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Include your planet in the brief. This can sound lofty, ambiguous and unattainable. But it does not have to be. Any digital project, be it a new product or service or redesigning an existing one, can and absolutely should treat the planet as our audience, our customer, and our partner. Interested? Here are some thought starters on building more sustainable digital experiences: https://lnkd.in/eUciZ5aD #SustainableInnovation #DigitalInnovation

It's Friday, so it's time for Future Vision. Our selection of stories that have caught the eye across sustainability, design and technology. Let's get started. ⚽ Harry Kane Just Launched an App to Change Athletes' Relationship With Fans Social media was once a fantastic meritocracy, a place where athletes and celebrities participated on an equal level in terms of their everyday fans. Cleats Club is the latest platform trying to provide a parallel social experience that delivers all the promise of that early social experience without the noise of our current online culture: https://lnkd.in/eThGvt_V 🤖 Inside the Mind of an AI Girlfriend (Or Boyfriend) Dippy, a startup that offers "uncensored" AI companions, lets you peer into their thought process—sometimes revealing hidden motives. Dippy runs its own large language model, which is an open source offering fine-tuned using role-play data, which the company says makes it better at improvising when a user steers a conversation in a particular direction: https://lnkd.in/gtEzHbre 📈 Mars Starts Calculating and Reporting Social Value in the UK Mars UK has begun calculating its social value contribution to the UK economy, with a focus on quantifying its impact through community initiatives, local upskilling and responsible business practices. Mars UK has partnered with the Social Value Portal to independently benchmark its social value, as the portal continues helping businesses measure their holistic contributions to society beyond profit: https://lnkd.in/eHZbaUvQ 🥽 Amazon Looks to Advanced Nuclear Reactors to Meet Climate Goals Amazon announced a slew of new projects to develop next-generation nuclear reactors and is also investing in the startup X-energy, which is developing an advanced nuclear reactor design that is expected to also be used in the project: https://lnkd.in/enaBJu6c That's all for this week. Follow Human Kind on Linkedin for regular design, technology and sustainability thinking. You can also find us here: https://thehumankind.co/ Have a great weekend. 💚

Every app Every website Every digital product Every digital service Every API call Every piece of software Every new design Every redesign Every transformation Every innovation Can deliver more. Building sustainability objectives into the brief and how we measure success can transform any project into one that does. #SustainableInnovation #DigitalInnovation

After a couple of week's hiatus, we are back with our Friday Future Vision. A selection of stories that have caught our eye across sustainability, design and technology. Let's get started. 🤖 Scope3 Starts Tracking the Carbon Footprint of AI Scope3 founder Brian O'Kelley talks about how the platform is starting to track the carbon footprint of AI after observing that founders were pitching AI companies or climate tech companies, but few, if any that explored their intersection: https://lnkd.in/eyctq_-u 📊 Nearly Half of Companies Claim SDGs Give a Competitive Advantage New research has revealed that nearly half of European companies believe that integrating the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their company strategies has earned them a considerable comparative advantage: https://lnkd.in/egmgQsnu 🔈 How to Generate an AI Podcast Using Google's NotebookLM Google's Notebook LM is going viral for its Audio Overviews that mimic the speech cadence of podcasters. Here's how to try it out: https://lnkd.in/d--X7_RS 🚖 Tesla Cybercab Announced: Elon Musk's Robotaxi Is Finally Here The robotaxi is a purpose-built autonomous vehicle, lacking a steering wheel or pedals which charges inductively to regain power wirelessly: https://lnkd.in/d-_nNGDY That's all for this week. Follow Human Kind on Linkedin for regular design, technology and sustainability thinking. You can also find us here: https://thehumankind.co/ Have a great weekend. 💚

Is making up a word innovation? Possibly not. But by creating an environment where ideas can be shared and challenged, you can produce work that delivers innovation and sustainability. Interested? We have outlined how innovation and sustainability are intrinsically linked and some of the challenges and opportunities in creating an open culture that encourages both: https://lnkd.in/eb4svKhM 💚 #SustainableInnovation #DigitalInnovation #Sustainovation

