Microsoft’s Edge browser is now available for Android and iOS. OK, just kidding, I don’t think anyone really cares about this.
Elon Musk follows through on his Twitter bet. As if delivering a 100 MegaWatt “backup power plant,” in 100 days that’s connected to a nearby wind farm wasn’t amazing enough. Now it looks like Hyundai is going to deliver a 150MW by Valentine’s Day. Battery prices are falling dramatically, as are the costs of solar arrays. But by all means let’s be sure and fire up a new “clean” coal plant.
A great primer on AI in the Enterprise from Harvard Business Review.
For a while now, people have been talking about leveraging “band” real estate to add sensors and other capabilities to wearables like Apple Watch. Israeli company Glide announced the CMRA strap a year ago (though still not shipping). But AliveCor’s Kardiaband EKG reader just received FDA approval–a giant step for any medical device. Very cool and perhaps the shape of things to come that can be leveraged for the enterprise.
In a related note, Apple has launched their own heart study to help screen for atrial fibrillation.
Very interesting and hopeful post on how self-driving cars can help low-income people not only reduce transportation costs over buses and trains, but more importantly get them to their jobs more quickly and with far less hassle. This would be a boon to those who have trouble holding a job because they can’t get to work on time. Also, many low-income folks are the victims of predatory financing schemes from used car dealers, as explained by John Oliver last year.
If you’re starting to build Augmented Reality apps, read this before you get too far. Good tips on design principles for what is for many a brand-new interaction methodology.
As much as I like his insights on design language and strategy, I really appreciate the notes Luke Wrobeleski distributes from other interesting presentations. Some good points here as he recaps Daniel Burka’s presentation, “Prototyping: The Scientific Method of Business”, where Burka describes how different prototyping techniques create value for businesses—based on his work with Google Ventures.
The CEO of automation company ABB says we shouldn’t fear automation. Does the phrase “’Come into my parlor,’ said the spider to the fly” ring a bell?