Spacecadet Tech Trends 2021

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3D Creator Tools
Avastars
Cross Channel Connections
Digital Status Symbols
4D Printing
Better Batteries
Crypto Countries
Drone Detection
A.I. Overview
Big Tech Finance
Crypto Culture
Energy Everywhere
A.I. Patents
Big Tech Health
Cyber Ceremony
Engineering Companionship
A.I. Smell
Bite Sized Learning
Cyber Support
Fake News as a Service
A.I. Warfare
Choose Your Own Adventure
Digital Addiction
Franken-Algorithms
Accessible A.I.
Cloud Clubbing
Digital Citizenship
Fun-draising
Algorithmic Determination
Co-Media
Digital Distancing
Generative Biometrics
Animal Engineering
Co-Ownership
Digital DNA
Holistic Home
Artificial Taste CRISPR Crash Digital Presence Human IPO
41-50 51-60 61-70 71-84

Immortality
Nano-Cleaners
Premium Software
Smarthomeboat
Zoom Beauty
Infodemic
Nano Tagging
Privacy Protection
Spatial Software
Zoom Play
Internet-From-Space Race
Networked Thought
Responsive Art
Splinternet
Zoom -> Room
Internet Incriminated
Neuromonitoring
Robot Feelings
Spontaneous Social
Zoom Towns
Invisible Interfaces
Never-Ending Gameplay
Robot Precision
Supercamera
Lockdown Love
New Media
Self-Sterilize
Synthetic Sex
Mini-Movements
No-Travel Tourism
Shopping for Algorithms
Tech Museum
Mixed Reality Broadcast

Organ Chips
Shopstreaming
Technofashion
Molecular Replication
PEE
Silicone Finale
TikTok Takeover
MSCHF Platforms Pick Sides Skin 2.0 Time-Locked Experiences

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3D Creator
Tools
3D as a special effect has long been so high-tech that few could create it,
let alone afford the tools needed to make it. No more, though, as
companies are starting to offer 3D creator tools to the masses.
Spline is a new 3D design tool that allows website developers to easily

create 3D content with interactive elements without having to deal with
sophisticated coding and rendering. Superfan studio now offers an app
that allows people to create augmented-reality 3D filters for their smart
devices.
The proliferation of 3D creation tools for the masses is helping transform

the Web into a spatial platform and precluding the inevitable shift to MR.
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4D Printing
3D printing capabilities continue to evolve with researchers constantly

looking for ways to improve the technology.
MIT scientists may provide the latest boost to the technology with the
invention of 3D manufactured “4D materials” that transform into much
more complicated structures in response to changes in temperature and
humidity. While much of the shape changing is rudimentary—from flat to
orbs and domes—the researchers have also managed to create a 4D
human face.
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A.I. Overview
Scanning photographs can be time consuming, especially if you’re looking

for things depicted in thousands of satellite images of Earth.
With that in mind, a geospatial data firm in New Mexico developed an

A.I.-powered search engine that can rapidly search through billions of
aerial and satellite images to find specific landmark features that are alike.
Stanford University developed a similar system to track poverty levels in
African villages over time, though their algorithm looks for changes to
housing, lighting, agriculture, and roads to assess each tracked village’s
economic health.
Little doubt that such A.I. capabilities will soon be advanced enough to find
the proverbial needle in a haystack.
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A.I. Patents
Advances in artificial intelligence suggest that computers will soon be able

to invent everything, which may block human invention efforts and stifle
human creativity.
With a nod to that in the music industry, two musicians developed an

algorithm that was able to create every possible MIDI melody in existence,
and then copyrighted the whole thing and released it to the public as open
source. Meanwhile, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has ruled that A.I.
systems cannot be credited as an inventor in a patent under current law.
This raises the conundrum that some A.I.-generated inventions may not be
patentable at all, which could stifle future A.I. innovations. That said, world
patent and intellectual property bureaucracies and organizations are avidly
studying and debating the issues.
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A.I. Smell
Our nose is able to learn and recognize smells, so there’s no reason A.I.
cannot do the same thing.
Intel has developed an A.I. “neuromorphic” chip that mirrors the organic
circuits found in the olfactory bulbs of a dog’s brain, allowing the chip to
identify specific odors, which it then remembers. Tech firm Koniku has
developed a similar device, which is being tested by Airbus as a
replacement for bomb-sniffing dogs. Australian researchers developed an
A.I.-powered “e-nose,” which can assess beer quality based on its aroma—a
capability that could be used to assess other foods and beverages at all
stages of production.
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A.I. Warfare
The use of A.I. in warfare is a given, as countries have already developed

autonomous drones that can monitor borders and conduct airstrikes on
their own volition.
Theses tactics are just one part of future warfare that will be increasingly
driven by computer code and algorithms. With A.I., though, militaries will
likely be able to make greater use of unconventional means of winning the
war through strategies like destabilizing a country’s economy or by taking
out its power grid.
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Accessible
A.I.
The ability to create artificial intelligence has come to the masses, as

Google now offers a program that allows you to easily incorporate machine
learning into your computer, website, apps, and more.
While the A.I. only works for identification purposes—teaching how to

distinguish between different sounds, shapes, images, and movement—it
and other recently developed programs are a precursor to the arrival of
ever-more advanced machine learning in the home.
Runway ML, for example, offers artists, designers, filmmakers, and others
an “app store” of machine learning applications that don’t require code.
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Algorithmic
Determination
Algorithmic scoring in the west is primarily used by companies for credit

checking and marketing purposes, but the range of scoring uses and
applications is rapidly expanding. Not only is A.I. enhancing scoring
capabilities, but scoring technologies are being paired with other
technologies—such as biometrics and facial recognition—to further
evaluate and score a wide range of human behaviors for various uses.
Meanwhile, the technology is fast outpacing efforts to develop standards,

codes, and regulations to protect privacy and address ethical
considerations, or ensure that collected data is trustworthy and not
inadvertently biased. Pretty scary when you consider that China’s
algorithmic scoring last year identified 13 million of its citizens as
“untrustworthy.”
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Animal
Engineering
Bessie the Cow might be going on a diet and sporting some new glasses.
In a bid to reduce greenhouse gases, a Swiss firm has developed a natural

feed supplement that significantly reduces methane emissions from
ruminants.
Researchers in Russia have fitted cows with virtual reality headsets that
simulate greener pastures in an effort to reduce their anxiety and boost
milk production.
No word yet on whether the calmer cows produce less methane.