As a business, you may be familiar with the term Net Zero. But understanding what it means for your organisation and how to achieve it can often be challenging. Our accelerator program provides a ten-step approach to start or accelerate your path to Net Zero. Giving you structure, targets, and tangible outcomes to work towards. Let's get started. 💚 #netzero #sustainableinnovation #sustainabletransformation

This year alone, $2.49 trillion is projected to be spent on digital transformation. So much potential. Potential to reframe the work we are already doing to support improving our impact on the planet. We are on a mission to do just that: https://thehumankind.co/ #sustainabletransformation #sustainableinnovation #digitaltransformation

It's Friday again! Ready for some casual reading on topics across sustainability, design and technology? You better be. It's time for Future Vision. 🌎 Majority of Businesses Believe They Can Grow While Decarbonising Deloitte's 2024 CxO Sustainability Report: Signs of a shift in business climate action, published this week, is based on a survey of more than 2,000 C-suite executives found that responding to the climate crisis still places in the top three issues for businesses. It ranks alongside keeping up with the pace of innovation as a significant corporate priority: https://lnkd.in/eCC8m_67 🎨 You Can Peel This Temporary Paint off Your Walls When You're Ready for a New Color Glasst has released UNPAINT, a series of multi-surface removable paint that peels off. Once applied, users can tear it off their walls, furniture, and surfaces using only their hands. UNPAINT contains Glasstomer, a patented technology that the Colombian paint company has developed using natural and renewable sources: https://lnkd.in/eUxSC8SV 🔋 Startups Race to Curb Data Centre Energy Use Amid AI Boom Data centres gobble up roughly 2% of global electricity, translating to around 1% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, and the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that energy use from data centres will double by 2026. So what can we do about it? https://lnkd.in/erBprSgR 🤖 Amazon Is Stuffing Generative AI Into Its Shopping Experience Amazon has introduced a batch of new generative AI tools that aim to improve the retail experience for customers and sellers on the platform. One of the more notable features announced will use customers' preferences, search, browsing, and purchase history to create personalised product recommendations on Amazon's homepage: https://lnkd.in/eaywCaEK That's all for this week. Follow Human Kind on Linkedin for regular design, technology and sustainability thinking. You can also find us here: https://thehumankind.co/ Have a great weekend. 💚

This might give you a bit of Monday afternoon stimulation. It might not. But at least have a read of our A-Z of key sustainability terms, especially if you want to casually drop xeriscaping into conversation: https://lnkd.in/ejFbQmfZ 💚

It's Friday, which means it's Future Vision. Here are the stories that have caught our eye in design, technology, and sustainability this week. 🌊 Aquafade Water-Soluble Electronics Provide Way to Tackle E-Waste Tech start-up Pentaform has devised a potential solution to e-waste: making gadgets that dissolve in water and leave behind only their electronic components for recycling. As the plastic starts to break down, the valuable electronic parts can be easily separated from the material by hand, and the remainder of the plastic-water mixture is tipped down a sink or toilet so it can finish decomposing in the sewage system: https://lnkd.in/ezNu6tp6 🚘 Volvo Drops Pledge for 100% Electric Car Sales by 2030 Volvo Cars has revised its commitment to selling only electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030, now adjusting the target to allow up to 10% of sales to come from plug-in hybrids. The change comes in response to shifting market conditions and consumer demand: https://lnkd.in/eZH6ubZD 🤖 OpenAI Releases o1, Its First Model With 'Reasoning' Abilities OpenAI is releasing a new model called o1, the first in a planned series of "reasoning" models trained to answer more complex questions faster than a human can. OpenAI taught previous GPT models to mimic patterns from its training data. With o1, it trained the model to solve problems on its own using a technique known as reinforcement learning, which teaches the system through rewards and penalties: https://lnkd.in/gF4DucXV That's all for this week. Follow Human Kind on Linkedin for regular design, technology and sustainability thinking. You can also find us here: https://thehumankind.co/ Have a great weekend. 💚