TechHub: World’s largest battery built from a bet, the future landscape of innovation & bitcoin news

Tesla builds world’s largest battery, thanks to a bet

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Elon Musk bet the people of Australia he could build a 100MW battery in 100 days or it would be free, according to CNET. Tesla not only accomplished it, but had about 40 days to spare. The South Australian government announced last week the completion of the world’s largest lithium-ion battery just outside of Jamestown, with plans to be energized within days.

The battery was a result of a bet via Twitter in March between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and fellow billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes after a series of major power outages across South Australia, including a state-wide blackout that affected an area the size of France at the end of 2016.

Musk made good on his promise, flying to Australia and signing a contract at the end of September 2017.

The 100MW lithium-ion battery is made up of Tesla Powerpacks, connected to a nearby wind farm.

The battery will undergo a testing phase within the next couple weeks to ensure it meets regulations, but things are looking good for Australians.

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The future landscape of innovation

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The 20th century brought us a continuous stream of co-innovation — a culture of robust research and development that resulted in a cornucopia of products with real longevity. From vacuum cleaners and ballpoint pens to jet engines and nuclear power reactors, it was topped off with the powerful computing technology that culminated from the creation of the internet, according to the Manufacturer.

Now looking at present time in the 21st century, the pace of change is arguably faster than at any time in history, ultimately because of digitization.

It’s no longer the norm to develop a product behind a locked door in secrecy, but rather in a diverse ecosystem including many parties in order to master product development. Now more than ever the need to collaborate and join forces for survival is clear — and here’s why.

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Disparate data

A per-requisite for innovation in the digital age is the availability of data, and the ability to transform it into insight. It’s dependent on being able to reliably collect and analyze data on a continual basis, growing more important every day. Many companies can’t maintain this on their own, so the necessity to co-innovate solutions by working together is pertinent.

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Ideate to accumulate

Encouraging employees to act more like entrepreneurs can establish a culture of innovation and co-creation within a company itself. By bringing together employees from across functions and engaging with them, it creates an internal innovation program, helping unleash the full potential and talent of employees.

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Disruption waits for no-one

The digital age has already caused several market disruptions, causing manufacturers to start seeking to disrupt themselves before somebody does it for them. A desire to create game-changing solutions rather than incremental improvements has been ignited in many boardrooms rather than conversations of cost-cutting. Yet, driving digitization into supply chains is nearly impossible to achieve without collaboration.

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The journey

The path towards successful co-innovation isn’t always a straightforward one. Oftentimes, it’s more about the journey than the final destination. It involves a combination of trust, contractual agreements, information security policing and common sense to make it work. Rapid prototyping cycles are reliant on constant and near-immediate feedback, with all parties integral to the process.

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Co-innovation, when done right, has rewards that are worth the effort. With the rise of consumer expectations and macro-environmental factors continuing to challenge manufacturers, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that safety and inspiration comes in numbers. Interested in co-innovating with GrayMatter? Let’s talk.

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One bitcoin is now worth over $11,000

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The value of cryptocurrencies has skyrocketed 2,174% throughout 2017, with bitcoin representing over half of the total market cap. A new milestone was hit as the value of bitcoin has shot up from $8k to $10k in just eight days, taking the internet by storm.

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Just 24 hours after this was announced, its value has shot up to over $11k, said the Coin Telegraph. No asset has ever risen in such a short amount of time, according to TechCrunch. This is leading to speculations of the beginning of a trillion dollar industry, and the biggest thing to happen in technology since the internet was invented.

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Source: Coin Telegraph

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Yet, despite not being able to open Twitter or turn on the news without hearing about bitcoin, it has a low number of adopters. Many are still clueless about what a bitcoin is, what it does or how to purchase one, including those on Wall Street. The future for bitcoin is still uncertain, being apart of a new and unexplored aspect of digital cryptocurrency.

It could eventually replace gold and all other monetary means, or it’ll crash to zero tomorrow; who knows?