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Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari (winyy) - Issue #32

Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari (winyy) - Issue #32

【告知】いよいよ来週！読者感謝祭winyy fan day 2020日本時間12月12日(土)20時～by Zoom 応募はこちらのページです。winyy Issue #32感謝祭明けのためか、今週は大きなニュースが多かったです。SalesforceによるSlack買収、DeepMindによるタンパク質折り畳み問題解決の発表、HPEのヒューストンへの本社移転など。Salesforceの発表は、同社イベントDreamforceに合わせたようで、水曜日のDreamforceでしっかり発表されました。カリフォルニア州全体でERの占有率が上昇しており、この週末より自宅待機命令が再発動されました。それから逃げる訳ではありませんが、私は今週末から日本に一時帰国します。先週一番クリックされた記事は、"SpinLaunch is building a gigantic centrifuge to launch satellites into orbit" 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 #32There are many big news this week, possibly due to Thanksgiving holidays. Salesforce's acquisition of Slack, Deep Mind's solution of the protein folding problem, HPE's HQ moving to Houston etc. IN the Deamforce on Wed, its acquisition has been presented. The final decision seems to match the event timing.The most read news last week was "SpinLaunch is building a gigantic centrifuge to launch satellites into orbit."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.

December 05, 2020

Alphabet傘下のDeepMind（囲碁のAplhaGoで有名）がタンパク質の折り畳み問題を解決する革命的なAIを開発。生物学者は「ゲームチェンジャー」「50年間の課題を解決」「生物工学のすべてを変える技術」と評価。製薬などでの活用が期待される

The artificial intelligence system AlphaFold can help us understand diseases like Parkinson’s and discover new drugs, including for future pandemics.

Elon Muskが6年以内の火星到達を予想。

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk was given an award from media giant Axel Springer on Tuesday, and he sat down to provide a wide-ranging interview that covered topics including space, Tesla, AI and even underpopulation.

ドローンRavnXから発射するロケットで衛星を打ち上げるAevum社が計画発表。既に米空軍の打上契約を持つ

Launching things to space doesn’t have to mean firing a large rocket vertically using massive amounts of rocket-fuel-powered thrust

衛星打上げのVirgin Orbitが2回目の試験発射を予定

Virgin Orbit is gearing up for a second try at launching a rocket from a Boeing 747 as part of an ongoing effort to build a launch system for small satellites.

弾道飛行による宇宙旅行を提供するVirgin Galacticｇ来週試験飛行

Virgin Galactic plans to do the first rocket-powered test flight of its VSS Unity spacecraft from its freshly christened Spaceport America facility in New Mexico as early as next week.

スタンフォード大学の研究者が海底把握すうために光と音を組み合わせた技術を開発

Engineers at Stanford have invented a light and sound system that can map uncharted stretches of the ocean’s floor.

ハイパーループのThe Boring Companyがラスベガスの現場写真を公開

The Boring Company shared a short clip showing off one of the underground stations it’s building as part of the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) loop.

NASAが月面の資源回収するプロジェクトで4社を選定。うち2社は日本のiSpaceとその子会社iSpace Europe。落札価格は5000ドル

NASA has selected the winning candidates that they’ve decided to tap to collect lunar resources for eventual Earth return.

スタンフォード・社会イノベーションでのデザイン思考応用の10年の軌跡

In the 10 years since SSIR published a seminal article on design thinking in social innovation, many other leaders of change have refined, criticized, and praised the practice.

Bostonカレッジでのデザイン思考

Seventeen students from BC and three other ACC schools gather to apply design thinking principles to human problems.

デザイン思考によって作られた子供向けスケッチブック

smallbooks is a series of new hands-on, screen-free, and design-based activity books and sketchbooks for kids.

クリーンテックブーム2.0が始まる時に、VCが再度血まみれにならない方法

The last clean tech investment frenzy ended in disaster. Investors insist they've learned their lessons.

Libra改めDiem

The Facebook-backed Libra cryptocurrency is changing its name to Diem. The organization has been held up in part by concerns over its ties to Facebook, and the name change is meant to reflect its "organizational independence."

SalesforceがSlackを287億ドルで買収

Cloud computing giant Salesforce has confirmed it is acquiring Slack Technologies, a deal that will have substantial effects on the business software industry as both companies team up to take on Microsoft and other enterprise competitions.

IoTプラットフォームのC3.aiがIPO間近。IPO予定価格での時価総額は30億～34億ドル。売上は前年比11％の成長

On the heels of news that DoorDash is targeting an initial IPO valuation up to $27 billion, C3.ai also dropped a new S-1 filing detailing a first-draft guess of what the richly valued company might be worth after its debut.

Uberがエアタクシー部門ElevateをJobyと売却交渉中

The company appears to be focusing on safer bets as it seeks profitability.

