August 23, 2016
- What is better, being a big fish in a small pond or a small fish in a big pond?
Hint:
Answer: as long as it’s traceable, it doesn’t really matter. More and more, fish industry suppliers, wholesalers and distributors are concerned with fish transparency: when was it caught, where was it caught and who caught it? At this time, available fish-tracker software technology is limited to fish caught in American waters. However, this fall, international fishing practices will be monitored via a group, which includes Google, called Global Fishing Watch. Fish subject to such rigorous monitoring is available for online purchase and delivery to certain zip codes at AmazonFresh. Read more here.
2. Everyone knows Phoenix is hot but what sector is heating up most?
Hint:
Answer: when it comes to tech start-ups, Phoenix is the place to be these days. According to one Forbes report, tech employment in Phoenix has grown “78 percent since 2000, while software employment has grown 28.8 percent since 2010. Phoenix’s tech location index is, remarkably, now higher than that of Los Angeles.” ASU, home to LSI, a university which is ranked #1 in the nation for innovation in 2016 (ahead of Stanford and MIT) is included in the boom. Go Devils! — read the details here.
3. Dust is in the house, in the air, and in Kansas, in the wind — where else can we now find it?
Hint:
Answer: University of California Berkeley scientists have produced injectable “neural dust” sensors to oversee the function of organs, muscles and nerves in real time. The goal is to one day use the smart dust technology for brain-machine interfaces to control prosthetics and other technologies. This, of course, leads one to contemplate all sorts of liability scenarios — one can foresee having to ask whether it was human will or faulty technology resulting in a crime. At this time, the dust must be injected into the human body to function but as is pointed out, perhaps one day, it will be available in a capsule. Read the story here.