VIDEO SATURDAY - Blockchain, Hydrophobic Surfaces, Accelerated Tech, Demographics and VUCA

We are pleased to present 12 minutes of viewing curated by InfoStream for your edification:

CIO - Don Tapscott explains why blockchains will rewrite business models and revolutionize industries. (3'11")

GE has invented nanostructured coatings and surfaces that are hydrophobic and delay the accumulation of ice or water on a particular surface. (2'16")

IBM - In 2015, Al Opher, Global Leader & Partner, Digital Operations, looked at the unprecedented number of technologies that are all hitting at once: virtual and augmented reality, embeddables, 3D printing, robotics, and cognitive. (1'33")

Stats Canada - National demographics can often mask major regional differences. (2'51")

Deloitte - We live and operate in a constant state of turbulence. Military planners call it VUCA. Disruptors are intensifying, requiring a decisive focus on Human Capital. (2'33")

VIDEO SATURDAY - Powerwall, Roofing Tiles, CFO Assets and Drones

We are pleased to present 25 minutes of viewing curated by InfoStream for your edification:

TESLA Powerwall 2 is a battery for homes and small businesses that stores the sun’s energy and delivers clean, reliable electricity when the sun isn’t shining. Combine Powerwall, solar and an electric vehicle to create a zero emission lifestyle. The sun provides more than enough energy in just one hour to supply our planet’s energy needs for an entire year. (19'03")

Bill Fuessler and Tom Fisher, IBM: Role of Data as a Strategic CFO Asset (2'33")

Research Engineer Dustin Sharber is Enhancing How We Use Drones - GE (2'47")

Video Saturday - Gates on Pessimism, Moon Power and a Digital Twin

We are pleased to present 30 minutes of viewing curated by InfoStream for your edification:

How Much Does the World Suck? A Quiz with Bill Gates | Ingrid Nilsen, Published Feb 19, 2018 (12'27"):
Is the world as bad as we think it is? How is it possible to be an optimist when there's so much suffering happening around us? We live in a time when we are constantly inundated with a negative stream of news, and while I definitely don't have all the answers or solutions, I hope this video helps you see the side that's often left untouched by our news cycle: the good.

GE - Moon Power in Scotland, Published May 1, 2014 (2'06"):
For centuries, the tides have fed the needs of these Scottish islands. Today, they're providing something new - power.

GE - Minds + Machines: Meet A Digital Twin, Published Nov 18, 2016 (14'18"):

Colin J. Parris, Ph.D., VP of Software Research, GE Global Research Center, offers a fascinating look at Digital Twin technology. See how this convergence of the mind of humans talking to the mind of machines is profoundly changing everything we know. A living model driving business outcomes, Digital Twin brings see-think-do capabilities to industry, informing and executing at the edge.

VIDEO SATURDAY - A Dream, Olympic Drones, Cognitive Computing, Free Riding, Net Neutrality

We are pleased to present 24 minutes of viewing curated by InfoStream for your edification:

INTEL - Walking the Dream, Published on Feb 9, 2018 (3'15")

Experience the moment Intel brought virtual reality to an Olympian’s hometown and brought an entire village together in celebration.

To experience this in VR, ready your system by going to Intel.com/Olympics/TrueVR #PyeongChang2018 #Olympics #ExperienceTheMoment

INTEL - The Tech Behind a Record-breaking Drone Show at PyeongChang 2018, Published on Feb 9, 2018 (1'15")

Watch a world record being broken in the harshest winter conditions. See how our engineers designed, created, and programmed more than 1,200 drones to soar above PyeongChang for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games.  Learn more about drones at The Olympic Games at intel.com/Olympics/drones.

IBM, Published on Feb 22, 2016 (1'30")

Glenn Finch on how cognitive computing picks up where the human mind leaves off, allowing executives to organise and understand information from a wide range of sources that individuals could never process on their own. 

Today’s leaders are now inundated with so much data and information that it’s difficult to detect meaningful knowledge and insight. 

While the potential applications for cognitive are vast, IBM recommends that corporations think about cognitive as a journey during which teams learn how cognitive works, discover its uses and applications and then scale its impact across disciplines and geographies.

