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Published: Nov. 28, 2016, 11 p.m.

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Week two from Malaysia and Amsterdam. Guus brings Cozmo to play, but has to power him down after one too many attempts to jump off the table. The duo follow up on Cozmo, and have a short review of why Silicon Valley may think they are inventing the future of the Smart Home, but developing countries are more poised to deliver on that promise.

The main topic revolves around regulatory government bodies across the world needing designers to assist in policy and decision making. The look at three of the biggest players and topics, Uber, Airbnb, and Drones. Joe and Guus break down that regulation being put in place may strive to slow potential abuse of new business models or technology, but they completely ignore why people love them much more than what currently exists. People arent using Uber because it\'s just another taxi. It has trust of the proper fare, it\'s on demand to your doorstep, it\'s automatic billing, it\'s continuous adding of new features. Regulating bodies ignore these [qualitative] facts. This can hold back growth, potential job creation, or simply technological innovation. Yes, the boogeyman exists in new [or any] services and devices enabled by new technology, but not as much as governments may want you to think.

MIT energy measuring chip - http://phys.org/news/2016-11-power-onr-navy-curb-kilowatts.html

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