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Artificial
Taste
While it can’t replace the nutrition we receive from foods, a Japanese

company has invented a lickable “taste gadget” that artificially replicates
flavors by using LED lighting in electrolyte gels to activate the five different
tastes on the human tongue. The gels contain sweet, salty, acidic, bitter,
and umami flavors which can be manipulated to achieve the desired taste
by suppressing specific flavors according to the voltage in the LED lighting.
Microsoft is also generating artificial tastes by using A.I. to help a distillery

come up with unique flavors for its line of whiskies. While the A.I. cannot
actually “taste,” it “hallucinates” whiskey flavors through algorithmic
parameters developed by the programmers.
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Avastars
If you’re not yet getting the sense that it’s hard to tell what’s real these
days, you probably soon will.
A $70 million science fiction movie production is starring—appropriately

enough—an A.I. robot, who was created specifically for the movie.
And it’s unknown how many of social media influencer Lil Miquela’s 2.5
million or so followers know that she is a computer-generated graphic.
While not real, Miquela recently became the first virtual performer signed
by the Creative Artists Agency.
This trend is in its early days and advances in A.I. and machine learning
suggest that ever more virtual and robotic creations will achieve celebrity
status.
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Better
Batteries
Building a better electric battery has been an elusive challenge ever since,
well, the first battery was designed and built in 1800 by Italian physicist
Alessandro Volta.
Researchers today seem to be closing in on new battery technologies that

can store more energy for longer periods and that can seamlessly meld
with, and contribute to, renewable energy sources.
Not only will battery improvements enhance consumer electronics and

electric vehicle capabilities but will also serve to further boost demand.
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Big Tech
Finance
The growing use of digital currencies may be proving disruptive to

traditional financial institutions, but also opens up new avenues for
providing affordable financial services to those currently under-served by
the finance industry.
This trend is socially uplifting for those previously underbanked, but also
part of many companies' business models as a customer-acquisition
strategy needed in a highly competitive and growing global finance
marketplace. Big-tech companies like Amazon, Samsung, Facebook, and
Google, as well as mega-retailers like Walmart, have all begun to offer
customers innovative financial services and products, such as
cryptocurrencies.
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Big Tech
Health
The $3 trillion healthcare industry is getting a makeover, as the largest

names in technology have launched numerous health-related initiatives
involving scientific research, health analysis via interactive devices,
A.I.-assisted medical tools, health insurance modelling, clinic development,
healthcare application process, and more.
For example, Microsoft and China’s Tencent captured almost 75 percent of

all startup digital health investment deals last year and Amazon has
acquired or partnered with numerous healthcare providers for its
health-related A.I. research. Amazon also secured HIPPA compliance status
for its Alexa voice assistant, while Google acquired Fitbit and teamed up
with one of the largest health-care systems in the U.S. to analyze personal
health data in 21 states.
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Bite Sized
Learning
Finding time to learn new skills or keep up with advances in your chosen
work field is tough, especially for those who work in tech. Thus, some
entrepreneurs have introduced learning apps that deliver short, “bite-sized”
seminars, lesson plans, and instruction to those too busy to take classes,
study, read full-size books or other tracts, or otherwise keep up-to-date
with traditional learning.
Blinkist distils the best ideas and insights from more than 1,500 bestselling
nonfiction books into 15 minute reads or sound bites. Google Primer
delivers five-minute tutorials on the latest information on digital marketing.
With little slow down expected in most people’s busy schedules, such
bite-sized learning apps will undoubtedly continue to proliferate.
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Choose Your
Own Adventure
With a nod towards letting the audience direct the action, video producers
are developing content with multiple storylines that are dictated by viewer
choice or that provide viewers with multiple narratives, either sequentially
or simultaneously.
This is most notable in Netflix’s “Black Mirror” episode “Bandersnatch,”

which allows viewers to interactively and sequentially make decisions on
behalf of the characters, which then drives the story’s narrative and action
forward to any number of ultimate conclusions.
Expect to see more of this in the evolution of virtual reality entertainment

and the merging of films and gaming in which people can star in their own
infinite gameplay.
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Cloud Clubbing
Young folks like to party, so when social distancing requirements and

quarantines of the COVID-19 pandemic put a damper on the clubbing and
dance party scene, innovative DJs took clubbing online to create virtual
parties.
The live-streamed cloud clubbing has been especially popular in Asia, but
the online parties are also being hosted by North American venues shut
down by the pandemic. Participants can dance and interact with each
other via Zoom or other video apps and venues and DJs encourage
participants to make donations to continue support of the cloud clubbing
efforts.
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Co-Media
Influenced in large part by the social isolation caused by the COVID-19

pandemic, developers are creating apps that allow people who are apart to
share digital experiences.
Netflix has created a third-party extension that lets people in different

areas watch the same synced movie or series together remotely and
interact with a real-time group chat and texting function. Bunch is a new
game party app that lets people play their favorite games remotely while
being digitally connected with friends via a group video-chat feed.
While gamers were at the forefront of this trend pre-COVID, the pandemic
is pushing the idea of co-media into all elements of the digital world.
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Co-Ownership
Co-ownership has been a staple in the financial markets for centuries, with
the public able to gain partial ownership in companies by purchasing stock
shares in them. Why should that concept and financial model only apply to
businesses? At least, that is the thinking behind recent companies who are
applying the concept to everything from art and collectibles to pro-sports
league athlete contracts.
NBA point guard Spencer Dinwiddie is offering Dream Fan Shares, which
allow him to collect upfront cash on his $34 million three-year contract in
return for interest and full payment of principal at maturity.
Otis is an app that allows its members to buy shares in works by famous
artists, rare comics, and collectible sneakers, such as $75 per share of
X-Men Comics #1 or $20 per share of street art from a famous painter.
There are already co-ownership communities for almost every vertical. As

