Last Sunday, Amazon won a free advertising campaign worldwide that until now seemed within reach of Apple. To do so, his owner, Jeff Bezos, was enough to say that the company will make distributions in half an hour, with drones.
Worldwide ran the news and video. But the truth is that the idea does not make much sense not feasible or profitable course for different reasons, as explained Rodrigo Valdivieso.
But although the idea is bizarre opens an interesting debate about technology and innovation. In reality, drones, drones, are anything but new. His idea goes back at least a century, and carrying a few years now. But fever is undeniable.
Traditionally, science-fiction has overtaken reality in anticipation of future inventions. From Verne to Philip K. Dick. Sometimes reality is so amazing, it seems impossible. Charlie Jane believes, however, that there are a number of technologies and devices such as the drones themselves, metamaterials that “make you invisible” or generic therapies to writers and writers have not done them enough case.
good thing is that access to technology is democratizing, which, according to J. J. Abrams, facilitates and promotes creativity.
src=”http://estaticos01.elmundo.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2013/12/06/13863615212959_189x0.jpg”
And with this, anyone can have a drone at home. Shai Goitein, an Israeli engineer, has created an engine to insert into paper airplanes!, Which can be controlled from a smartphone.
Francis Fukuyama, the famous political scientist who coined it in The End of History is right, build them is not only easy, but we should all have as a surveillance plane home.
inventions of this type are curious, funny, fascinating. But .. To what extent are really changing anything? Tyler Cowen is the ‘father’ of the Great Stagnation theory . The idea that makes a lot of noise by little.
Bill Gates, in a recent essay in Wired explains how you think we can improve the world and what kind of innovation invest to try to replicate itself advances that were crucial as polio vaccine or fertilizer due to which survives today 40% of the world population.
He
is clear: internet will not save the world, but you could help eradicate some diseases
.
Smithsonian is aware of the importance of innovation and thinking without fear, without limits. So the American Ingenuity Awards Awarded a prize in nine categories to recognize achievements “that are having a revolutionary effect on the way we perceive the world and how we live.” Because to change the world we must conceive the inconceivable and dare the impossible. See what others do not see.
patents play an important role as well. Curve Tabarrok , which in a way reminiscent of Laffer, shows the limiting effect for the progress of property rights after a certain point.
Greg Satell believes that the future of innovation goes through simulation, and explained it this summer in a stimulating post.
ideas there. We’ll have to see if they work and what their limits. Because he created is good, but a conservative spirit, as Sarah F, Brosnan says is key to survival.
No comments:
Post a Comment