The 3rd Industrial Revolution started on Oct 29 1969 when a message was sent between 2 computers at Stanford and UCLA.The world is undergoing a new revolution and it’s not just the 4th Industrial Revolution. We call it the Ideas Revolution because it’s encouraging many new ideas to be created and commercialised. Previous stages of the Industrial Revolution enabled us to build machines that could do things for us. The Ideas Revolution is enabling us to build machines that make decisions for us a- whole new step forward in technology. It’s creating many entrepreneurs because the barriers to entry have reduced significantly. It’s about sharing rather than owning. IdeaSpies has been created to share these ideas, explained simply in 100 words or less, so they’re understood easily. You can post ideas directly on the platform to share them.http://ideaspies.com/guidelines<

You can now transform your favorite houseplant into a virtual pet with the ability to communicate its needs. The L?a smart planter

Saving the properties on Lake Erie, one of the five Great Lakes in North America, from falling into the sea united the city and owners in common cause, allowing them to work together as a group. Handing over waterfront ownership would save the owners money on erosion control, a new lake trail would increase their property values, and the public would enjoy access to the lake. It was win-win-win. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/this-lake-is-for-everyone/

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science researchers have designed a hearing aid that can read brain activity to determine which voice a hearing aid user is most interested in listening to and then focus in on it. The resulting ?cognitive hearing aid? could be transformative in settings like crowded rooms in which multiple people are speaking at the same time. While the latest hearing aids feature technology designed to suppress background noise, these hearing aids have no way of knowing which voices a wearer wants to listen to. https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/cognitive-hearing-aid-columbia/

Like actual leaves, the artificial leaves take in sunlight and use it to create something entirely new, only instead of generating fuel for a living plant, they can produce medicine for humans. When sunlight hits certain liquids flowing through the leaves it sparks a chemical reaction. This is a process that would normally require electric power, harsh chemicals, or both, but by using sunlight to power the medicine production, it becomes much more sustainable. https://bgr.com/2019/09/10/artificial-leaf-study-solar-power-medicine/