Etude l Etude prospective sur la mise en oeuvre de l'économie de fonctionnalité

 Download the report here : http://www.institut-economie-circulaire.fr/attachment/656998/

This is the crazy way Microsoft thinks we’ll watch sports in the future.

Watch the video here :

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What iPhone-Based Health Care Could Look Like In 10 Years

Chronicle, a new concept from the design consultancy Artefact, is like a doctor in your pocket.

Mark Wilson 03.09.16

 Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, arthritis—chronic conditions such as these account for 84% of health care spending. Yet many are preventable. An estimated 40% of all premature deaths can be attributed to lifestyle, such as smoking and inactivity. How can the health care system shift focus (and dollars) from acute to preventative care?

The Seattle-based design firm Artefact has created a compelling new concept called Chronicle. It would be the first app to monitor someone’s health across various chronic diseases, as it compares to others with similar conditions, in real time.
"It’s about all this time you’re not actually focused on your condition, sitting in your home doing research about it," says Matthew Jordan, insights and strategy director at Artefact. "Real life is where the biggest risks are, which is why we wanted to think of something like Chronicle."

A New Series Entices Audiences with Its Persona Synthetics Branding

Published: Jul 8, 2015

Humans is an upcoming ABC television series that used fake advertisements for an artificial intelligence brand called Persona Synthetics in order to create buzz with audiences. First rolling out a series of YouTube ads that advertised the lifelike qualities and capabilities of the robots, the ABC-produced series is a science fiction drama about the industrial robots and their everyday uses.

Depicted doing everything from cleaning up around the house to looking after children, the Persona Synthetics commercials are unsettling in a way that can't be explained. By setting up the series with an eerie take on a potential soon reality that is so unsettling, ABC and Humans are able to ensnare audiences with that first emotional connection.

The use of the fake branding for Persona Synthetics is an example of emotional marketing, as ABC's clever rollout speaks directly to the heart of consumers and namely, their fear of a future defined by AI robots.

10 CEOs Make Predictions For The Future Of Business In 2016

From more transparency to more streaming video and honesty in marketing, 10 leaders tell us what they think the next year has in store. 

By Stephanie Vozza



2016 is already being called the a "year of change." So what changes are on the horizon? We got some insights from 10 leaders and here’s what they predict for 2016.

Le Grand entretien - Hubert Reeves : "Nous ne savons pas à quoi ressemblera cette planète dans 50 ans !"

Des étoiles à la Terre… Voici notre Grand entretien avec Hubert Reeves l’astrophysicien préféré des Français qui nous raconte notre passé et nous alerte sur notre futur à trois mois de la COP21.

Après avoir passé toute sa vie à observer le Cosmos, Hubert Reeves milite aujourd’hui pour l’écologie et la biodiversité. Il est l'actif président d'honneur de l'association "Humanité et Biodiversité" qu'il a présidée de 2001 à 2015. Selon lui, si on ne fait rien, si on laisse aller, si on continue à dilapider et à détériorer la nature, l’humanité tout entière pourrait disparaitre...

On a demandé à un futurologue de nous décrire les jobs du futur

Par Isabelle Hellyer - décembre 14, 2015 

 

Lorsque j'ai passé un coup de fil au futurologue Ross Dawson – un scientifique australien qui, pour faire simple, prédit le futur pour gagner sa vie – afin de lui demander ce que le siècle à venir nous réservait en termes d'emplois, je ne m'attendais pas du tout à ceci : apprendre que les robots-journalistes s'apprêtaient à me piquer mon job. Puis ça, aussi : que des implants de cerveaux cyborgs pourraient être disponibles sur le marché d'ici à dix ans. Mais c'est ce qu'il m'a certifié. Et comme n'importe quel être humain, j'ai paniqué.

Heureusement pour nous, Ross m'a assuré que les choses n'allaient pas prendre une tournure dystopique radicale à la Blade Runner. Pour reprendre ses termes, il m'a certifié que « tant que je saurai bien faire mon job », je n'aurai aucun souci à me faire. En bon gars qu'il est, il m'a également suggéré nombre de carrières alternatives dont aucune n'existe encore. Peut-être que dans dix ans, je pourrai vivre un rêve dont je n'ai pas la moindre idée aujourd'hui.

Le futur de l'emploi, aux yeux de Ross, est prometteur, excitant, quoique truffé de robots – plutôt de type Tamagotchi que Terminator, si vous saisissez la nuance. Voilà à peu près de quoi nous avons discuté.

Comment le futur de l'intelligence artificielle pourrait révolutionner le monde d'ici 25 ans

Publication: 13/09/2015


 

FUTUR - Imaginez la scène: une poignée de scientifiques de renom, réunis dans les locaux de Google, discutant tranquillement de la fin possible de l'histoire humaine d'ici moins d'un siècle. Si ce décor vous semble tout droit sorti d'un roman d'anticipation un rien complotiste, vous allez être surpris.

