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winyy #98 | Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari

May 29, 2022

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winyy Issue #98

テキサス州で小学校で銃乱射事件があり、先生と生徒が多数亡くなるという痛ましい事件があり、銃規制に関する議論が熱を帯びています。世論の80％は銃規制強化に賛成していると言われますが、下院では可決された銃購入時の身分確認に関する法案が上院では共和党により審議の目処が立たないなど、社会の分断はここにも現れています。

バイデン大統領が日本を訪問したことで、今週は日本のメディア露出は多かったと思います。一方で、ウクライナに関連したテックニュースはほぼ報道されなくなっており、こちらの「日常化」は心配です。

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winyy Issue #98

The tragic shooting at an elementary school in Texas, in which a teacher and a number of students were killed, has ignited a heated debate on gun control. Although 80% of the public is said to be in favor of stricter gun control, the division in society is also evident in the Senate, where Republicans have been unable to pass a gun purchase identification bill that has been passed by the House of Representatives.

With President Biden's visit to Japan, there was a lot of media exposure in Japan this week. On the other hand, tech news related to Ukraine has gone almost unreported, and the "routinized" situation is worrisome.

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#Innovation

Dysonが秘密裏に進めていた家庭用ロボットの研究が明らかに

Dyson has revealed that it has an entire division that's secretly been developing robot prototypes that do household chores..

再生が難しい腱細胞をロボットと組み合わせることで人工的に成長させる技術が開発された

Humanoid robots can encourage human tendon cells to grow by stretching them in the same way people do when they move.

Boeingのスターライナーが無事帰還

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has successfully touched down at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico after ferrying a load of supplies to the International Space Station — its first successful orbital mission.

空飛ぶクルマのJoby がエアタクシー運営の認証の１つをFAAから取得。2024年に営業開始へ前進

It's a significant milestone that puts Joby Aviation closer to its stated goal of launching its electric aerial ridesharing service commercially in 2024.

Walmartが倉庫ロボットを全米展開

Walmart and Symbotic announce an expansion of the deal that will install Symbotic systems into all of Walmart’s distribution centers in the U.S.

Walmartがドローン配送を6州に拡大

Walmart announces its plans to extend its partnership with DroneUp to include 34 sites across six states by year's end.

LIDARでアマゾン熱帯雨林の下にある未知の古代遺跡を発見

It’s Friday and the world is falling apart, so let’s just take a short mental health break with some interesting news out of the field of archaeology, where tech is enabling some fascinating new discoveries.

Cruiseの自動運転車が緊急出動した消防車をブロック

The incident in San Francisco cost first responders valuable time, and underscores the challenges Cruise and other companies face in launching driverless taxis.

Metaが1750億パラーメーターを持つAI言語モデルを公開

Large language models like GPT-3 and OPT-17B are expensive to build and train, and give their creators a competitive advantage.

パリで空中ホバーボートが飛んだ

Man flies an Omni hoverboard over Paris. When will it be more than a rich person's play thing?

ハーレー・ダビッドソンの電動マウンテンバイク

It's basically a '90s mountain bike..

日本の宇宙飛行士がアルテミ計画で月面へ

A Japanese astronaut will visit NASA's planned Gateway space station, and perhaps the moon's surface, as part of a larger interagency agreement.

ビッグテックの気候変動対策は間違っている（もっと他にやるべきことがある）という指摘

At Davos, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Salesforce announced a new $500 million commitment to removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But that climate solution is no silver bullet for Big Tech’s pollution.

#DesignThinking

アフリカ初のデザイン思考会議をd.school Africaが開催

The Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika at UCT will be hosting the prestigious d.confestival, the first design thinking event of its kind in Africa..

人間中心のアプローチはDigital Transformationの成功の鍵

The information age has gone through many phases, but one thing has always remained true -- the constant acceleration of evolution. This acceleration hasn’t always been consistent, but we’ve seen another leap in the already high urgency for businesses to adopt new tools, services, and technologies boom again with the growth of hybrid working.

