Lab Report

December 6, 2018
No. 67

THIS WEEK
Looking to the past to better understand the future.

Plus: medical devices to prevent opioid abuse, unconventional voice tech, and inclusive images.

Featured story

PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

What the top stories of 2018 tell us about business in 2019

As 2018 draws to a close, we’ve spent some time looking back through the Lab Report archives to see which of our articles people read, shared, and clicked on the most. The result? A glimpse of the zeitgeist and a better understanding of what’s top-of-mind for executives. This year’s top stories all fall into two overarching themes: disruption and its impact on humanity.

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Insights & updates

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration named eight medical device makers as winners of an innovation challenge to address the opioid crisis.

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Google’s Inclusive Images Competition is using open innovation “to expand the cultural fluency of image-recognition software.”

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Would the internet be better if things were slower and more difficult?

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South Korea is leading the world in robot adoption, with 710 robots for every 10,000 manufacturing workers.

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The International Space Station now has its own AI assistant.

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An NYU professor taught a masters-level course on unconventional uses of voice technology. Here’s what 15 students came up with.

Cool jobs & opportunities

Jobs for the Future (JFF) is looking for a chief operating officer in Boston.

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Email Jessica Hibbard, managing editor: editor@luminary-labs.com.