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winyy #59 - Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari

winyy #59 - Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari

winyy Issue #59　6月15日をもってカリフォルニア州のほぼ全てのCOVID-19関連の制限は撤廃され、完全に経済再開しました。街のレストランはどこも盛況です。シリコンバレーでは会社によって多少の違いはありますがハイブリッドな勤務が継続される流れです。　FTC（連邦取引委員会）の委員長に独禁法のGAFAへの適用を主張するLina Khan教授が就任する人事が上院で可決されました。政治とテックの攻防は続きます。　今週はロボット関連の記事が目に付きました。AIの実装が容易になり、ロボット領域においても更なるイノベーションが起こっているようです。　前号で一番クリックされた記事は、"The coming productivity boom" 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。Twitter ---> @winyy2020winyy Issue #59As of June 15, almost all COVID-19 related restrictions in California have been lifted and the economy has fully resumed. All the restaurants in town are very busy. In Silicon Valley, the trend is for hybrid work to continue, although there are some differences between companies The Senate approved the appointment of Professor Lina Khan, who advocates the application of antitrust laws to GAFA, as chair of the FTC (Federal Trade Commission). The battle between politics and tech giants will continue. This week we have seen a lot of articles related to robotics, as AI is becoming easier to implement and more innovation is occurring in the robotics space. The most read news last week was "The coming productivity boom."Please press the 'Like it' button at the end of the email if you like this issue.Sign up page is here.

June 19, 2021

Amazonがフルサイズの生鮮スーパーにレジ不要技術Just Walk Out Technologyを初適用

Amazon’s cashierless Just Walk Out technology is coming to a full-size grocery store for the first time. Amazon is opening fourteenth Amazon Fresh on June 17th in Bellevue, Washington.

Volvoが鉄鋼大手SSABと提携して化石燃料フリーの鉄を使ったコンセプトカーを2025年に発表へ

Volvo Cars wants to be climate-neutral by 2040, and it has set its sights on a major vehicle component that’s notoriously difficult to decarbonize: steel. The automaker has partnered with Swedish company SSAB, which manufactures “fossil-free” steel, for a limited amount of the material to be used in a concept car as early as 2025. […]

火星環境でも自由に移動できる四足歩行型ロボットを開発中

Meet SpaceBok, a little, four-legged machine that’s taking the first steps toward walking on the Red Planet’s brutal terrain.

自動運転のCruiseがGMからの50億ドルの融資枠を得て、自律シャトルの試作を開始

Cruise is getting a $5 billion line of credit from GM, bringing its total war chest up to $10 billion. This will help as the company enters into pre-production on its autonomous Origin shuttles, which are scheduled to begin series production in 2022.

Amazonが複数の自律型ロボットを自社倉庫でテスト中。年内に実用化

Amazon has offered a look at robots it hopes will improve worker safety, although they raise questions about the company's other safety practices..

海洋ロボットが海の未踏エリアを探索

Mesobot looks like a giant AirPods case, but it's in fact a sophisticated machine that tracks animals making the most epic migration on Earth.

Elon MuskのBoring Companyが貨物用トンネルを売り込み中

The Boring Company is shifting its attention to wider, freight-friendly tunnels after its early commuter passages got a frigid response..

空間オーディオと低周波振動でヒーリングしてくれるベッド

Opus claims the low-frequency vibrations SoundBed can send throughout your body will help you relax and become more receptive to mediation and introspection..

Rocket LabがNASA火星ミッション用衛星製造の契約を獲得

Rocket Lab will make two vehicles for a NASA-backed science mission to Mars, expanding the startup's interplanetary reach..

空飛ぶクルマのレースが計画されている

While much of the eVTOL industry has its sights set on urban air taxis or cargo transportation, entrepreneur Matthew Pearson had another idea: electric flying race cars.

