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winyy #79 - Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari

November 20, 2021

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winyy Issue #79

カリフォルニアでは18歳以上のブースターショットが打てるようになり、今週接種してきました。副反応はゼロではありませんが、3回目ともなると「そろそろ熱出るな」とか大分予測できるのでコントロールできるようになりますね。セカンドブースターも来年には打つことになるんでしょうね。これもNew Normalですね。

今週はAppleが早ければ2025年にも自動運転車を発売するとのニュースが駆け巡りました。Appleが自動車参入の準備を進めているのは公然の秘密ですが、自社開発のチップもあり、リアリティが増しています。

前号で一番クリックされた記事は、"San Francisco drone startup plans drug deliveries to homes in Salt Lake City"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 #79

In California, booster shots are now available for people over 18 years old, and I got vaccinated this week. There are some side effects, but after the 2 doses, I can predict if I'm going to get a fever or not, so I can control it. I guess I'll have to take the second booster next year. This is also the New Normal.

It's an open secret that Apple is preparing to enter the automobile market, but with chips developed in-house, it's becoming more and more realistic.

The most read news last week was "San Francisco drone startup plans drug deliveries to homes in Salt Lake City."

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#Innovation

IBMが127Qbitの量子チップを発表

On Monday, the company unveiled Eagle, a 127 qubit quantum processor..

Appleが自社開発の半導体を使ってハンドルやペダルのない完全自動運転車を2025年にデビューさせるとの噂

Apple may be sharpening the focus of its long-in-development electric car. Bloomberg sources claim Apple is now shifting its attention to a fully self-driving car — without even a steering wheel.

Apple is reportedly trying to launch its secretive self-driving electric car in four years and has developed a custom processor to make it completely autonomous, according to Bloomberg. The car would reportedly not even have a steering wheel.

Facebookが触覚を再現するグローブを発表

The company has unveiled a new prototype wearable that mimics the feeling of handling real objects in the virtual world.

AlphabetではXの開発した100台を超えるロボットが稼働中

Alphabet says its Everyday Robot team at X is now testing its prototype machines in Google’s offices. The bots are performing light custodial work as Alphabet slowly pursues its goal of building a "general-purpose learning robot."

Jeff Bezos氏「将来１兆人が宇宙に住み、イエローストーン国立公園に行くように地球に自然を見に訪れるようになる」

The future of Earth is becoming a national park that humans will visit for the weekend while spending most of their lives in space.

NASAがハッブル宇宙望遠鏡の復旧計画を準備中。並行して運用計画を2026年まで延長

Undeterred by the latest Hubble disruption, NASA has extended the space telescope's support contract to 2026.

Astraが軌道への打上げに初めて成功

Astra has reached orbit for the first time, making space more accessible for satellites and other small payloads..

Bill Gatesが支援する新型原子炉開発のTerraPowerがワイオミング州に建設決定。早ければ2028年に稼働

The plant would be built near a retiring coal plant and would mark one of the first large-scale demonstrations of a sodium-cooled reactor.んする

GPT-3の一般利用が可能に

OpenAI has made GPT-3, its language model that can generate humanlike text, available in beta to all developers in supported countries.

AmazonがAlexaに会話モードを追加

Alexa is learning to have more natural conversations. Amazon today announced it’s rolling out the new “Conversation Mode” feature to its Echo Show 10 (3rd Gen.) devices which allows the virtual assistant to engage in free-flowing conversations that don’t require you to say the wake word, “Alexa.”

暗号通貨で資金を集めたグループがサザビーズのオークションで米国憲法の最初の印刷物に応札するも落札に至らず

There are 13 surviving copies of the original print of the U.S. Constitution. Today, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) announced it lost its bid to buy one from art dealer Sotheby’s after a high-stakes bidding war that captured the internet’s attention.

ホンダが開発する作業支援自動運転車

The off-road AV, which operators can also remotely control, can carry a payload of up to 880 pounds..

スターバックスがAmazonの自動精算技術Just Walk-out Technologyを採用した実験店舗をNYにオープン

It has Starbucks' full menu and sells a curated selection of Amazon Go items..

Fordが2023年に年間60万台のEVを生産すると発表

Ford is aiming to double its production plans to keep up with demand..

半導体不足を受けてFordとGMが独自チップの開発に着手

Ford announced a chip-developing deal with GlobalFoundries Inc. amid the chip shortage that has been heavily affecting the automotive industry. GM also says it plans on developing chips with partners like Qualcomm, TSMC, and others.

SpaceXがStarshipの打上げを2022年1月に計画

Elon Musk says SpaceX is aiming to launch a Starship orbital flight as soon as January, although that hinges on everything going according to plan..

新しい月面車をNorthrop Grummanが設計

Aerospace prime Northrop Grumman is leading a team that includes AVL, Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost and Michelin to design a vehicle to transport Artemis astronauts around the moon.

WaymoとUPSがトレーラー・トラックに協力を拡大。テキサスで実際の貨物輸送

Waymo and UPS will make deliveries using autonomous Class 8 semi-trucks in Texas. The deliveries will take place in the last three months of 2021.

FordとRivianが共同でのEV開発をキャンセル

Ford and Rivian have abandoned a plan they had to jointly develop an EV together. In an interview with Automotive News, Ford CEO Jim Farley said the automaker will go it alone as it aims to produce 600,000 vehicles per year by the end of 2023.

