Tech – Page 2 – Pablo F. Alonso Caprile

Digital Progress

Interesting survey published in the MIT Sloan Management Review highlighting the roles within an organisation pushing for digitalisation.

Excellent initiative from The North Face to support a circular economy based on sustainability and re-usage. North Face is cutting waste by selling refurbished old coats ‘If you buy a jacket from a just-launched pilot collection from The North Face, someone else might have already climbed a mountain or run a marathon in it. Called TheContinueContinue reading “Circular”

SU’s Biotech Mural

Fitness v Privacy

After Strava’s scandal earlier this year on the public data of its users, a similar issue is plaguing Polar, another fitness tracking device provider. The main conclusion: ““This example demonstrates how important it is to be aware of all the consequences digital technology can have,” said the Dutch minister of defense, Ank Bijleveld, in responseContinueContinue reading “Fitness v Privacy”

Option Impact

One of the first media reports on Option Impact: “Unlike popular self-reported salary sites like Glassdoor or Stack Overflow, Option Impact is reserved for elite users—VCs and the executives at the startups they back (plus legal and consulting firms). And while salary surveys are routine across industries, Option Impact is unique in its specificity andContinueContinue reading “Option Impact”

Modern Apothecary

Following Amazon’s purchase of PillPack, it feels like a good time to dust off a company profile by MIT’s Tech Review back in August 2017. “Since Cohen and Parker founded PillPack, in 2013, the company has grown to more than 500 employees, delivering hundreds of thousands of prescriptions a month to tens of thousands ofContinueContinue reading “Modern Apothecary”

🐋

Creative use of drones: Australia scientist Catching Whale Snot “This video of scientists using a UAV to collect viruses from spouting whales is just awesome. The question: What kind of viruses live inside a whale’s lungs? That’s what a team of biologists in Sydney, Australia, wanted to know. The problem: Whales aren’t easy to study up close inContinueContinue reading “🐋”

SU’s AI Chat

Exponential

A visual representation of an example exponential growth: ICOs. MIT article Original Youtube Video

Manufacturing Shifts

Exponential technologies are going to disrupt many industries, and it is clear that manufacturing is due a revamping sooner rather the later. In this article, Peter Diamandis discusses the three ways he thinks manufacturing is to be impacted: ‘1. Mass Customization: As fixed costs begin to reach variable costs in the production sphere, companies willContinueContinue reading “Manufacturing Shifts”