EVメーカーCanooがオクラホマ州に工場建設へ

Canoo, the electric vehicle startup that recently became a publicly traded company through a merger with a SPAC, plans to build a factory in Oklahoma that will employ up to 2,000 workers, newly appointed CEO Tony Aquila said Thursday during the company’s investor day presentation.

Fordがバッテリー管理のスタートアップを買収

Ford has two electric vehicles in the pipeline — the E-Transit cargo van and F-150 Lighting Pro —aimed at commercial customers.

Bill Gatesが全米最大の農地所有者に

People are drawing connections between Gates’s vast farmlands and climate change advocacy.

カリフォルニア州立大学アーバイン校の研究チームがコバルトを含まない正極材を開発

A UC Irvine physicist is one of many researchers seeking to bring new lithium-ion batteries to the EV market.

最初のWebブラウザのコードがNFTとして販売される

The inventor of the World Wide Web is taking advantage of the latest of the internet’s creations by auctioning off his original code and donating the proceeds to charity. The NFT will include the original browser, a letter, and more.

フィンランドが木製の人工衛星を開発中

Named “Woodsat,” the tiny instrument is mostly plywood.

NASAの次期ロケットSLSが試験最終段階へ

The uncrewed inaugural liftoff of the Space Launch System could happen in early November.

スマートマスク、年内に発売

Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan has announced that ihis Project Hazel RGB face mask mask will actually go on sale, starting early in the fourth quarter of this year.

デザイン思考があなたの創造性を導く

What do you think about when you think of a product that had a great design and purpose? My mind goes to products like Apply and Alexa. The sleekness and simplicity of their design combined with the functionality create a winning product.

デザインの世界でも科学的分析、データドリブンが高まっている

Be honest: how often do you let your personal opinions, assumptions, and prejudices get in the way of creating good design? For most of us, that's ac...

FTC（連邦取引委員会）の委員長に、GAFAへの規制強化派であるLina Khanが就任

The Senate voted 69-28 to approve Khan's appointment as an FTC commissioner..

FacebookがClubhouse類似のサービスのテストへ

In April, Facebook announced a slew of new audio products, including its Clubhouse clone, called Live Audio Rooms, which will be available across both Facebook and Messenger.

Appleが秋に発表するiOS15で運転免許証をAppleWalletに保存できる機能を搭載へ

Digital driver’s licenses have had a slow start in the US so far, but iOS 15 Wallet will give the nascent technology a serious push.

Waymoが2回目の外部資金調達ラウンドで25億ドルを調達

Waymo announced it’s raised $2.5 billion to help fund its mission to launch autonomous vehicles as a ride-hailing service in more cities. Most of the same groups that participated in Waymo’s first external investment are back for this second round.

自律運転トラックのKodiak Roboticsがブリヂストンの出資を受け業務提携。ブリヂストンのセンサー搭載タイヤとフリーと管理システムを組み合わせる。

Tire-making giant Bridgestone has taken a minority stake in Kodiak Robotics, the Silicon Valley-based startup developing autonomous trucks, as part of a broader partnership to test and develop smart tire technology.

トラブル続くEVトラック製造のLordstown Motorsがピックアップに注力

Lordstown Motors is pausing work on its second vehicle, an electric van, in order to focus on putting its electric pickup truck into production this year. The news comes after the EV startup’s CEO and founder resigned amid an investigation, and news that the company needs more money.

Microsoft Satya Nadella CEOが会長兼務に。Bill Gates以来

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been appointed to the role of board chair..

Stripeが従業員の郊外転居を支援。2万ドルのボーナス受領できるものの、給与は10％減額

There's always a catch.

自律配送のNuroがFedExとヒューストンで配送実証へ

Nuro, the autonomous delivery startup founded in 2016 by former Google engineers Dave Ferguson and Jiajun Zhu, is expanding into parcel logistics through a partnership with FedEx.

BMWとFordが支援する全固体電池スタートアップSolid PowerがSPAC上場へ

Solid Power, a solid-state battery developer backed by Ford and BMW, is going public. The company said Tuesday it would head to the NASDAQ via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corp III at a post-deal implied market valuation of $1.2 billion.