blockchain continues to evolve, expect to see even more unique takes on
this model.
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CRISPR Crash
Genome editing capabilities have significantly expanded since the

invention of the gene editing technique CRISPR ten years ago but
tampering with nature always carries the risk of unintended consequences.
Such seems to be the case with the ever-expanding use of CRISPR, as

scientists have seen an increase in what is being called “gene vandalism.”
This anomaly occurs when the editing process accidently breaks the
double strands of a DNA’s helix, which in turn results in cell repair that can
include unintended modifications and mutations that cannot be
controlled.
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Cross Channel
Connections
Melding virtual world applications to the real world is gaining traction as

developers figure out how to make cross channel connections.
For example, developers created a PC VR app called Spaces that allows

users to join video conferencing meetings from within a VR space. This
allows the user’s avatar to bring innovative tools into the virtual meetings,
such as a whiteboard that provides more functionality than can be
achieved by a non-virtual person on the conference call.
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Crypto
Countries
Digital currencies may prove disruptive to a global monetary system long

based on country-backed fiat currency. Countries around the world are
researching how to develop and utilize their own central bank digital
currencies, and the issue took center stage at the 2020 annual World
Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
According to the WEF, centralized digital currencies could improve

monetary policy efficiency, enhance monetary data transmission and
reporting, enhance financial inclusions, and help improve the safety and
resilience of payment systems.
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Crypto Culture
Crypto meets culture collectibles with crypto culture platforms that

empower anyone to own a piece of digital art.
Foundation is connecting crypto to up and coming artworks to boost

featured artists in lockstep with their cyber-currency, and Zora is doing
something similar with art & limited-edition clothing.
Meanwhile, Nike’s CryptoKicks use blockchain to attach cryptographically

secured digital assets to the shoes, which also tracks ownership and
verifies the authenticity of the shoes.
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Cyber Ceremony
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted so many planned events and

ceremonies this year that virtual and digital ceremonies have emerged as
commonplace occurrences, with thousands of cyber weddings, funerals,
and graduations hosted on Zoom, Minecraft, Animal Crossing or any
number of other platforms.
Japanese students held a virtual ceremony on Zoom, with students able to

virtually walk across the stage to accept their diplomas with
remote-controlled robots. A Finnish company created an online Easter
table to allow up to 12 people to virtually join together and celebrate the
holiday with video chatting. The trend has become so widespread that
many governments, such as the state of New York, are removing any
regulatory barriers that might impede such ceremonies.
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Cyber Support
Human connections are invaluable, and even before the mass isolation
caused by this year’s COVID-19 pandemic, digital pioneers were finding
innovative ways to create meaningful connections between people online.
For example, Be My Eyes is a free app that connects vision-compromised

people with sighted volunteers who provide real-time help in navigating
unfamiliar surroundings. Goodnight Zoom is an online platform that allows
isolated seniors to serve as storytellers to children, giving lonely seniors
new connections and providing a break for busy parents.
Telehealth services have been around for decades, but COVID will certainly
accelerate their adoption, as well as introduce more niche offerings like the
aforementioned.
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Digital
Addiction
Consumer concerns about the addictive nature of gaming, social media,

and other digital applications were formally recognized by the World
Health Organization in 2019, when it added digital addiction to its
International Classification of Diseases.
While the business model for these digital applications rely on capturing
and maintaining the attention of its audience, increased public attention on
the issue is forcing them to ensure that their products are not harming the
physical and mental health of their consumers.
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Digital
Citizenship
Currently only available in the country of Estonia, E-residency simplifies

online access to numerous government services by providing business
owners a digital identity that allows them to set up and manage an
enterprise online from anywhere in the world there is an Internet
connection.
An Estonian E-resident can access services relating to the country’s

banking, taxation, business formation, official documentation, taxation,
government reports, and other regulatory compliance needs.
The Global COVID-19 pandemic, and its influence in promoting remote

work, will likely accelerate efforts by other countries to remotely offer such
services.
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Digital
Distancing
The COVID-19 global pandemic has made “social distancing” the word of
the year and developers are working on ideas that both bring us closer
together and ensure we stay further apart.
A church in Dusseldorf, Germany teamed up with a drive-in movie theatre

to host church services and weddings virtually from the church to
attendees who can watch services from the comfort of their cars. California
high school students developed an app that allows high school students to
send and receive yearbook signatures via Snapchat. NowCrowd provides
city’s residents with real-time crowd sizes at local hot spots.
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Digital DNA
With DNA recognized as the densest known storage medium in the

universe, researchers believe the laws of physics can be applied to use
DNA as an operational, near-timeless storage system.
The process involves converting binary digital data into DNA string bases
that could be stored in wet media until needed and then decoded back into
binary. Not only can a single gram of DNA hold about a zettabyte of data,
but DNA strands can last for thousands of years.
At this juncture, the chemical processing costs to manufacture DNA

strands, as well as current slow speeds of the binary conversion, stands as
the largest impediment to implementation.
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Digital
Presence
With today’s technology it’s become far easier to participate in events

virtually.
Mastercard “Impossible Mascots” campaign enabled hospitalized children

join Brazil’s national soccer team on the field with virtual reality created by
telepresence robots. Google and other tech firms are creating
depth-sensing 3D augmented reality apps that are expected to give virtual
meeting spaces dimension and allow people to actually feel like they're in
the meeting room.
With remote work becoming more likely to maintain its trajectory

post-COVID every day, expect to see many more advancements that
facilitate more realistic virtual presence and participation.
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Digital Status
Symbols
People can create any number of virtual personas online and can purchase
or otherwise acquire an ever-expanding variety of digital versions of real or
imaginary goods.
Whether to egocast, personalize their digital personas, or to equip

themselves with the best tools to win their online games, more and more
people are willing to pay real cash for virtual attire, accessories, tools, and
other goods.
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Drone
Detection
Whether you’ll receive a pizza delivery by drone anytime soon remains to