中古EVの需要がかつてないほど高まる

Congress is now considering a tax credit that could help low- and moderate-income buyers go electric.

ルンバのiRobotoが空気清浄機メーカーAerisを買収

A week ago, we were discussing iRobot’s smart home ambitions as they pertain to the company’s work with Amazon.

#DesignThinking

IDEO Uの創設者に聞くデザイン思考とリーダーシップスキル

Learn how to develop your power skills at work and how to use design thinking to be a better leader in this week's episode of Teach Me Something New with IDEO U founder, Suzanne Howard.

#SiliconValley

シリコンバレーのオフィスリースが急回復。テック企業が主導

Silicon Valley tech firms have buoyed an office market rebound in the Bay Area and nationwide, a trend that points to a commercial real estate recovery from coronavirus-linked slumps, a new report shows.

Amazonが初のウエアラブルデバイスHaloを発売

Amazon announced a new version of its Halo fitness band at its hardware event, and now you can lock in a pre-order. Halo View, Amazon's first wearable with a display, is $50 during pre-orders.

Appleが1月復帰から1ヶ月遅らせて、2月1日からオフィス復帰。年に4週間リモートワーク可能

Apple is going to have workers return to offices February 1st in a hybrid work pilot that will see workers on site three days a week and home two days. The company will also let employees work remotely four weeks a year.

「修理する権利」に従ってAppleがiPhoenセルフサービス修理プログラムを開始

Apple has launched a Self Service Repair program that gives you the parts needed to fix iPhones and Macs yourself..

自然言語処理のCohereとGoogle CloudがTPUの使用でパートナーシップを発表

Google Cloud announced a multiyear partnership with Cohere, an early-stage startup that is building a natural language processing platform to make it easier for developers to build natural language processing models into applications.

mmhmmが画像加工のMacroを買収

Mmhmm has perhaps the noisiest take on the future of video-conferencing: virtual meetings will be fun, flexible and, as shown by its most recent acquisition, emotive.

Clubhouseに自動字幕機能が追加

Clubhouse announced yesterday that closed captioning is now rolling out for iOS. This essential accessibility feature has been long missed from the live audio app. Without these live transcriptions, which were already the norm for competitors like Twitter Spaces, Clubhouse had rendered itself unusable to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Now, Clubhouse […]

暗号通貨特化VC Paradigmが25億ドルファンドを組成

As the crypto market continues to push toward new heights, investors are finding heightened LP appetite for exposure to the space, leading to new venture funds that are huge — even by 2021 standards. Paradigm, a crypto VC firm founded in 2018 by Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam and former Sequoia Capital partner Matt Huang, has […]

タイピング自動編集ツールのGrammarlyが2億ドルを調達し130億ドルの評価額に

Grammarly, the popular auto-editing tool for writing, has raised $200 million in funding at a $13 billion valuation from new investors including Baillie Gifford and funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, among others.

赤外線衛星のHydrosatが10百万ドルの資金調達に成功

Hydrosat, a geospatial data startup, has secured $10 million in seed funding to accelerate the commercialization of its ground temperature analytics product.

AIによる身元調査スタートアップIntelligoが22百万ドルを調達

Intelligo, which conducts AI-driven pre-investment, pre-hire background checks, has raised $22 million from Felicitas Global Partners.

#TechnologyAndDigital

Digital Transformationの課題の克服の仕方

Discover what are the digital transformation challenges CIOs should overcome by clicking on the link below:

リーダーがデジタルトランスフォーメーションについて間違っている6つのこと | Forbes

Almost nine in 10 digital projects fail to live up to expectations. So how can leaders ensure that their own transformations meet their objectives?

#HowTheWorldSeesJapan

東芝の失敗、日立の成功

In the 1980s, Toshiba developed a technology that powers so many consumer electronics today.

The task of designing solutions for homebound populations is particularly acute in Japan, where over a quarter of its population is unable to work due to physical disabilities, mental illness, or old age

I only have one life to live, and I would like to live it together with the person I love," said Kei Komuro, husband to Japan's former princess, Mako.

Longbows have been used in Japan for centuries. A handmade bamboo bow can cost over $2,000 and at over 2 meters tall these bows are difficult handle.

Competition for restaurant staff in Japan is heating up amid a labor shortage as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Immigration was once a taboo subject in the country. But an aging population and a disruptive pandemic have started to changed that.

Balmuda, known for the steam-powered $329 toaster in the US, has released its first phone..

#USSocietyEconomy

ベイエリアのガソリン価格が史上最高値

Gasoline prices have rocketed to all-time highs in the Bay Area, dealing motorists an economic jolt as they approach the starting line for holiday trips.

パンデミック下でもカリフォルニア州は310億ドルの財政黒字

The predicted surplus is so large the office estimates California will surge past a constitutional limit on state spending by more than $14 billion. That could require Gov. Gavin Newsom and state l…

ベイエリアは11月末まで雨降らず乾燥

Is there any rain in the forecast for the SF Bay Area?

#NewsOfTheLastWeek

;The company, whose fixed-wing drones have been transporting medical supplies to rural clinics in Rwanda and Ghana since 2016, has signed a service agreement with Utah-based Intermountain Heal…