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Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari (winyy) - Issue #28

Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari (winyy) - Issue #28

winyy Issue #28投票日から5日目、昨日遂に大統領、副大統領が決まりました。今週は、#USSocietyEconomyの記事が多めです。シリコンバレーとしては地元出身の初の女性、初の黒人・インド系副大統領の誕生が大きなニュースになっています。今週注目したいのは、深層学習（Deep Learning）のゴッドファーザーとも言われるHinton教授のインタビュー記事。AIの可能性について語っていますので是非読んでみてください。先週一番クリックされた記事は、"Waymo and Daimler team up to develop self-driving trucks"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 #28After five days from voting, President and Vice President have been elected. So, there are relatively many articles at #USSocietyEconomiy part. In Silicon Valley, there are many news and reports about the Vice President-Elect who grow up here in the Bay Area, is the first female one and the first colored and south asian.This week, I would like to pick up the article of the interview with Prof. Hinton, who is the godfather of Deep Learning. He explained the future of AI. It's a must-read.The most read news last week was "Waymo and Daimler team up to develop self-driving trucks".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.

November 08, 2020

Virgin Galanticが11月中のテスト飛行を準備中

Back then, the aerospace company only said that its flight planning window will open on October 22nd, but it didn’t give a more concrete launch date.

Volvoが2022年に電気トラック発売へ

Volvo announced that it will be among the first manufacturers to start selling heavy-duty electric trucks in 2021, with volume production beginning in 2022.

ダイムラーとボルボが燃料電池技術で提携

Daimler and Volvo are forming a joint venture to create hydrogen fuel cells for heavy-duty trucks and even power generators.

シリコンバレーにあるNASA Amesセンターの調査によれば宇宙には3億個の居住可能性のある惑星がある

There may be as many as 300 million habitable planets in the Milky Way, says a new analysis of Kepler Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's GAIA survey data.

デザイン思考のマーケティングへの適用

ユニリーバでの活用例

Design is the ‘in’ word — but what does it mean? And should you care? The word ‘design’ has become a substitute for what we called ‘insight-led innovation’ when I was starting my career at Unilever.

次期ハーバードビジネススクールの学部長は、デザイン思考への造詣が深い

The Dickinson professor of business administration succeeds Nitin Nohria.

バイデン政権が進めるグリーン政策を実現するためのベンチャーキャピタリストのアイデア

It’s too soon to know who will win the U.S. election tomorrow. Tomorrow may even be too soon to know who wins the election.

今回の選挙では、Uber/Lyftのようなドライバー（ギグワーカー）を個人事業主でなく従業員にしなければならないとする州裁判所の判決に対抗して、労働条件を確保しつつギグワーカーを個人事業主として位置付ける新たなカリフォルニア州法の住民投票もあり、可決されました。Uberなどは新たなモデルとして他州、他国にも働きかけていくとしている

Uber is prepared to take its Prop 22 victory to the rest of the world. The company said it was planning on "loudly" advocating for similar gig work laws in other states and countries.

コロナ環境下で注目浴びるオンライン教育プラットフォームのUdacityが$75Mを調達。何度かのピボットを経て黒字化

Online education tools continue to see a surge of interest boosted by major changes in work and learning practices in the midst of a global health pandemic. And today, one of the early pioneers of the medium is announcing some funding as it tips into profitability on the back of a pivot to enterprise services, […]

VCがB2B Marketplaceに期待寄せる

Merritt Hummer Contributor Share on Twitter Merritt Hummer is a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where she invests in the fintech, e-commerce and proptech sectors. Startups involved in B2B e-commerce such as Faire and Mirakl have burst out of the gates in 2020.

Elon Muskのエイプリルフールから生まれた本当のTeslaブランドのテキーラの値段は$250。

With an awkward meeting of cars and alcohol consumption, Tesla is actually going to release branded liquor. Tesla Tequila is available to order now on its site, offering “an exclusive, small-batch premium 100% de agave tequila añejo” for $250.

TeslaのFSD（フル自動運転）のソフトウェアがバージョンアップ

Tesla is pushing a Full Self-Driving update that reduces the number of human interventions by as much as a third.

AlphabetのXが3年間進めていたうつ病のバイオマーカーを特定しようとするプロジェクトProject Amber、目標達成できず

Alphabet’s X (the Google-owner’s so-called “Moonshot Factory”) published a new blog post today about Project Amber, a project it’s been working on over the past three years — the results of which it’s now making available open source for the rest of the mental health research community to learn from, and hopefully build upon.

Y-Combinatorが支援するNPO VotingWorksが電子投票のソフトウェアが今回の選挙でミシシッピ州の郡の一つで使用される

I know it will come as a shock to you as a reader of the news, but there is an election this week. Well, tomorrow actually. It’s the rare election where the logistics of the election itself seem to be increasingly dominating the discussion.

深層学習のゴッドファーザーHinton教授のインタビュー記事(Must read!)

Thirty years ago, Hinton’s belief in neural networks was contrarian. Now it’s hard to find anyone who disagrees, he says.

過去5年のデジタルトランスフォーメーションからの学び

Organizations across a wide array of industries have advanced their digital transformation strategies to meet a changing world. Here's how.

2021年に向けた５つのトレンド

Organizations need to adopt digital transformation, as the COVID-19 pandemic has given new-age technologies the much-needed push

デジタルトランスフォーメーションにおける創造性と生産性のバランス

Creativity and productivity shouldn't be opposing forces in your digital transformation efforts. Consider these tips to tap the power of both.

デジタルトランスフォーメーションとデジタルイノベーション

Digital innovation is the key to digital transformation and unlocking the true potential of your business read on to learn more.

３月に途絶えていたボイジャー2号との通信成功

NASA has made contact with Voyager 2 for the first time since March thanks to an upgraded Deep Space Station 43 dish in Australia.

ISSの20年の軌跡

Once derided as a poster child for government waste, the outpost in orbit is now seen as a linchpin for future economic activity in space.

掃除機技術の応用。JR東日本管内で3カ月に950件もEarPodを落とす人がいるんですね。NY地下鉄も欲しがっていそう。このニュース、ABCでも報じてました。結構注目度高い。

Working with Japan’s JR East rail group, Panasonic has developed a cordless vacuum device that can quickly nab a stray pair of wireless earbuds.

Sega has sold its arcade business to amusement company Genda after the COVID-19 pandemic led to steep losses.

この写真は相当有名になりました。今後2か月フロリダの自分のリゾートに移動して、連邦政府に職員滞在費を支払わせるという話もあるようです。節度の無い恩赦や記録の破棄も懸念される。

What can Trump do in his last months in office?

大統領会見を嘘が含まれるとの理由で途中で放送打ち切り

Cable networks, broadcast networks and apparently even Twitter cut short their broadcasts of President Trump’s press conference from the White House briefing room Thursday, with some opting to fact-check the president’s unproven statements rather than carry them live.

カマラ・ハリスは歴史を作る

Harris is also the first Black person and first South Asian American person to be elected to the role.

カマラ・ハリス演説全文。以下は特にいい一文ですね。

”Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. And to the children of our country, regardless of your gender, our country has sent you a clear message, dream with ambition. Lead with conviction.”

Kamala Harris’s acceptance speech is historic.

選挙後の混乱に備え

The hope is violence won't flare up, but if it does, businesses want to be prepared.

カリフォルニアは昔はRed Stateだった

In the past 70 years, California has chosen a Republican nominee for president more than...

Waymo and Daimler are partnering to develop self-driving trucks destined for the US.