be seen, but drones are increasingly being used for monitoring and
detection purposes by governments and industry.
Such detection runs the gamut from patrolling perimeters of sensitive

areas, inspecting pipelines, to monitoring people for pandemic-control
purposes - with the number of new applications growing rapidly.
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Energy
Everywhere
Batteries inevitably run out of juice, which means there’s always a search
for innovative charging technologies.
MIT researchers are working on harvesting energy from ambient,

high-frequency terahertz radiation to charge small devices. Saudi Arabian
researchers are developing a hydrogel insert that can convert ultrasound
to electric energy, which can then be used to recharge implanted medical
devices, such as pacemakers and insulin pumps.
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Engineering
Companionship
COVID has accelerated the already prominent trend of digitally induced
isolation, but technology may have a solution on the horizon.
An Armenian company has developed a companion robot with A.I.-based

behavioral technology that interacts with and comforts children during
their hospitalizations and/or medical treatments.
Lonely narcissists can become famous and adored by millions of fans with
the Botnet app, a social network simulator in which the user is the only
human among a network of a million bot followers.
And the long-popular hand-held digital pet Tamagotchi now has digital
capabilities that lets Tamagotchi owners connect with other owners to play
games and enjoy virtual relationships via their Tamagotchi pets.
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Fake News as a
Service
“Fake News” isn’t just a catchphrase for our times, it has become big
business as so-called public relations firms sell services devoted to
propagating lies online.
Whether hired by governments or businesses, “black PR firms” around the

world are adept at disseminating misinformation through fake websites,
social media accounts, and the full range of potential Internet campaigns.
While social media platforms are devoting significant resources to identify

and remove fake accounts and news, their numbers seem to be ever
growing.
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Franken-Algori
thms
Attention to potential threats posed by algorithms that fail to seamlessly

work together was raised in 2018 when miscommunicating algorithms
caused a fatal self-driving car accident. Such franken-algorithm mishaps
continue to be a threat as evidenced by recent stock market glitches.
The ever-growing proliferation of algorithm-driven computing—Facebook

alone has billions of algorithms working together—and A.I.-developed
algorithms suggest that containing the franken-algorithm threat may prove
a challenge.
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Fun-draising
Viral social media memes, such as the Ice Bucket Challenge and
Movember have generated significant charitable returns this past five
years, and the world is catching on to online fundraising.
Enterprising philanthropists are harnessing the power of Zoom and other

live video-streaming platforms to host exclusive online fundraising events
that feature A-list VIPs from entertainment, sports, and politics for their
invite-only audiences.
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Generative
Biometrics
Machine learning is fast proving adept at overwhelming advanced security

systems, as researchers have developed algorithms that can generate fake
biometric credentials designed to trick bioidentification scanners.
Such easily produced synthetic fingerprints, facial profiles, iris patterns, or

other bioidentifiers could be used to surmount any number of biometric
scanner types.
Algorithms could be tailored to either replicate an existing match or use

advanced computing speed to create near-instant generation of millions of
fake biometrics, from which one might prove a match.
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Holistic Home
The home is rapidly evolving from smart to healthy.
Home-exercise can now be conducted in virtual reality with Supernatural,

and exercise equipment, like Tonal, is increasingly enhanced with
interactive and A.I. features. For health monitoring, Stanford University
researchers have created a smart toilet that monitors your health while you
tend to your body’s natural waste removal efforts.
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Human IPO
If companies can be publicly owned, then why can’t people?—that is,

people’s potential.
That’s the premise of the company Human IPO, which sells shares of
people with promise on an open market that can be redeemed in five years
for one hour of the person’s time per share.
NBA point guard Spencer Dinwiddie also put his future success on the
market by offering fans Dream Fan Shares, which allowed him to collect
$13.5 million upfront in advance of his $34 million three-year contract, with
shares delivering fans 4.95% monthly interest and full payment of principal
upon maturity.
Lambda School is betting on the future potential of its students by offering

students deferred tuition that only kicks in on a sliding scale based upon
getting hired and the amount of salary earned.
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Immortality
Technology hasn’t just improved our lives, it has extended them

significantly. This extension may be just the beginning though, as the
intersection of A.I., cloud computing, networks, sensors, robotics, massive
datasets, biotechnology, and nanotechnology is expected to significantly
enhance our ability to fight disease and prolong all elements of good
health.
For example, 3D printed replacement organ parts will likely be available by

the end of the decade and CRISPR is expected to soon be able to target
and rewrite DNA to help erase thousands of genetic diseases. Such
advances in health care will likely accelerate in the years to come with A.I.
and other technology leading the advancement charge.
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Infodemic
Unironically, 2020’s global COVID-19 pandemic spawned a global
“infodemic.” As described by the World Health Organization (WHO), the
profusion of information both accurate and not during the 2020 infodemic
has made it difficult for people to find trustworthy information and reliable
guidance relating to the pandemic.
Social media was quickly determined to be the primary source of this

infodemic and was blamed for allowing disinformation to spread and
flourish at unprecedented speeds. In response, many social media
platforms have been working with public health organizations to restrict
pandemic disinformation spread and ensure the smooth flow of reliable
information.
With such speed and power in the dissemination of information and

disinformation, social media and governments need to determine a balance
between censorship and free speech in reversing the current infodemic
and to prevent future ones.
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Internet-From-
Space Race
The U.S. versus Russia space race is long over, but a new space race is
brewing as Amazon’s Jeff Bezos battles Tesla and SpaceX Founder Elon
Musk for eventual market control of delivering the Internet from
space-based satellites.
Musk has the lead with the successful launch of 700 Starlink satellites, but
Bezos is putting up $10 billion to launch a constellation of more than 3,000
satellites. The U.K. government is also in the race, but its 45% stake in a
now-bankrupt company’s low-orbit Internet-via-satellite venture may come
to naught despite the launching of 74 of 649 satellites.
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Internet
Incriminated
Smart devices are fast becoming near ubiquitous, with wearable devices
such as watches, earphones, eyeglasses, now able to capture and record
data about the wearer.
Technology moves much faster than the application of law and people
don’t know the extent to which such personal data can be shared by third
parties or protected. With a general lack of standards and case law about
such data, only judges are currently answering this question on a
case-by-case basis.
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Invisible
Interfaces
Companies are introducing new interfaces designed to discreetly blend

into a home’s décor.
Machine learning and other technologies will allow for the creation of
responsive interfaces that don’t need to hear a voice command, such as
with Alexa or Siri, but instead be able to monitor the user’s biometrics and
other stimuli to make atmospheric adjustments, whether relating to
lighting, temperature, sounds, and/or music or other media.
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Lockdown Love
With the COVID-19 pandemic proving stressful for all walks of life, some
developers have created apps designed to help couples maintain strong
and healthy connections and communications.
Love Nudge is based on the best-selling relationship maintenance book,

