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Summary: Innovation comes in many forms What do you see in the picture below? A rucksack, deckchair, two water bottles and a couple of cable ties? Or a child's paddling pool On the hottest day of the year, this is what we came up with to keep some toddlers cool (and to have fun). Innovation is within us all and we can bring it to whatever we want if we give it a go; it doesn't just need to be on the hottest day of the year 😰 💡 What ingenious things have you come up with recently? #effectiveness #StartupLife #SmallBusinessOwner #PositivePalestinian #innovation #summer #PaddlingPool #Rucksack

At Universities and school kiosks can alleviate burden on staff to perform small-scale tasks and allows student workers to have hands-on experience with new technology. Our CEO, Sam Zietz, sat down with the South Florida Business Journal to discuss Florida International University introducing Beastro, an AI robot from Kitchen Robotics, to revolutionize student dining. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gst2yEu8 “Innovative technologies like this machine are becoming increasingly common in the quick-service dining space, and it is a logical step for high-population institutions like colleges to implement them, as well.” Zietz said. “It’s great to see the region and its educational hubs making strides toward innovation.” #InnovationInEducation #EdTech #UniversityDining #StudentExperience #FutureOfFood #TechInEducation #CampusInnovation #SmartCampus #StudentDining #SouthFloridaBusiness #TechnologyAdvancement

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🌱 Sarah Paiji Yoo, Co-Founder of Blueland, shares the journey of developing convenient, effective, and affordable eco-friendly cleaning products with #OPFAcademy. Key takeaways below! 👀 🗯️ ”Skillset and experiences are important, but we [Blueland] found in our organization the most important trait for us is finding people that are willing to push the boundaries of what's possible.” 🗯️ ”It is still a new space. And there's this opportunity to create new solutions and then create a market for them.” 🗯️ ”When we got started, the material was extremely expensive because no one else was using it. You need to start using it. You need to popularize it. You need to create a market for it so there's more demand.” If you want to learn from industry experts like Sarah, apply for #OPFAcademy Cohort 5 today 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/gEJBcQt8

I had a fun time touring CaliExpress by Flippy by last week. The restaurant is billed as the world’s first fully autonomous restaurant. The fast-food restaurant, operated by Miso Robotics in Pasadena, California, is an hour’s drive from my home, so I set out after the July 4 holiday to check out the pop-up eatery. Here's what I learned: 1. It's not all robot-run. I interviewed one employee who was working with the robots. 2. Miso Robotics, which initially debuted Flippy to cook burgers, is rolling out a faster and smaller version of Flippy the fry cook next month. 3. Mini scoop -- Chipotle Mexican Grill is no longer using Chippy. Find out why in my story. Get a closer look at CaliExpress and learn more about the next-gen Flippy at Food On Demand. https://lnkd.in/gKUyppbU #robotics #kitchenrobotics #automation #restauranttech #foodtech #fastfood #kiosks

Picnic on a ferry. What’s your take on this unique experience? Share your thoughts in the comment section. #CelebrateWithAIWCL #RiverViewCelebration #AIWT #ExploreAssam #RiverEscape #SailWithAIWCL #UnforgettableJourneys #MemoriesOnWater

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I had a little meltdown this morning while checking my inboxes (truthfully this happens more often than is probably healthy). First there was Joanna Weiss’s piece on “The Supermarket Superstardom of Marty the Robot” in Boston Magazine. This googly-eyed machine, initially intended as a spill-sweeper-upper, has become a celebrity in its own right (I refuse to say “his”), with social media accounts and plushies and special appearances at Fenway Park. Then my husband forwarded me a thing about a hydroponics company growing greens inside Swedish supermarkets as an “eco-innovation” that’s supposed to solve all kinds of problems. I’m not opposed to hydroponics by any stretch, especially when used in places where there’s not reliable access to water or land or fresh foods. Check out the amazing 1for3 project in the West Bank as an example of hydroponic growing in a situation of incredible adversity. But in a Swedish supermarket? I just thought, “Great—more farming without land, without soil, without farmers who have relationships with land and soil and place. More shiny AI, more pricey leafy greens, more techno-utopianism of the kind that’s been promising to fix the industrial food system for well over a century now.” Hence the meltdown. It’s okay, I’m mostly over it now, and back at work writing reports for this week’s co-op board meeting. But it’s yet another moment when all of my efforts feel very small and the supermarket feels very big. I’m trying to think of ways to convince just a few more of our Quabbin Harvest shoppers to buy fish on a regular basis so we can continue our partnership with a wonderful Boston-based distributor offering an alternative to the giant fishing industry. Meanwhile, people are wetting themselves about a robot that makes shopping seem like less of a chore and more like fun. The supermarket goes on catering to our most childish impulses—we want what we want, when we want it, with a shiny toy and a way to save the planet without really changing anything about how we live our lives. Adulting is such a hard sell next to that.

Cleaning up after your dog could get easier with one software engineer’s invention: The poop copter ——————— The Poop Copter: A Novel Solution Born Out of Necessity In an era where innovation is often driven by technological advancements and market demands, Caleb Olson's story stands out as a refreshing exception. The software engineer's latest project, the Poop Copter, is a testament to the power of necessity-driven innovation. In his case, the need was great and, quite literally, smelly. A Problem Worth Solving Olson's journey began with a personal struggle: picking up after his own dog. The trad... Read Full Article: https://lnkd.in/eJP5Ea8s #World #collection #community #development #dog #engineer #Future #gadget #innovation #machine #market #necessity #poocopter #prototype #revolutionize #sensors #software #solution #Technology #waste

One of our investors had recommended NOT to dogfood your own product. Their reasons: 1. You might not be your own ICP 2. It's a distraction from product velocity and sales I agree with this take. For our first year, we followed this rigorously. That's because our product (a drag-and-drop design tool) is very hard to build outside of code. But 12 months ago, we decided that the platform was mature enough to handle our use case. We began using our product to build our product. And it's easily one of the best decisions we've ever made Not only does it help experience the same painpoints as our users, but it helps you build your own conviction in your product. Today I took a quick scroll at our Subframe project and it blows my mind how much we shipped via dogfooding 🤯 (screenshots below) What do you think of the investor's take? Should you always be dogfooding from day 1?