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#1,679 – Bacteria Masks

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

In just a few short months we’ve already seen a ton of new innovations relating to masks. There have been masks made with built in sensors capable of detecting the coronavirus and better yet masks designed to actually destroy the coronavirus on contact. 3-D printed masks that get customized to the exact contours of a person’s face now exist as do masks that let us still use Face ID to unlock our phones.

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Remote Design Sprint Template

InnovationTraining.org

Use this design sprint template to effectively facilitate sprints with your virtual team. The design sprint is a popular fast-paced innovation approach that’s rapid and interactive. While many design sprints are held in-person, you can also complete the process virtually using a design thinking software tool like Miro. In this guide, we’ll explore a wonderful remote design sprint template from Miro and how you can use it to easily and correctly implement a design sprint with your remote team.

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#1,675 – Coronavirus Blocking Nasal Spray

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

While scientists race to create a vaccine to prevent the spread of COVID-19, researchers from around the world are looking into the possibility that existing research may be able to be repurposed and put towards stopping the novel coronavirus. Efforts that may include creating a nasal spray that could block COVID-19 from entering the body in the first place.

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6 of 7 in the DON’T LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS Series

Innovation 360 Group

Exercises in Innovation #6: Segment sales by usage. In this thought experiment, write out which attributes you believe matters most about your product to the people who are buying it. It may not be traditional answers like price or durability. Read what people are talking about on social media when they discuss your products and compare that with your list.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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#1,678 – Man’s New Best Friend

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

If there’s any good to come out of the coronavirus global pandemic it’s the fact that the pace of innovation has increased, the distant future fast-tracked into the foreground. Medical breakthroughs, clinical trials, and drug production occur in record time. 3-D printers work over-time and get pushed into overdrive to produce PPE and spare ventilator parts.

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7 of 7 in the DON’T LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS Series

Innovation 360 Group

Exercises in Innovation #7: Keep digging until you find the emotional connection. Write down your thoughts on what sort of emotional connection customers have with your products. The world’s top 5 tool makers control more than half of the power tool industry’s $51 billion market. Stanley Black & Decker at No. 1 and Hilti at No. 5 represent two opposing strategies to achieve market leadership.

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WHAT WOULD SOLOMON DO? Can Wisdom Be Taught?

Idea Champions

Thought provoking article here on the real purpose of education, can wisdom be taught, and the choices facing higher education these days. Photo: Pierre Bamin, Unsplash. Wisdom Circles. MitchDitkoff.

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How to Accelerate Covid Vaccine Research

InnovationLabs

The Rising Cost of Covid As of this week, global unemployment is rapidly escalating to levels not seen since the 1930s, the world’s governments have already allocated trillions of dollars to covid relief efforts, and every day that the crisis continues means more lost jobs, and livelihoods, and lives. The cost of covid, in other […].

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5 of 7 in the DON’T LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS Series

Innovation 360 Group

Exercises in Innovation #5: Spend time with the customer, but don’t be creepy. Empathy is the cornerstone of business anthropology. Can you put yourself entirely in the customer’s mindset? Tesco is Britain’s top retailer and the third biggest in the world by gross revenues. They sell just about everything from groceries to car insurance. Navigating their superstores can be confusing, especially for customers that are tired or under stress.

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#1,676 – Antibody Treatments

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Despite what anti-vaxxers want you to believe, vaccines work. The science is proven. By exposing a person to a tiny dose of a potentially infectious virus your body builds up antibodies to fight off that virus. A defense mechanism that it will then remember to enact when it comes time to fighting off the full virus later on. It’s like your body’s version of marine boot camp before heading off to war and without it your chances of survival are greatly diminished.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.