#UkraineWarAndTech

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#SiliconValley

（先週のY-Comに続き）Sequoiaが不況の到来に備え、耐える時代に適用するように投資先スタートアップに警告

Sequoia Capital, the storied, 50-year-old venture firm, has become known over the years for using sweeping memos to warn the founders in its portfolio about market shifts after the shift has become somewhat obvious. Still, while it’s tempting to poke fun at these missives — its “R.I.P Good Times” in 2008 and its “Black Swan” […]

半導体大手のBroadcomがVMwareを$61Bで買収

Broadcom is acquiring VMware in a $61 billion deal, which is a combination of cash and stock, with Broadcom assuming $8 billion in VMware debt.

Starlinkがナイジェリアとモザンビークで営業許可取得

Starlink brings needed competition to Nigeria's telecom operators, who have had to compete against each other without necessarily improving their internet quality.

Elon Muskが自動車販売を認められるまでインドで自動車工場を設立しないと発言

Musk also said that SpaceX is waiting for an approval from the Indian government for launching Starlink in the country.

AirBnBが中国から撤退

The home rental service is the last remaining large U.S. internet business in China.

#TechnologyAndDigital

Digital Transformationを進める上での５つのリアリティチェック

Effective transformation requires a clear roadmap and established groundwork prior to implementation. Consider these practical guidelines to define your strategy

Digital Transformationはマラソン

We can learn lessons from marathon running that we can apply to digital transformation — from training and mindset to proper fueling.

Digital Transformationを進めるとCO2排出が20％削減される

Schneider Electric discusses the promise of the digital revolution – and how organizations should be taking advantage of digitalization to unlock net-zero.

#EV

This Japan-only supermini has a range of 112 miles.

The first owner of the electric pickup is replacing his gas-powered F-150 with it..

Stellantis and Samsung SDI said on Tuesday they will team up to build a $2.5 billion lithium-ion battery plant in Indiana.

Frank Klein will join the company on June 1 as Rivian’s new COO to oversee the automaker’s production, manufacturing engineering and supply chain.

Hyundai is building facilities dedicated to manufacturing electric vehicles and batteries in Savannah, Georgia. The plant will create over 8,000 jobs and produce 300,000 vehicles annually.

#HowTheWorldSeesJapan

テキサスの小学校での銃乱射事件を踏まえて、日本の銃規制に注目が集まっています。

Gun control has been a topic of national conversation in light of recent mass shootings. Japan may offer some help for preventing future attacks.

Nations joining the U.S. in the pact are: Australia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Along with the United Sta…

The president will meet with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan.

A new study from the Met Office in the U.K. suggests cherry blossoms in Japan are blooming 11 days earlier.

Visitors from 98 countries will be allowed to enter, but some restrictions still remain.

Core consumer prices may be approaching the Bank of Japan's 2% target, but veteran entrepreneur Ernie Higa says it's not time to cheer.

The public mood in Japan has become less opposed to arming its self-defense forces after Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, an analyst said.

Japan scrambled jets after Russian and Chinese warplanes neared its airspace on Tuesday, when Tokyo was hosting the leaders of the Quad grouping of countries that includes the United States, Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi said.

“I have hurt innocent people I did not know," Shigenobu said upon her release.

#USSocietyEconomy

カリフォルニアでは独自の銃規制法案が審議されている

A proposed California law that is part of a larger package of gun control bills would allow the attorney general to sue gun manufacturers over marketing practices.

サプライチェーンの混乱で粉ミルクが不足。軍が出動して欧州から緊急空輸

A shipment of baby formula has arrived Sunday in Indianapolis on a US military aircraft from Germany to address a nationwide shortage.

2020年7月から2021年7月のサンフランシスコの人口減少率は6.3％とマンハッタンの6.6%並みの高水準

San Francisco saw the largest percentage decline of any major metropolitan area across...

下水から検出されるコロナウィルスは依然高いレベルだが減少傾向

Wastewater data from three counties in the Bay Area indicates the concentration of coronavirus in the community has trended upward since April.