EVバッテリー交換のスタートアップAmpleがENEOSと提携して日本で共同展開

EV battery swapping startup Ample has locked in two partnerships this month that will help fuel an expansion into Japan and New York City after years of working on the technology.

リチウムイオン電池リサイクルのRedwood MaterialsがTeslaギガファクトリー近くに工場開設

Redwood Materials, the battery recycling startup founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, has purchased 100 acres of land near the Gigafactory that Panasonic operates with Tesla in Sparks, Nevada as part of an expansion plan that aligns with the Biden Administration’s drive to increase adoption of electric vehicles and boost domestic battery recycling and […]

Dataikuが中小企業向けマネージド・サービスを開始

Dataiku is going downstream with a new product today called Dataiku Online. As the name suggests, Dataiku Online is a fully managed version of Dataiku.

SFベイエリアの雇用は堅調に増加するも、パンデミック前には戻っておらず

he Bay Area economy chugged ahead to solid job gains in May that topped those of April -- but the region's employment totals remain far below where they were before coronavirus-linked shutdowns began.

GEキャピタルのスピンオフ会社Synchrony CTOのインタビュー。デジタルジャーニーの成功の鍵は、適応力、回復力、生涯学習

How does a Fortune 200 company stay agile enough to drive digital transformation from the inside out?

Accentureが今後3年以内に企業に影響を与えるビジネス変化の25のシグナルを追跡し、６つのシグナルを強調

未来から学ぶ、意思決定の分散化、持続可能な目的、無制限の供給、リアルなバーチャル、科学的手法の活用

The firm offers an interactive tool to guide companies trying to navigate change in the "era of compressed transformation."

全米のブロードバンド普及状況

Whichever filters you use, broadband speed and access in the U.S. don't look good

エンタープライズAI分野の予算は2020年比55％成長

The 2021 Appen State of AI report found enterprises are accelerating their AI strategies as a result of the pandemic and increasing budgets.

ローコード・ノーコード開発ツールにより、2024年までに技術製品とサービスの80％が非技術者により構築されるように

Thanks to low-code tools and AI, 80% of tech will be built outside of IT teams, according to new predictions from Gartner.

A Chinese subsidiary of tech firm Canon has put cameras with AI-enabled "smile recognition" in its offices to ensure only happy, smiling workers enter. It’s a cartoonish example of dystopic workplace surveillance that is becoming common not just in China but in the West, too.

The bear injured four people, and caused schools to close and flights to be canceled, before it was eventually shot.

ジョージ・フロイド殺害事件を契機に、黒人奴隷開放の日6月19日が連邦の休日に

The declaration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday is putting pressure on more U.S. companies to give their employees the day off.

コロナ感染率は人種で異なり、ヒスパニックは白人に比べて2.4倍、黒人は1.3倍

Researchers still do not understand why | United States

カリフォルニア州が6月15日にCOVID-19関連のほぼ全て規制を撤廃。経済再開

From masks to parties to traveling, here's what you need to know before Tuesday.

カリフォルニア州知事がワクチン接種者の職場でのマスク義務を解除へ

Without an executive order, Cal/OSHA’s rule wouldn’t go into effect until around June 28, creating a two-week period of separate rules for workplaces than for everyday life. Newsom̵…

カリフォルニア州がワクチン接種記録へのデジタルアクセス利用可能に。イベンド入場時などに利用

The state of California has launched a tool designed to give residents easy access to a digital copy of their COVID-19 vaccine information..

サンフランシスコのケーブルカーが8月から運行再開

S.F. Mayor London Breed made the announcement Tuesday.

JJエイブラムス監督がUFOに関するドキュメンタリー映画を制作中

The Star Wars and Star Trek director is finally dipping his toes into the search for real-life aliens.

AI and other digital technologies have been surprisingly slow to improve economic growth. But that could be about to change.