“The 5 Love Languages,” and works by quizzing each partner and then
sending them relationship goal trackers, reminders, statistics, and other
information designed to enhance the relationship, while also allowing the
partners to send affectionate “nudges” as relationship cues.
Facebook released a relationship messaging app designed to enhance

communications between couples whether closely confined or
quarantining apart from each other.
Even absent COVID-19, similar intersection between tech and love will
continue to expand, given that love—like sex—sells.
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Mini-Movements
The Internet and social media have made it easy to transform memes into
fast-acting movements, whether intentionally or spontaneously.
The “Movember” men’s health movement that encourages men to grow

mustaches in November grew into a global charity powerhouse in large
part through social media outreach. “Storm Area 51” generated interest
from millions after the tongue-in-cheek Facebook event of flash mobbing
the secret U.S. Air Force base became a viral meme.
These memes and others like them, are creating “mini-movements” - widely
attended and attentioned memes that take place primarily in the real world
to incite change.
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Mixed Reality
Broadcast
Mixed reality broadcast melds physical space with virtual or augmented

reality - often in real-time and integrating interactivity.
From small scale augmented reality on Snapchat, to full-screen

experiences being developed as a result of 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic,
mixed reality broadcasting will increasingly be used for product launches,
media presentations, and to shake up or otherwise enhance all kinds of
media presentations—live or otherwise.
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Molecular
Replication
Like 3D printing on the molecular level, a molecular replicating machine

will be capable of synthesizing thousands of different molecules from a
smaller subset of base chemicals. This will make it much easier to produce
pharmaceuticals and a wide range of other organic products for numerous
different applications.
Not only does the technology significantly speed up production and

enhance efficiency of producing existing products, but it will also
streamline research into new products. A molecular replicator able to
synthesize almost the full range of natural-occurring molecules would be a
game changer, as it would be able to make once scarce materials in
abundant quantities.
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MSCHF
“Going viral” has emerged as a key brand promotion strategy in the digital
age, with the limited release concept offered by “drop culture” and mischief
inherent in trolling serving as key tools.
MSCHF made a name for itself by creating the most absurd, cynical, and
viral projects that have spread across the Internet. Whether toaster-shaped
bath bombs, astrology-based stock trading apps, or rubber-chicken bongs,
MSCHF moves its products by making them go viral.
Expect more brands to jump on this strategy in 2021 as anti-advertising

sentiment continues to increase.
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Nano-Cleaners
Researchers are developing frictionless nanomaterial coatings that are so

slippery and water resistant that they can block adherence by any
substance and protect surfaces from staining, contamination, corrosion,
and the build-up of dust and microorganisms.
With durability levels far exceeding standard coatings, these nano-sealants

also include features like transparency and breathability, and can be
applied to a vast range of surface materials. In addition to significantly
decreasing the need for surface cleaning, these nanomaterials are being
examined for a wide range of other applications, including mechanical
energy conservation, enhanced fluid filtration and transport.
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Nano Tagging
Nanotags are small, unobtrusive sensors used to track movement, detect

contamination, and identify changes in material composition. Already in
use to observe and track wildlife for research purposes, nano tagging can
be applied to just about anything and used for a variety of applications.
In medicine, nano tagging is expected to be used as a noninvasive means

to track stem cells and could be developed as an early warning system for
disease. In industry, nano tagging is expected to be used to tag and
monitor a variety of items, whether to improve supply chain efficiency or
monitor products for contamination.
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Networked
Thought
The digital world relies on networked information management, and some

entrepreneurs are taking that approach to managing human thought
processes.
Roam is a powerful task management and note taking app that eliminates
the linear connections between tasks and ideas and replaces them with a
network of bidirectional links to better organize the big picture and keep
track of specific tasks at hand.
Also known as thought management, such new tools will prove

indispensable to those struggling with multi-tasking and those with big
projects consisting of multi-tentacled tasks and goals.
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neuromonitoring
Neuroenhancers are designed to boost various mental performances

and/or monitor and record brain activity, with plenty of new applications in
use or in development.
On the simple end of the spectrum, an Australian company’s “SmartCap”

keeps workers alert with voice warnings and vibrations when it detects a
decrease in brain activity. The “Muse” headband provides neurofeedback to
help users manage stress and improve athletic performance. Another
device monitors brain waves and delivers low-grade electric pulses to
moderate differences between the sympathetic and parasympathetic
nervous system.
Perhaps more ominously, the Chinese military and some industries are
using the technology for “emotional surveillance” as a means of optimizing
productivity.
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Never-Ending
Gameplay
Today’s most popular video games have no game-ending termination point

and typically offer an ever-expanding array of real-world hybrid
experiences. With an endless succession of new achievements gamers
strive for, these immersive games incorporate design elements offering
addictive dopamine rewards that can psychologically alter behavior.
And these infinite gameplay design elements are being melded into
real-world applications, such as exercise platforms that incorporate virtual
experiences and never-ending new goals, as well as workplace
optimization tools that digitally encourage workers to strive for new
achievements.
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New Media
Traditional media sources continue to be upended by the ever-changing

digital landscape.
Podcasting has emerged as one such media disruptor, as most recently

evidenced by streaming services company Spotify’s $100 million contract
to exclusively air Joe Rogan’s podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
Today’s content creation tools allow individuals to not only reach—and