Car cette rencontre a bien eu lieu, cet été lors de la SciFoo, une série de conférences annuelles données à Mountain View. Cette année, au sein d'une des salles colorées du géant du web, Nick Bostrom, Gary Marcus, Jaan Tallin, Max Tegmark, Murray Shanahan et Meia Chita-Tegmark (qui a rapporté la teneur de cette réunion chez nos confrères américains) discutent à bâtons rompus. De leur domaine de spécialité, dont ils sont des grands noms bien sûr: l'intelligence artificielle (IA).
De son futur plus exactement. Et par là même, de la fin possible de l'humanité. Une hypothèse qui n'est pas si loufoque et découle surtout d'une analyse scientifique et logique de la situation actuelle. Selon de nombreux chercheurs, nous sommes juste au bord d'un changement majeur dans l'histoire de l'humanité.

World’s largest 3D-printed structure symbolizes the future of architecture

 

The world’s largest 3D-printed architecture pavilion has taken over part of Beijing. Laboratory for Creative Design (LCD) designed and built Vulcan, a white latticed structure that was just awarded the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest 3D-printed structure. Recently unveiled at Beijing Design Week 2015, the massive Vulcan symbolizes the exciting departure from traditional building methods towards a new and revolutionary kind of architecture.



Displayed at Beijing’s Parkview Green, the white, undulating Vulcan was named after the Latin term for volcano and the God of Fire in Roman Mythology. The provocative name references both the unpredictable and sublime power of nature, as well as man’s fragility. The 3D-printed structure’s shape seems to echo this sentiment: the 120-degree symmetrical arched form brings to mind the mushroom-shaped cloud that results from a large volcanic explosion. The massive pavilion is made up of 1,023 individual 3D-printed units and measures 8.08 meters in length and 2.88 meters in height.
Related: The world’s largest Delta 3D printer can print nearly zero-cost housing out of mud
Although the white latticed modular system has a shape suggestive of an explosion, the construction was actually inspired by silkworm cocoons. LCD architects Yu Lei and Xu Feng based their design off of long-term research on the simulation of silk and cocoon production. “VULCAN represents a new reality – that modern architects are able to achieve their ideal design quality from concept to construction using digital design and fabrication methodologies,” said Yu Lei. “This development will increasingly blur the boundaries between technology and art.”
+ Beijing Design Week

How Will We Make and Play the Video Games of Tomorrow?

Predictions for 16 trends that will change the business of video games over the next five years

Hundreds of game developers, publishers and analysts recently descended on Brighton for the annual Develop conference. There were controversial keynotes, there were talks about how to make money in a rapidly fragmenting marketplace, but there were also some interesting forward-looking sessions, concerned with where the games industry as a whole is heading – not so much in terms of game design (that’s the domain of events like the Game Developers Conference and SXSW), more in the way the sector will operate as a business. Some of it is pretty weird.
Here, then, are the major trends that we picked up on, all of which could completely change the way games are made – and played – in the near future.

Should Amazon Add This Rolling Delivery Drone to Its Courier Squad?

Drone delivery has been discussed, promised and tested frequently over the past three years, with most of the focus on quadcopter and similar flying drone methods. Challenges to that model include some dangers of unregulated air traffic and a restrictive weight limit for feasible flying. Transwheel, a design concept by industrial engineer Kobi Shikar, could solve both of those problems with a reconceptualization of the best drone model for the job.
Shikar’s idea replaces the flying drone with a self-stabilizing, self-driving unicycle. The chassis rests below the payload, carrying the package on its head like an old-world porter as it bears the delivery along roads and sidewalks to its destination. Long or heavy packages could be carried by multiple, linked drones operating in concert.
A Transwheel unit would use both GPS navigation and a suite of sensors to safely get a package to its destination. A camera unit would both detect nearby obstacles while in motion and interface with a facial recognition unit to identify the recipient of their delivery. Shikar asserts that the optics are sensitive enough to recognize whether a street light is red or green, though still expresses concerns about dealing with unexpected movements from cars or pedestrians. A related problem stems from Transwheel’s low profile and small size: it would be even more difficult to spot than a bicycle or motorcycle.

Though this is a slightly different take on the idea, Transwheel is not without precedent. Amazon’s delivery drones and Google’s driverless car are clearly the conceptual parents of the robotic drone — a fact which could streamline the delivery robot’s development since both programs have done much of the heavy lifting.

