Brain-computer interfaces, Japanese buses, profitable pizzas and more in the Programmable Edition #89
What if we can control machines with a simple thought? Imagine that you can be connected to digital intelligence that reads neural codes. A simple will would make this artificial intelligence design an algorithm to execute your orders.
Neuroscience research combined with A.I technologies have a broad and promising future. A brain-computer interface (BCI) like Neuralink might offer people with neurodegenerative diseases a better life. If the brain is connected to this A.I, a programmed stimulation of specific brain’s parts can help cure not only long-term degenerative disorders like Parkinson and epilepsy but also obesity and anorexia.
Even if BCI technology aims at providing a new pathway of communication for patients suffering from paralysis today, how far it can be integrated in our daily life?
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Emna
How hard can you trust a machine?
In clinical medicine, the main asset of A.I comparing to doctors is ingesting, growing and learning from hundreds of medical cases to build patient “diagnosis” rather than doing it from scratch. However, patients can hardly trust machine diagnosis without doctors’ opinion.
From brick-and-mortar to online, to brick-and-mortar
Amazon, the world biggest online retailer, is re-imagining its retail strategy to win the grocery industry by widening the online business to physical stores.
Smart cities mobility service
Japan is starting self driving buses tests in rural areas next year as a new mobility service.
How Domino’s Pizza outperformed tech giants
Thanks to a Uber-like strategy (being present wherever you might have to order a ride / pizza) Domino’s Pizza transitioned from being mocked at for poor products and service to outperforming Amazon, Google and Facebook.
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