even exceed—audience sizes typically captured by the big media
companies, but also create content as professional as them at a fraction of
the budget.
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No-Travel
Tourism
Can’t afford the flights to Tahiti? Not flying to Paris due to the COVID-19
pandemic? No problem as you’ll soon likely be able to visit such
destinations virtually, given the proliferation of no-travel tourism programs
and apps.
Tourism destinations are increasingly finding innovative means of

promoting themselves digitally, with virtual tours becoming commonplace
and tourism promoters showcasing their destinations on video games,
interactive travel mapping apps, and social media campaigns.
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Organ Chips
With an eye towards saving money and addressing ethical considerations

involved with animal and human testing, scientists have invented a
computer chip-sized device that mimics the function and dynamics of a
living organ.
Using appropriate cells and fluid flow dynamics, the organ-on-a-chip

reproduces normal levels of organ functionality and can be connected to
other organ chips to systematically track the interactions of a whole
system or entire body.
When exposed to disease, medicines, or other chemicals, the chips allow

for the analysis of biochemical, genetic, and metabolic activities that would
also occur when subject to a human or animal host.
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Pee
While you might not give much thought to your urine, scientists and
designers are focused on turning human pee into a valuable resource.
An international team of scientists are studying whether the urea present

in urine could be used as a plasticizer in a 3D printing mixture suitable for
constructing buildings on the lunar surface. And an architecture design
researcher created what’s being called the world’s first wearable farm—a
cloak like garment that grows plants and crops using water distilled from
the wearer’s urine and fertilizer from insects and other human waste.
With almost eight billion humans on the earth, there’s no reason why
sustainability principles should not be applied to our own organic
components.
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Platforms Pick
Sides
How to balance the concept of free speech with the proliferation of fake
news, hate speech and online harassment, has proven to be an especially
pressing issue for online platforms and social media in 2020.
Not only do platforms have to determine what content is acceptable for

their sites, but also have to develop efficient means—whether through
human or algorithm-based intervention—to moderate content.
Determinations about acceptability are also fraught with politicization,

raise ethical concerns, and are potentially contrary to western principles
regarding free speech and censorship.
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Premium
Software
They say you can’t reinvent the wheel, but what about email, calendars, and
other long-established digital tools?
Dozens of companies have “reinvented” online calendars and address

books. Superhuman/Hey have built big followings making email
significantly more efficient by reducing clutter, adding smart filters,
keyboard shortcuts, and more. Pitch recently launched to disrupt Google
Slides & Keynote.
As billions of people spend more time online, and become more digitally
proficient + professionally reliant, expect to see premium software emerge
for additional categories beyond the obvious ones like email & calendars.
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Privacy
Protection
Whether for general privacy protection or to avoid government intrusion,

researchers are always looking for new ways to block cameras and
microphones.
A Google engineer has developed a program that uses machine learning to

make people’s images disappear from webcam footage. Researchers at
Northwestern University have designed a shirt with pixelated patterns that
prevent A.I. facial recognition programs from mapping your face and
distinguishing facial features. And, if you’re worried about Amazon’s Alexa
spying on you, you can purchase a microphone damping Alexa-fitted
condom or “Alexagate,” which jams Alexa’s mic with ultrasonic sound.
Little doubt that such “Spy vs. Spy” technology will continue to proliferate.
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Responsive Art
Art of all kinds is becoming more responsive and interactive thanks to the
Internet.
Marina Abramovi!ć and Olafur Eliasson both showed VR experiences at the

Venice Biennale in 2019. Bjork collaborated with Microsoft to develop
A.I.-generated musical arrangements with endless variations that change
according to weather patterns and the position of the sun. OpenStreetMap
Haiku, is a GPS-powered tool that crafts haiku for you based on your
location.
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Robot Feelings
The science fiction concept of synthetic humans may not be far from
reality, as engineers increase the ability of robots to feel pain and other
sensations.
German researchers have created artificial skin for robots that contains
13,000 sensors that can detect temperature, acceleration, proximity, and
pressure. Japanese scientists recently invented an artificial pain system
with a goal of making a robot understand touch and pain in others to see if
empathy and morality can emerge.
Robots with lifelike human skin who can sense things like touch, heat, cold,
and pain may soon become commonplace, but technology today suggests
that they will only be able to mimic human emotion.
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Robot
Precision
Advances in robotic precision are giving robots capabilities once thought

impossible, like picking up a potato chip without breaking it, which MIT
researchers achieved by building a robotic gripper with tactile sensing and
proprioception sensors.
Swiss researchers developed a device that uses ultrasound

wave-generated acoustic levitation to carry small, fragile objects without
having to touch them at all. And Stanford University researchers have
developed optical tweezers that use laser-focused light to manipulate
microscopic objects as small as an atom.
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Self-Sterilize
The COVID-19 pandemic boosted the world’s attention on the importance

of “sterilization,” which in turn led many health-tech innovators to seek out
new ways of easily sterilizing people and things.
Italian lighting company Artemide recently patented a technology that

turns standard room lighting into sanitizing light when rooms are vacant.
Fitted to light fixtures, the technology makes indoor lighting emit normal
light when rooms are occupied, but shifts the light spectrum to virus-killing
ultraviolet light rays when rooms are vacated. A crowd-funded tech
company managed to quickly receive FDA approval for a transparent
N-99-quality filter mask that also self-sterilizes itself with a small UV-C
light encased within the filter housing.
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but this shows that a health
crisis can be a fertility booster for such mothers.
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Shopping for
Algorithms
Algorithm development is a big enough business that algorithm

marketplaces—in which developers showcase, share, and sell their
work—emerged in the 2010s. While initial algorithm marketplaces tended to
be generalized in scope, the business is fast becoming specialized, with
distinct marketplaces offering algorithms for specific industries and
applications, similar to the concept of their “ought to be an app for that.”
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Shopstreaming
Popular in Asia for two years now, shopstreaming melds eCommerce with
live streaming in an effort to humanize the online shopping experience.
Shopstreaming involves real-time video showcasing of merchandise, often
with an influencer serving as the sales-person.
Major online retailers are increasingly featuring shopstreaming sessions on