Free Riding NZ- Published on Feb 10, 2018 (15'30")

One of our favorite Horse Women in the World, Alycia Burton, is asked for videos of horse schooling... so here is the latest! Alicia had been away for a month teaching so is just getting back into jump training. Here she is working on being accurate, light and reactive.

BURGER KING - Explains Network Neutrality using a Whopper, Published on Jan 24, 2018 (2'50")

The repeal of Net Neutrality is a hot topic in America, but it can be very difficult to understand. That’s why the BURGER KING® brand created WHOPPER® Neutrality, a social experiment that explains the effects of the repeal of Net Neutrality by putting it in terms anyone can understand: A WHOPPER® sandwich.

This effort aims to help people understand how the repeal of Net Neutrality will impact their lives. The BURGER KING® brand believes the Internet should be like the WHOPPER® sandwich: the same for everyone. Help keep Net Neutrality safe by signing the petition at Change.org/SavetheNet

"Actual Guests. Fake pricing for illustration purposes only. TM & © 2018 Burger King Corporation.  All rights reserved."

VIDEO SATURDAY - Nanostructures, Seismic Shifts, Football and Carbon Farming

We are pleased to present 14 minutes of viewing curated by InfoStream for your edification:

GE - Has developed nanostructured coatings and surfaces that delay the accumulation of ice or water on a particular surface. While ice or water will still stick to surfaces coated with the nanostructure surface, it only takes a very small amount of force to remove the accumulation. (2014 January, 2'16")

IBM - AMRO COO Johan van Hall is seeing a seismic digital shift in his industry. He covers a range of Global C-suite Study insights and discusses moving to agile, cognitive banking uses, startups & looks to the future. (2016 March, 2'38")

INTEL - As an Official Technology Provider for the NFL, Intel is bringing the game to viewers in exciting new ways for the 2017 season with Intel® freeD™ technology. We documented what it takes to bring this incredible technology to life and the impact it can have on the future of the NFL. (2017 December, 2'58")

Hundreds of farmers worldwide have switched to Exhaust Emissions Agriculture (carbon farming), eliminating the need for fertiliser and reducing overheads by 40%, using Bio-Agtive Emissions Technology.

(2015, October, 6'37")

VIDEO SATURDAY - Design Disruption, Collaboration, Looking Back, SMOOCH, Boundaries

We are pleased to present 10 minutes of viewing curated by InfoStream for your edification:

Design Disruption - GE Additive Engineer Josh Mook Revolutionizes Manufacturing with 3D Printing (2017 October, 3'12")

Collaboration creates excellence - IBM interviews NASA Administrator (CEO) Charles Bolden, (2012 August, 2'28")

Looking Back - Today will look like the "Model T Years at Ford", Haskayne School of Business, (2016 August, 2'06")

SMOOCH - Goodbye Useless Productivity Tools: Hello Digital, GE, (2017 February, 0'31")

Boundaries: Technology Moves Upstream, IBM (2015 November, 2'15")

VIDEO SATURDAY - A Bell, A Bike Helmet and A Business Model

InfoStream Video Saturday is pleased to bring you three short films to watch (10m):

GE 2017 (3M) - Unimpossible Missions: 'You Can't Unring a Bell'

IBM 2015 (2M) - Shanker Ramamurthy on Business Model Innovation: The Why, When and How of Incubation 

GE 2013 (4M) - The invisible bike helmet:

INNOVATE - Operational Technology (OT) Merges Minds and Machines

Video Saturday - OT Improving and Augmenting Human Activities 

Operational Technology (OT) is as Gartner explains: “Hardware and software that detects or causes a change through the direct monitoring and/or control of physical devices, processes and events in the enterprise.”

Gathering lots of information as Information Technology (IT) traditionally produces is of little value unless it can act in real time to change something in the enterprise or ecosystem. Here 2 examples of OT curated by InfoStream staff:

GE's Tumbler Ridge project shows OT being used to manage a large scale wind farm that can produce enough electricity to power 54,000 homes:

Amazon now employs more than half a million people and uses OT to augment and improve the performance of them in each of the Fulfilment Centers: