Futurist Thomas Frey: What has been the hardest problem you’ve had to solve in your life? As I step you through this question, just focus on the ones where you actually found a solution.
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Concept of a Mars probe.
The European Space Agency has unveiled plans to “take 3D printing into the metal age.” They will be building parts for jets, spacecraft and fusion projects. The Amaze project brings together 28 institutions to develop new metal components which are lighter, stronger and cheaper than conventional parts.
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The U.S. will surpass Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest oil producer this year.
According to new data released from the PIRA Energy Group, the U.S. is projected to be the biggest supplier of oil in the world this year when biofuels and natural gas liquids are taken into account.
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We are moving from a world in which physical products are separate to one in which they are connected. Computers were just the beginning. Appliances and engines now send alerts when they need to be serviced. Cameras upload their photos automatically. Vending machines trigger their own restocking. Crops feed and water themselves.
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The first step involves a step-by-step mapping of each event in a patient’s complete care cycle.
By cross-subsidizing margin shortfalls in one activity with the revenues generated from others the health care industry have been able to survive economically. But the very existence of these cross-subsidies is symptomatic of deep flaws in the health care reimbursement system. As we move forward we need to be mindful of two principles that must be at the heart of any fundamental health care reform: “no margin, no mission” and “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” As the era of health care cross-subsidization ends, these principles must guide our actions.
Continue reading… “Redesigning the health-care-delivery model”
Why is sustained innovation so difficult to achieve? For many firms, innovation is viewed as an occasional variation from the status quo. But, that doesn’t mean that innovation isn’t important.
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Your LinkedIn profile is much more than just your online CV.
The job search is something that everyone over 18 has pulled their hair out over at one point or another in their life. What ways can you improve your credibility and the opportunities that are out there?
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The 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair brings over 200,000 book trade professionals to Germany each fall.
Book publishers worldwide share some of the same challenges no matter what country they are in. Book publishers are grappling with the digital transition — which, depending on where you live, has either already arrived or is about to come knocking. They’re battling for readers’ eyeballs, trying to make books stand out in a sea of other forms of entertainment. And they’re figuring out how to price their digital content.
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Airlines are finding new ways to make money from carry-ons.
People have tried to cram all sorts of things into airplane overhead compartments, including a frosted cake, 10-gallon hat, car muffler, and even the kitchen sink.
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Google might want to partner its technology with auto manufacturers rather than making and selling the cars itself.
Almost all the world’s automotive manufacturers are scrambling to develop self-driving cars. But, it appears, the world would rather buy a self-driving car made by a tech company. Consumers are more likely to splurge on a self-driving car made by Mercedes-Benz than Nissan; they’re even likelier to buy one made by the likes of Google and Apple, according to a study released by audit and advisory firm KPMG on Oct. 10.
Continue reading… “Consumers trust tech companies over carmakers for self-driving cars”
Mobile access has become critical to global business today and the Accenture CIO Mobility Survey 2013 reinforces that. The survey was conducted online last winter and finds that 75 percent of 413 IT professionals rate mobility among their top five priorities. But it also makes clear that there’s lots of room for CIOs to expand enterprise mobile capabilities going forward.
Continue reading… “Mobility still just scratching the surface: Study”
The motor industry’s fortunes are increasingly divided, but in the right markets and with the right technologies, they look surprisingly bright.
Henry Ford and his engineers perfected the moving assembly line a hundred years ago. They cut the time taken to assemble a Ford Model T from 12 hours and 30 minutes in 1913 to just one hour and 33 minutes the following year. That made the car a lot cheaper to build and opened up a mass market for it. By 1918 its list price was down to $450, or just over 5 months’ pay for the average American worker, against the equivalent of about a year and a half’s pay when the car was launched a decade earlier. Cars became a personal badge of status, and in time carmaking became a badge of national virility.
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