Elon Muskが既存自動車メーカーの買収に言及

Elon Musk would consider leveraging Tesla’s mega $554 billion market cap to buy a legacy automaker, but only if it was on friendly terms, the billionaire entrepreneur said Tuesday in a wide-ranging interview with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner.

Hackerがテスラのコードを解析。将来的に外部からカメラにアクセスできる可能性を発見

A code sleuth claims Tesla will let you remotely livestream video from its cars' Autopilot cars, likely in the name of security.

自動運転トラックのTuSimpleが3.5億ドル調達

Self-driving trucks startup TuSimple has closed a $350 million funding round from a diverse consortium of strategic investors that include major U.S. corporations in rail, retail and freight, according to sources familiar with the deal.

EVメーカーLucid Motorsのアリゾナ工場が完成。2021年春までに生産開始

Lucid Motors said it completed the first phase of its $700 million electric vehicle factory in Arizona. The factory will have the initial capacity to produce 30,000 vehicles a year and eventually 400,000 in its final phase. The company expects to start production of its Lucid Air sedan in spring 2021.

Googleが基準を満たさない論文発表をしようとしたとして有名なAI倫理研究者を解雇。彼女は顔認識AIで女性や有色人種を識別する精度が低いことを発表したことで知られる

The company's star ethics researcher highlighted the risks of large language models, which are key to Google's business.

建設TechのVersatileがSeries Aで$20M調達

San Francisco-based construction startup Versatile is announcing today that it has raised a $20 million Series A.

フードロボットKarakuriが$8.4Mを調達

Last week I witnessed for myself how a new kind of robot really could — as sci-fi has been telling us for many years — create and serve us food.

HPEが本社を2022年初頭にヒューストンに移転

The HPE headquarters will be at the company’s campus in Spring.

ServiceNowがカナダElement AIを買収

ServiceNow, the cloud-based IT services company, is making a significant acquisition today to fill out its longer-term strategy to be a big player in the worlds of automation and artificial intelligence for enterprises.

未来の企業はテスラのように自律技術と人間が共創する新しいタイプの組織になる。組織がデザイン思考を中心に据え、個人やチームがスピードを持って価値創造できるようにならなければならない。2021年のDigital Transformationのトレンドは次の８つ。

1.デジタル対応の文化

2.イノベーションの民主化

3. コンポーネント化された企業

4.オートメーション

5.APIセキュリティ

6.マイクロサービス

7.分割されたデータ

8.データ分析

Organizations are using automation to drive operational efficiency, improve business processes and stakeholder experiences.

Digital Transformationには大きなビジョンが必要。予想の2倍の費用、2倍の時間が掛かる。

Digital transformation should be broad in scope. It requires a change in the vision held by the organization and a good deal of culture change.

企業の32％がコロナでAI投資が加速したと回答

For all of its upheaval, the deadly 2020 coronavirus pandemic—and efforts to stop it—has taught a valuable lesson: organizations that invest in technology survive.

2021年の未来の仕事－デジタルファースト、顧客中心

Salesforce and the future of work in 2021.

デジタルトランスフォーメーションの１２のステップ（中小企業向けと書いてますが、大企業でも同じです）

Need to take your business into the digital sphere successfully? Here are the 12 steps to help you start your digital transformation for a small business.

プーチン大統領が医療のDigital Transformationに焦点を当てると発言

Russia places a major emphasis on it and "will continue to do so in the future,” he assured

はやぶさ２が地球に帰還

The Japanese Hayabusa2 mission to asteroid Ryugu marks a major milestone this weekend with the return of pristine space rock.

ジブリ初のＣＧアニメは21年に北米でも公開

Studio Ghibli has released the trailer for its first CG movie, 'Earwig and the Witch.'

スーパーファミコンランドが21年2月にオープン

Super Nintendo World, the much anticipated “life-size, living video game” theme park will open on February 4th in Osaka, Universal Studios Japan has announced.

超党派議員グループが9000億ドルの支援策を提案

Democratic leaders are backing a $908 billion bipartisan Covid-19 relief framework. It’s a big step toward a final deal.

米国外交を狂わせる４つの要因

Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Afghanistan threaten to distract Biden from the coronavirus, climate change, and more.

追悼：ダースベイダー役のDavid Prowse氏亡くなる

David Prowse played Luke Skywalker’s father in Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. He was also known to British children as the Green Cross Code Man, a road safety superhero.

ベイエリアの感染者急増

Two Bay Area counties have already exceeded their peak summer hospitalization numbers to...

FCC（連邦通信委員会）のトップ（トランプが任命）が次期政権とシリコンバレーの近さを懸念

Americans should be worried about the close ties between Big Tech and key members of the incoming Biden administration, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr told "Cavuto: Coast to Coast" Wedneday.

California-based aerospace firm SpinLaunch is building a football stadium-sized centrifuge to fling rockets into outer space