Posts by Marcellino Nehme
Activation energy: the chemistry of getting started
In chemistry, activation energy is the energy that must be provided to result in a chemical reaction. The more energy is needed, the harder it is to start the chemical reaction. In work and life as well, we sometimes need to get over the initial hump of getting started. For instance, it can be hard…
Read MoreAmazon wants to scan your body to make perfectly fitting shirts
For just $25, Amazon wants to make you a custom T-shirt. And a virtual body double. This week, the company unveiled a brand called “Made for You” that creates made-to-measure clothes. The initial product, a T-shirt, can be personalized to your taste and measurements, and more products are coming. This is Amazon’s latest bid to…
Read MoreEurope is missing out on the A.I. revolution—but it isn’t too late to catch up
For decades, the European economy has been characterized by and celebrated for its industry, from manufacturing to construction and energy generation. Even today, industry accounts for 80% of Europe’s exports and private sector innovations. But when looking at this year’s Future 50, which ranks the businesses with the greatest capacity to continually reinvent their businesses and…
Read MoreTop 8 Emerging Technologies of 2020
Spatial Computing could be the next big thing Electric Aviation could be closer than you think Low Carbon Cement Can Help Combat Climate Change Quantum Sensors Could Let Autonomous Cars “See” around Corners Green Hydrogen Could Fill Big Gaps in Renewable Energy Whole-Genome Synthesis Will Transform Cell Engineering Replacing humans with digital simulations could make…
Read MoreAn Economist’s Guide to the World in 2050
Bloomberg Economics has used a growth accounting framework—adding up the contributions of labor, capital and productivity—to forecast potential GDP through 2050 for 39 countries, from the U.S. to Ghana. We’ve used that data to map some of the key geographic and political shifts in store for the world economy.Much could happen to throw our projections…
Read MoreWhere are the world’s most expensive cities?
IN THE 1980s Hiroaki Ota, a Japanese psychiatrist working in Paris, identified a rare condition suffered by some Japanese visitors who were disappointed by the French capital. “Paris syndrome” has been eradicated this year, owing to the near-total shutdown of international travel. According to the latest findings of the Worldwide Cost of Living Survey from…
Read Morewhat happens when a word is on the tip of the tongue
According to psychologists Bennett Schwartz and Janet Metcalfe, lethologica may be seen as a meta-cognitive process, which signals a weak recall—in contrast to no recall at all. But when you feel like something is on the tip of your tongue, your mind is telling you: we should know this. If you find yourself repeatedly struggling…
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