social media, while social media companies are making it easier for smaller
e-tailers to host their own shopstreaming sessions. Not only do consumers
enjoy the more personal nature of shopstreaming, but chat functions allow
for real-time interaction with salespeople to answer questions or learn
more about the product(s) featured in a shopstream.
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Silicone
Finale
Whether due to the COVID-19 pandemic, high taxes, expensive real estate,
rising crime rates, declining quality of life, or all of the above, San Francisco
and Silicon Valley are losing their luster.
A recent anonymous survey determined that two-thirds of tech workers

would consider leaving the Bay Area if they were given the option to work
remotely. And, in a campaign to promote remote work, a Silicon Valley
startup company is offering qualified applicants $10,000 to leave the Bay
Area and work remotely.
It remains unclear what San Francisco and Silicon Valley will look like in 10
years, but government initiatives will undoubtedly be required to stave off
further declines in quality of life—and a population exodus.
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Skin 2.0
Researchers have developed a handheld device that “prints” sheets of

artificial skin directly onto burn wounds, with the treatment being explored
as an effective alternative for skin grafts and other burn treatments.
Meanwhile, U.S. and Hong Kong researchers have developed a soft artificial
skin made from silicone that allows the wearer to feel objects in virtual
reality. This sense of touch adds to virtual reality’s potential by allowing
video gamers to feel strikes or help people with prosthetic arms better
sense the shape of objects they are holding.
This melding of synthetic materials with sensing technology will

significantly expand restorative capabilities in medicine and bring us closer
to creating “replicant”-like robots.
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Smarthomeboat
The concept of the houseboat is getting a makeover, as engineers are

using tech to develop energy efficient, sustainable floating houses.
With an eye on global warming-influenced sea-level rise, a Dutch company

is building a solar-powered office on the water that will also use harbor
water as a heat sink for efficient heating and cooling. An Australian
company is building eco-friendly luxury houseboat villas for the BnB
market that are completely solar powered.
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Spatial
Software
As we patiently wait for AR+VR to to reimagine how we interface with
computers, their more contemporary cousin, spatial software, is emerging
on our flat screens.
Spatial software leverages our brains understanding of physical space to

create interfaces more akin to the real world.
Figma is a design tool empowering free movement and manipulation

across a canvas that expands infinitely. MakeSpace imagines a similar
world with the addition of resizable & responsive video chat icons that
understand their proximity to other people.
With COVID continuing to prevent us from gathering physically, expect to

see a huge upswing in software that enables us to engage more like we
would in the real world.
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Splinternet
The idea of a single world wide web with a free flow of information is
disintegrating rapidly, with governmental interference and paid
subscription models leading to the establishment of a splintered Internet in
which access to reliable information is more a luxury than a right.
China’s aggressive Internet monitoring and firewalling represents the

biggest example, but other authoritarian governments are also repressing
Internet access.
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Spontaneous
Social
With normal social interactions severely limited by the ongoing COVID-19

global pandemic, developers are coming up with new ideas for spurring
digital interactions, including some that try to simulate the spontaneity
that’s lacking in most digital connections.
Clubhouse allows users to spontaneously jump into voice chat rooms that
spark their interest, whether because they see people they follow in the
room, or because they like the room's “energy.” Online Town provides a
similar experience with video calling. NextPage is a social extension that
allows users to accidentally meet and interact with friends and colleagues
when on the same website, with “wave at” and page reaction functions.
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Supercamera
Tech reinvented photography some 30 years ago with the introduction of

digital cameras, but today’s tech makes those early digital cameras seem
like the film camera version of the Kodak Brownie.
Caltech recently invented a digital camera that can shoot at a rate of

70-trillion frames per second—a speed fast enough to allow the camera to
capture light waves in movement.
The world’s largest digital camera, which records at 3,200 megapixels is

currently being installed in the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile. With
resolution capable of capturing a golf ball in detail from 15 miles away, the
camera will be used to capture previously unrecorded details about the
billions of stars and galaxies in our universe.
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Synthetic Sex
Sex sells, as everyone knows, so it should come as no surprise that tech is

being used to sell more of it.
A sex toy innovater used A.I. to analyze more than 100 hours of oral sex
videos to create settings for a new automatic BJ machine that provides
users with so many BJ techniquest that they’ll never have to receive the
same BJ twice. Numerous companies are creating A.I.-powered sex doll
robots that learn the users’ behaviors, react to the users’ touch, and strive
to interact intimately with their human partners.
Given recent advancements in robotics, it might not be too long before

your sex doll companion might be able to cook you up a snack after your
intimacy session.
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Tech Museum
Forty years ago digital tech was equated more with the word “nerd” than
the word “hip,” but that’s long since changed and some digital tech items
from those early days are now collector’s items and sometimes found in
museums.
A sealed copy of Nintendo’s 1985 Super Mario Bros. game sold earlier this
year for $114,000, making it the most expensive game ever sold to date. And
a 1988 Macintosh floppy disk signed by Apple founder Steve Jobs sold for
$84,000.
Given the fast pace of technology, you’ve got to wonder how long it might
take for the first Zoom app version to reach collector’s item status.
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Technofashion
Who’s to say that fashion can’t take function far beyond traditional body
covering and protection from the elements functions of clothing. At least
that’s what some innovative fashion designers seem to be asking.
Cirque du Soleil teamed up with fashion designer Anouk Wipprecht to

invent futuristic costumes that can create customized cocktails and
fragrances based on sensors that analyze the customer’s stress levels and
other factors. Wipprecht, it should be noted, also invented a “Spider Dress”
with sensors and moveable arms that protect the wearer’s space.
Actor Billy Porter went to the Grammy’s wearing a motorized hat that
opens and closes a peek-a-boo crystal curtain based on whether the actor
wanted to interact with persons approaching him.
Expect to see more tech inroads into fashion in the years to come.
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TikTok
Takeover
TikTok is the fastest growing social media platform ever, and, with more
than 800 million active users, is the most downloaded app of 2020. The app
now spawns a new Internet challenge every week that goes viral beyond
the TikTok platform.
Spurred in part by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns, the

