Mind candy 30 August 2022
Ron Immink
I empower people by crafting compelling visions for the future, driving the creation of innovative business models, boosting productivity, and enhancing profitability. Advisor, mentor, author and speaker.
You can't predict the future, but you can make smart business decisions today by understanding the latest technology and business trends. Hence mind candy. Feel free to share your own mind candy. Leave a comment, and if you have a question,?feel free to ask .
From my dashboard of 30 August?
The topics to think about (and discuss in your company) are customer acquisition chaos, Pinduoduo (a competitor to Amazon), solar in China, open source city sensors, circularity, biodegradable circuits, solar ink, hydrogel-based cartilage, smart earbuds, and synthetic milk.
What other concepts from China will start competing with you (or are an opportunity)?
CAC: Customer Acquisition Chaos
Now is one of the most interesting times in commerce history to reinvent the playbook for acquiring customers.?
The largest Chinese e-commerce company you have never heard of is about to enter the U.S. with a model to challenge Amazon’s dominance
Next month, Pinduoduo plans to launch a cross-border e-commerce platform that will target the American market
China has 340 reactors' worth of solar cell plants in the pipeline
Chinese solar panel manufacturers are building or planning new production facilities that will add combined annual output capacity?equivalent to 340 nuclear reactors, buoyed by strong global demand and new mass-production technology.?
A Chicago city sensor project goes global
The Array of Things has now become an open-source resource for atmospheric monitoring, earthquake sensing, and a range of other applications.
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‘Fast tech’ is unsustainable: The circular economy is the smart answer for growth
Designing durable, reusable, and recyclable products helps tech companies challenge the reign of ”fast tech”. Apply for our circular construction accelerator?here .
Print, recycle, repeat: Scientists demonstrate a biodegradable printed circuit
According to the United Nations, less than a quarter of all U.S. electronic waste gets recycled. In 2021 alone, global e-waste surged at 57.5 million tons, and only 17.4% of that was recycled.
Nontoxic material harvests sunlight using extremely thin layers
Researchers have produced materials that can absorb comparable levels of sunlight more strongly than conventional solar cell technologies and can be printed from ink
‘Off the Charts’ Hydrogel Outperforms Cartilage and May Be in Human Knees Next Year
Researchers were able to produce a gel that can withstand five times as much stress from pulling and nearly twice as much squeezing relative to freeze-thaw methods. Furthermore, the tests found that the design stays fastened 68% more firmly than natural cartilage on bone.
Earbuds that diagnose ear problems
The system can spot common ear infections caused by earwax blockage, ruptured ear drums, and otitis media
Synthetic Milk Is Coming, And It Could Radically Shake Up Dairy
Synthetic milk does not require cows or other animals. It is grown using an emerging biotechnology technique know as "precision fermentation" that produces biomass cultured from cells.
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom from Nizam College at Hyderabad Public School
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