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The newsletter for innovators
Happy Sunday and welcome to the latest edition of InnovationNotes! Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy some reading.
This is a newsletter that follows news that entrepreneurs, innovators, and investors should track if they want to explore new opportunities. I look for interesting trends, insights, and concepts across in the broad categories of: social, technological, economic, and political (STEP). Combinations of which could create interesting future opportunity spaces for innovators. We also explore things to think about if you lead innovation efforts.
Enjoy, and have a great weekend.
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Trends, Insights, and Concepts (STEP)
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Home farming robot – YouTube
Many people of today’s generation don’t know where their food comes from, nor how it’s produced. This presents many health problems in today’s society. Farmb…
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Face electrodes let you taste and chew in virtual reality | New Scientist
Experiments with “virtual food” use electronics to emulate the taste and feel of the real thing, even when there’s nothing in your mouth. This tech could add new sensory inputs to virtual reality or augment real-world dining experiences, especially for people with restricted diets or health issues that affect their ability to eat.
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SAPVoice: Making The Next Moves With Blockchain
In August, the World Economic Forum released a report calling blockchain technology a “mega-trend” that will shape society in the next decade. Indeed, the WEF predicts that blockchains could store as much as 10% of global GDP by 2027.
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Popular from the Last Newsletter
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Steven Johnson: How play leads to great inventions | TED Talk | TED.com
Necessity is the mother of invention, right? Well, not always. Steven Johnson shows us how some of the most transformative ideas and technologies, like the computer, didn’t emerge out of necessity at all but instead from the strange delight of play. Share this captivating, illustrated exploration of the history of invention. Turns out, you’ll find the future wherever people are having the most fun.
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On the Move: Terrorism deaths are down worldwide, but way up in richer countries — Quartz
Terrorism in 2015 was relentless. The year began with a deadly attack at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, where armed gunman killed 12 people and wounded five others. That was followed by two attacks in Copenhagen, one at a free-speech debate and another at the city’s largest synagogue. There was a deadly assault at a Tunisian museum (and…
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Thanks for reading
Thanks for reading. Do you have something to share? Please send me any links to articles you think I should share. Thank you to everyone who is reaching out to me with links and thoughts.
@willmurphy
About me
I’m the Cofounder/ VP of Product & Business Development of Talla, a ChatOps platform for business focused on HR and other internal teams. My background is in technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation, where I’ve worked on the future of the Internet of Things, e-commerce, big data, collaborative commerce, and cleantech. Additionally, I’ve been involved in business opportunity research concerning autonomous vehicles, drone, and 3D printing.
I live in Silicon Valley and spend about 20% of my time in the Boston area.
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