Here are some hits and links to some stories that have recently caught our attention. This Bloomberg podcast goes deep into Japan’s current economic state, including the use of robots and automation to replace falling workforce numbers, (Note: podcast.) Speaking of automation and work, this piece discusses how jobs that require “emotional labor” will be…
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We’ve not done this for a while, but here are some interesting bits from our scanning that caught the eye of FA futurists today. In Sweden, the new ReTuna Återbruksgalleria shopping mall sells only recycled or upcycled goods. Connecting consumers more directly to the recycling/upcycling process could be a way to make the idea of…
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Here are five indicators, observations or articles that caught the eye of FA futurists today. The goal of the Digital Olfaction Society, which just held its first world congress, is to “digitize, transmit, reproduce and recapture smells, flavors and fragrances.” The Society’s founder imagines a “digiscented” future world in which smells are digitally detected and transmitted.…
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