Friday Fun: What Motivates You?
If you haven’t seen this yet, take a look. This is a great example of how to inspire your people to be more innovative by helping them work in their “sweet spot.”
Enjoy!
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Friday Fun: What Motivates You?
If you haven’t seen this yet, take a look. This is a great example of how to inspire your people to be more innovative by helping them work in their “sweet spot.”
Enjoy!
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Largest man-made swarm ever – but it’s not bees!
This tiny swarm is not thousands of bees, but thousands of robots called Kilobots. I saw this via Harvard University in a study that is quite amazing. The swarm can self-assemble into any two-dimensional shape, and can have all sorts of interesting applications. What we’re looking at is actually the first steps toward an entire…
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