A ban on adverts featuring "harmful gender stereotypes" or those which are likely to cause "serious or widespread offence" has come into force in the UK. The ban covers scenarios such as a man with his feet up while a woman cleans, or a woman failing to park a car. The UK's advertising watchdog introduced the ban because it found some portrayals could play a part in "limiting people's potential". https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48628678
Lab-grown meat could feed the world. Renewable energy could power it.
Automation could save us from mind-numbing jobs. But only if capitalism is replaced with a form of communism that deploys these technologies to the benefit of the many. https://futurism.com/the-byte/nyt-automated-luxury-communism
Three ideas from IdeaSpies were presented by Jack Digby Lawyer at the Ashurst June 2019 Boardroom Lunch addressed by David Thodey AO. The idea receiving the most votes from directors was to convert brain signals into speech. This idea now goes to the final at the December Boardroom Lunch to select the top idea for the year. https://www.ideaspies.com/posts/brain-decoder-that-turns-brain-signals-into-speech
Briggo has created a fully automated, robotic brewing machine that can produce 100 cups of coffee in an hour ? equaling the output of three to four baristas. Using a blend of Latin American beans, the machine ? known as a ?coffee haus? ? creates cups of gourmet coffee that can be ordered via an app, giving you control over ingredients. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/03/22/baristas-beware-robot-that-makes-gourmet-cups-coffee-has-arrived/