Shikar’s website details models of the Transwheel working together to carry boxes above their heads or manning a full lane for a delivery. The concept remains at the design and idea stage. He has made no announcements about if and when he will move into the prototyping or development stages, but a consumer can wish.
Transwheel

Floating Blue 21 ecosystem offers a sustainable alternative to consumptive societies

 

Although we’ve seen a number of cool floating city designs over the years, Blue 21 stands out among its buoyant counterparts for offering a truly viable solution to the world’s ever-increasing environmental ills. The forward-thinking designers behind this floating eco-homes project, Delta Sync, claim Blue 21 will have a positive impact on the planet by creating productive, rather than consumptive communities. Learn more about their Blue Revolution after the jump.

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Le hoverboard de Lexus enfin en action dans un skatepark

Après des semaines de teasing et autant d’interrogations, le constructeur automobile Lexus a enfin publié une vidéo de son hoverboard en action. Surréaliste.

Commercial Spaceport Approved for Houston

Another step closer to space tourism.

 

Expansion of the space tourism industry is inevitable. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has officially announced Houston as the location for the U.S.’s new commercial spaceport. The spaceport will be built on the property of Houston’s public and military transportation hub Ellington Airport, and will house “horizontally-launched” space vehicles as well as a space vehicle assembly. The project has been approved after a long two-year wait and will without a doubt bring in tourists from all over the world with high hopes of traveling to outer space destinations.

Mesmerizing video shows awesome patterns made using magnets and sand

Google’s Plan to Eliminate Human Driving in 5 Years

Google’s adorable self-driving car prototype hits the road this summer, the tech giant announced last week. Real roads, in the real world. The car has no steering wheel or pedals, so it’s up to the computer to do all the driving.
As cool as this sounds, it isn’t a huge technological step forward. The goofy little cars use the same software controlling the Lexus and Toyota vehicles that have logged hundreds of thousands of autonomous miles, and Google’s spent the past year testing its prototypes on test tracks. And, in keeping with California law, there will be a human aboard, ready to take over (with a removable steering wheel, accelerator pedal, and brake pedal) if the something goes haywire.
What’s important here is Google’s commitment to its all-or-nothing approach, which contrasts with the steady-as-she-goes approach favored by automakers like Mercedes, Audi and Nissan.
Autonomous vehicles are coming. Make no mistake. But conventional automakers are rolling out features piecemeal, over the course of many years. Cars already have active safety features like automatic braking and lane departure warnings. In the next few years, expect cars to handle themselves on the highway, with more complicated urban driving to follow.
“We call it a revolution by evolution. We will take it step by step, and add more functionality, add more usefulness to the system,” says Thomas Ruchatz, Audi’s head of driver assistance systems and integrated safety. Full autonomy is “not going to happen just like that,” where from one day to the next “we can travel from our doorstep to our work and we don’t have a steering wheel in the car.”
Google thinks that’s exactly what’s going to happen. It isn’t messing around with anything less than a completely autonomous vehicle, one that reduces “driving” to little more than getting in, entering a destination, and enjoying the ride. This tech will just appear one day (though when that day will be remains to be seen), like Venus rolling in on a scallop shell, fully formed and beautiful.

In Five Years, Your Car Will Prevent You From Driving Drunk

Automatically saving lives

By Jason Cipriani 

Drunk driving kills 28 people a day, according to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report in 2013.
Attempts to curtail deaths caused by drunk driving, from organizations like Mother’s Against Drunk Driving, have long tried to educate the public on the topic. Yet people continue to get behind the wheel after drinking. A new technology, recently demonstrated by the Department of Transportation (DOT), might be able to prevent that.
Using special touch pads, either located in the push-to-start button or in the steering wheel, the vehicle can measure whether or not the driver has been drinking. If it’s determined the driver is over the legal limit with blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 percent or higher, the vehicle will not start.

In New York City and Chicago, the smart city is here — and it's keeping track of everything

Two major projects have kicked off in New York City and Chicago, part of a broader global trend toward using high technology — the latest in sensors and infinitesimal tracking and measuring devices — to create "smart cities."
The projected savings of these global initiatives: $20 billion by 2020.

Last spring, NYU's Center for Urban Science and Progress partnered with New York City's Hudson Yards neighborhood — in the far west 30s of Manhattan — to build the nation's first "quantified community." The 17 million square feet of commercial and residential land, currently in Phase 1 development, will track data on air quality, pedestrian traffic, energy production and consumption, and the health and activity levels of workers and residents. There will be a school, hotel and 14 acres of public space along with an on-site power plant and central waste-management system. Phase 2 will begin next year, with the community completed by the mid-2020s.

Google's cofounder wrote an essay about how the world has changed since the company started (GOOG)

Google is known for its ambitious projects, and cofounder Sergey Brin highlights exactly where the company is going in an addition he wrote to the company's proxy statement.

The statement doesn't reveal anything new — but it shows how Google sees the technology industry evolving.