Many of us are used to the idea of mimicry as a ways to formulate new ideas. Biomimicry is a popular form of mimicry many seem to know about; as the Biomimicry Institute defines it, “an approach to innovation that seeks sustainable solutions to human challenges by emulating nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies.” However there is another form of mimicry we often see, which is vilified due to outliers to the rule; which is what I like to call Competitive
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On June 16 2017, Jeff Bezos tweeted out asking the public for ideas on how to engage in philanthropy in an immediate (short term) impactful way.
Here are my responses to his tweet:-
Immediate & Now, Longer Term and Extreme Evolution. #Amazon #Idea pic.twitter.com/BvQk28ei6v
— Mehrad (@viaMehrad) June 16, 2017
And the follow up:
...In light of Whole Food, expansion of
Previously, I looked at various Mesh Networks that have been used for Communications uses through Stand-Alone Apps (i.e. FireChat) and Consumer Friendly Devices (i.e. GoTenna) – the next level of evolving the mesh network would be to do with underutilized processing power such as an idle Playstation or Xbox at home and hints at the potential of what a device like Nvidia Shield can leverage.
My thoughts are something along the lines of Cloud Processing meets the Mesh
...Lately, I’ve been thinking about Mesh Networks and their potential to unlock innovative solutions through the decentralized network they create and represent. There are various use applications of mesh networks that entrepreneurs and startups have made into digital products.
One of the first products that received it’s fifteen minutes of fame was Firechat, which in September 2014 was used by protestors in Hong Kong’s “umbrella movement”. The app let users send messages to one another without cellular data or a wifi internet connection, relying
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I recently had a chance to do some work sessions for the UAE Telecommunications and Regulation Authority (TRA) regarding technology trends and disruptive innovation that are likely to make us re think our entire education curriculum.
Some of the research presented was based off the extensive work previously done with my involvement with Honeybird while other was a summarized collection of the latest education trends I’ve been reviewing and been tracking for some time.
The TRA, in partnership with the Ministry of
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Once again, another airline incident highlights how the old world mentality of how business’s own failure leads to them punishing their own paying customers. As my previous piece about refund policies highlighted, companies need to stop burdening their own failures onto their customers.
We live in a very socially connected environment and although many corporate entities claim they understand that, they truly don’t seem to understand that such a connected world requires them to act
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The recent events that have happened surrounding United Airlines have made me continue writing a thought I had started drafting a while back about a friend’s experience with one of the airlines from the Middle East regarding their terrible customer service and failed refund policy in response to the recent travel bans. So I’ll break this piece into two parts, but both with the same fundamental theme: a customer shouldn’t be punished for the failure of
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Following the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report and investigation after a Tesla crash last year where the vehicles autopilot system was vindicated, the benefits of self-driving autonomous vehicles are becoming more and more apparent. The report highlighted the benefits of Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) or Autopilot systems could drastically reduce rear-end crashes.
A fascinating and also thought-provoking look to see such automotive manufacturing in action with so few people on the line.
The video is 12 minutes long, but you’ll get the point after 30 seconds as to what you are witnessing.
There is another element to this automation: the knowledge worker jobs behind the scenes that programmed and created the machinery seen. But even those are
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I was planning to regularly write down my thoughts in more comprehensive long format writing, but lately, I’ve been swamped with what happened in November/December during and following my chance to be part of the UAE Ministry of Economy’s Delegation to Finland.
Was honored to be chosen to be part of the UAE Delegation to Finland to explore innovation and investment opportunities. Anyways, the outcome, there are some interesting developments in the works for 2017 so