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Economy: Should billionaires be forced to give away all wealth to the government?

2025 December 30

Bill Gates has donated over $200 billion to charitable causes, WHO, foundations, research, drug discovery, education and more.

Demographics Education Emerging Technology Geopolitics Innovative/Creative International/Global/Immigration

Global, Education: MIT’s top 35 innovators under 35

2024 September 10

Do you aspire to be a tech or science innovator or leader? You must have international/global experience.

Emerging Technology Innovation Innovative/Creative Wireless

Communications: Alfred Vail, not Samuel Morse, likely invented “Morse Code”

2024 August 12

Alfred Vail, not Samuel Morse, is the likely inventor of the "Morse Code".

Business Caffeine Culture Emerging Technology Innovative/Creative

Starbucks to create more accessible stores

2024 February 20

Starbucks has created an "open source" framework to make all stores more accessible. The framework will be available to all retailers, not just Starbucks.

Emerging Technology Geopolitics Innovation Innovative/Creative

Connections with James Burke – is back

2024 February 16

Connections on Curiosity Stream I think he is 90 years old now – double wow. Amazing.

Automation Business Emerging Technology Innovative/Creative Robotics

Automation: Cost of running fast food restaurants

2023 October 23

The cost of running fast food restaurants is becoming very expensive, for many reasons. The result will be increased use of automation and customer “DIY” systems like app and kiosk…

Automation Emerging Technology Hardware/Tablets Etc Innovation Innovative/Creative Robotics Software/Tech

Innovation: Robotics is happening far faster than most realize

2022 September 26

We are going to see advanced automation via even humanoid robots. This is an amazing bit of engineering. Last Saturday I stopped in an ordinary Asian Bistro restaurant – and…

Demographics Innovative/Creative

Demographics 42: Median age to give birth is now 30

2022 September 6

My Mom was 41 years old when I was born at tail end of “baby boom”L While fertility rates dropped from 1990 to 2019 overall, the decline was regarded as…

Education Innovation Innovative/Creative Transportation

Chuck Yeager on taking kids flying

2021 February 25

https://twitter.com/GenChuckYeager/status/1365052647271759879

Innovation Innovative/Creative Other Paper Summary

The problems with models versus the real world

2019 October 30

The problem with reliance on models and simulations: "Model-land is a hypothetical world in which our simulations are perfect, an attractive fairy-tale state of mind in which optimising a simulation…

Innovation Innovative/Creative

Dean Kamen, his organization, the magic of invention

2018 January 3

Some of the best inventors I know didn’t have a deep knowledge of any particular technology. They had a deep understanding of what the need is and what we would…

#IOT Internet of Things Emerging Technology Innovative/Creative Uncategorized

Using Wi-Fi to track people movement

2016 November 11

Spotted at a National Park. Cell phone WiFi signals are being used, optionally, to determine movement and locations of people within the park, for use in future planning.

Business Economy Emerging Technology Innovation Innovative/Creative Management Other Smart Phones Social media Software/Tech Techie

Future trends in Information Systems and Technology

2011 October 17

This past Saturday I attended an IEEE Computer Society-Seattle sponsored seminar on future trends in information systems and technology. Speakers covered a very wide range of topics. Here is a…

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Starbucks to create more accessible stores

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Automation: Cost of running fast food restaurants

Innovation: Robotics is happening far faster than most realize

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Chuck Yeager on taking kids flying

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Dean Kamen, his organization, the magic of invention

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