“Walk in Naked” challenge involved videos of ladies interrupting their video
gaming by walking in nude. The Kissing your Best Friend” challenge
encouraged TikTokers to video their attempts at kissing their best friends to
see if this would indicate that there was more than just friendship in play.
And the “Wipe it Down” challenge involved videos of TikTokers wiping down
a mirror or other surface and appearing to enter an alternate reality by
wearing different clothes on the fourth wipe.
The viral nature of many these challenges, combined with TikTok’s rapid
growth, ensures that such challenges will continue to proliferate.
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Time-Locked
Experiences
The Internet is a rapidly expanding universe of infinite possibility. It’s

accessible 24/7 to see, do, buy, surf, anything and everything you can
imagine. Sometimes, it can all be a bit too much. So some savvy developers
and content producers are starting to experiment with scarcity.
Flutter is a dating app only available select nights of the week, with
expiration deadlines on all messaging and match finding/selection. Steven
Spielberg has written an online horror series that will only be available after
dark. COVID has amplified an already thriving digital-live-events
movement.
With all of us spending an increasing amount of time on the Internet,

expect to see more time sensitive experiences emerge.
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Zoom Beauty
Different occasions call for different clothes. And Zoom calls are no
exception.
With COVID’s accelerant of digital meetings, you can now find 100s of
stories from fashion mavens online who guide the public on “how to look
good on Zoom”.
Madewell recently released a line of accessories that are specifically

designed to look good on video. With athleisure already being the
dominant trend of the 2010s, 2020s remote work boom will spur a new
wave of companies selling professional pajamas, high quality at home
video conferencing set-ups, and more.
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Zoom Play
With so many workers using Zoom and other video conferencing platforms
to keep connected during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s only natural that
people would come up with ways to make Zoom meetings more fun.
A California animal shelter created Goat 2 Meeting as a fundraiser, in which

people can hire a farm animal to join in on a video conference call.
Meanwhile, Zoom users figured out that some simple games—such as
Space Invaders—could be adapted for use on Zoom and other
video-conferencing platforms via the screen sharing function.
Given the explosive expansion of video conferencing as an everyday tool,

expect such Zoom hijinks to continue to proliferate and become ever more
sophisticated.
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Zoom -> Room
With COVID-19-related social distancing and remote work turning Zoom

into a video conferencing powerhouse, entrepreneurs quickly jumped in to
reinvent the concept.
Trember video rooms provide users with a canvas background on which

they can draw, post pics, gifs, videos, and change backgrounds and share
multiple screens. Makespace is a video conferencing platform that
provides like-minded creative freelance workers a spatial interface that
serves as a digital blank canvas upon which they can introduce any number
of media elements in order to make the workspace uniquely their own.
Virtual workspaces that can be tailored specifically for the work at hand
will soon surpass real world spaces as more efficient, collaborative, etc.
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Zoom Towns
Thanks to technology, the ability to remotely work has been around for a
while, but the global coronavirus pandemic has made remote working so
commonplace that many people are no longer making house-buying
choices based on office location.
Housing markets remote from urban settings are booming, with realtors
calling such places “Zoom towns” based on the number of former city
dwellers moving into such places with plans to remotely work.
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Spline is a new 3D design tool that allows website developers to easily

The proliferation of 3D creation tools for the masses is helping transform

3D printing capabilities continue to evolve with researchers constantly

Scanning photographs can be time consuming, especially if you’re looking

With that in mind, a geospatial data firm in New Mexico developed an

Advances in artificial intelligence suggest that computers will soon be able

With a nod to that in the music industry, two musicians developed an

The use of A.I. in warfare is a given, as countries have already developed

The ability to create artificial intelligence has come to the masses, as

While the A.I. only works for identification purposes—teaching how to

Algorithmic scoring in the west is primarily used by companies for credit

Meanwhile, the technology is fast outpacing efforts to develop standards,

In a bid to reduce greenhouse gases, a Swiss firm has developed a natural

No word yet on whether the calmer cows produce less methane.

While it can’t replace the nutrition we receive from foods, a Japanese

Microsoft is also generating artificial tastes by using A.I. to help a distillery

A $70 million science fiction movie production is starring—appropriately

Researchers today seem to be closing in on new battery technologies that

Not only will battery improvements enhance consumer electronics and

The growing use of digital currencies may be proving disruptive to

The $3 trillion healthcare industry is getting a makeover, as the largest

For example, Microsoft and China’s Tencent captured almost 75 percent of

This is most notable in Netflix’s “Black Mirror” episode “Bandersnatch,”

Expect to see more of this in the evolution of virtual reality entertainment

Young folks like to party, so when social distancing requirements and

Influenced in large part by the social isolation caused by the COVID-19

Netflix has created a third-party extension that lets people in different

There are already co-ownership communities for almost every vertical. As

Genome editing capabilities have significantly expanded since the

Such seems to be the case with the ever-expanding use of CRISPR, as

Melding virtual world applications to the real world is gaining traction as

For example, developers created a PC VR app called Spaces that allows

Digital currencies may prove disruptive to a global monetary system long

According to the WEF, centralized digital currencies could improve

Crypto meets culture collectibles with crypto culture platforms that

Foundation is connecting crypto to up and coming artworks to boost

Meanwhile, Nike’s CryptoKicks use blockchain to attach cryptographically

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted so many planned events and

Japanese students held a virtual ceremony on Zoom, with students able to

For example, Be My Eyes is a free app that connects vision-compromised

Consumer concerns about the addictive nature of gaming, social media,

Currently only available in the country of Estonia, E-residency simplifies

An Estonian E-resident can access services relating to the country’s

The Global COVID-19 pandemic, and its influence in promoting remote

A church in Dusseldorf, Germany teamed up with a drive-in movie theatre

With DNA recognized as the densest known storage medium in the

At this juncture, the chemical processing costs to manufacture DNA

With today’s technology it’s become far easier to participate in events

Mastercard “Impossible Mascots” campaign enabled hospitalized children

With remote work becoming more likely to maintain its trajectory

Whether to egocast, personalize their digital personas, or to equip