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Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Founder’s Syndrome

Innovation Excellence

Most of us are familiar with the story and moral of the Emperor’s New Clothes. People reference it to express when many people believe something that is not true. It is also mentioned to express something as untrue. These days, it has taken on particulary new meanings and, it seems, appear in the headlines daily. For.

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A happy and healthy 2019! Making sustainable choices

Norbert Bol

At the start of 2019 I wish everyone a happy and healthy 2019! Whatever in life we are planning to do to be happy and healthy, we have different options to choose when we are buying a product or a service. Do we always choose the most sustainable option? The short answer is no. Shim et al. (2018) show there can be many hurdles in our decision making proces that prevent us from choosing eco-friendly or sustainable products and services (see graph).

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FINAL DAY to Vote for the Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2018

Innovation Excellence

Innovation Excellence loves making innovation insights accessible for the greater good, because we truly believe that the better our organizations get at delivering value to their stakeholders the less waste of natural resources and human resources there will be. As a result we are eternally grateful to all of you out there who take the.

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#1,432 – 2019 Breakthrough Nominee: Smart Clothing

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Wearables haven’t really caught on yet but there’s still hope for smart clothing considering that there isn’t a social stigma associated with wearing what would look like a normal garment to the untrained eye. Albeit a garment capable of doing some pretty amazing things. The problem has been creating durable materials to get the job done. Something that proved troublesome.

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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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Selected Speakers from Past Innovation Leader Events

Innovation Leader

Since 2014, Innovation Leader has hosted dozens of events in the US and Europe.

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#1,431 – 2019 Breakthrough Nominee: Magic Leap 2.0

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

If you’re looking for a breakout consumer product in 2019 look no farther than Magic Leap, which is allegedly finally going to be releasing a consumer product after mysteriously operating for years in stealth mode. So what can we expect from this potentially life-altering, society-shifting, game-changing, mixed-reality headset?! Wareable offers up some hints about what to expect: “There’ll be a spectator view mode too, so others can use their smartphones to see what you’re seeing in

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#1,428 – Living Art Parade

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Art wasn’t meant to be static. It was meant to be interpreted, re-imagined in new ways, brought to life. Murals, stain glass windows, canvases and tapestries adorning entire museum walls are great. Performance art even better. Which is why I love the Japanese. For the last twenty two years Japan has been hosting an annual Art History Parade for Halloween, where people dress up as famous paintings and then walk around the city carrying a picture frame around them to complete the look, m

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Running A School Like A Business

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. If you are in charge of running a school, it is important to remember that you have to treat it as you would in running a business. If you don’t, it is much less likely that it will be successful, and you will probably find that this has an adverse effect on the education of the pupils. Because education is such an important thing in our culture, it is obviously a huge problem if you fail running this kind of business.

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#1,430 – 2019 Breakthrough Nominee: 5G

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Prepare yourselves for one of the biggest buzzwords of 2019: 5G. That’s right. 4G will soon be a thing of the past, replaced by blazing fast wi-fi speeds, up to 20x faster than today’s standards. And the revolution has already begun. As AT&T reports on their website : “Our standards-based mobile 5G network is live today in parts of 12 cities: Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Fla., Louisville, Ky., Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Raleigh, N.C., San Antoni

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The Things To Consider That Will Help You Be A Better Manager

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. It’s not easy being the boss. You have every aspect of the business to contend with alongside other things you never even thought were in the job description. I think a lot of managers and business owners struggle in managing people. It’s safe to say that this part of the job doesn’t come with a manual. You can’t please everyone and yes you do still have a business to think of.

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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.

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#1,429 – How To Fix Major League Baseball, Part 2

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

A quick look at a few ideas to improve our national pastime: Leave the seemingly endless parade of bodies for clown cars instead of bullpens by putting a limit on the number of players that can dress for the game during September call-ups. In this way, expanded rosters serve as more of a taxi-squad. Make split second replay decisions. Why is it that teams are allowed to see an instant replay first before deciding whether or not to challenge, effectively ensuring that all of their challenges wi

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Keep Control Of Your Intellectual Property

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. Intellectual property is the lifeblood of many businesses, particularly those in the technology sector. But protecting it can be a significant challenge. Companies are always looking for ways to outcompete one another, and so if one firm has discovered a way to do things faster, better, or cheaper, then others are going to want to hop on the bandwagon.

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