos Inc., with a post-deal market valuation of $3.4 billion. Gores Metropoulos, which is listed on the Nasdaq exchange, is a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, […]

TikTok CEOが辞任

TikTok’s recently appointed CEO, Kevin Mayer, has reportedly left the company, according to a new report from the Financial Times. Mayer joined in May. The move comes amidst ongoing political turmoil.

WalmartがMicrosoftと共同でのTikTok買収に意欲

Walmart is interested in partnering with Microsoft on a TikTok deal. The retailer has confirmed it’s willing to team up with Microsoft, but many companies are now interested in securing parts of TikTok.

H-1Bビザ発給停止で、南米のオフショア開発需要高まる

Nearshoring is mutually beneficial because developers don't have to give up their culture for a great employment opportunity and businesses can reap the benefits of diversification.

COVID-19により、小売業ではデジタルショッピングへの移行5年分加速

As the COVID-19 pandemic reshapes our world, more consumers have begun shopping online in greater numbers and frequency. According to new data from IBM’s U.S. Retail Index, the pandemic has accelerated the shift away from physical stores to digital shopping by roughly five years. Department stores, as a result, are seeing significant declines. In the […]

Global businesses are in the midst of an enormous digital transformation wave. As we step into the realm of industry 4.0, exponential technologies are

Buzzwords are the constant butt of jokes but the language of digital transformation has involved and serves a critical business purpose.

取締役会もデジタルトランスフォーメーションされる

Tips to enhance efficiency of Board of Directors: Digital board books, agendas and storage move boards away from paper to improve efficiency.

Growth-mode digital strategy must combine digital modernization with digital transformation to accelerate growth.

In these times of digital and pandemic disruption, emphasizing the humanity of change will give DX a purpose. To succeed, digital transformation must now prioritize relationship transformation (RTx) as the 'why' of change and modernization.

　こちらでも驚きを持って報道されました

Abe Shinzo, Japan’s longest-serving leader famous for economic and military reform, resigned over health issues.

安倍首相は「スーパーマリオ」として有名

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was a star at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics

The mini-RCM is about the size of a tennis ball and weighs the same as a penny.

Nintendo is planning to release an upgraded version of its popular Switch game console, according to reports. The new model is said to be more powerful and set for release early next year.

The Wisconsin Justice Department on Friday identified two more officers involved in the Jacob Blake shooting.

Trump’s RNC speech averaged a false or misleading claim every 3 minutes.

Plague, fire and water

Before and after satellite images are capturing the extent of the damage Hurricane Laura has inflicted on in the Louisiana city of Lake Charles.

Most read news last week.

On August 18th, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on its sixth mission to space, breaking the company’s record for reflights of a single booster. The rocket launched 58 of SpaceX’s internet-beaming Starlink satellites and three hitchhiking satellites from Planet.