I want to share with all of you a brief synopsis of what I learned while visiting Silicon Valley. ONE word that linked all experiences: INNOVATION
Plug & Play
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- Focus: Connecting Start Ups & Corporations
- New Word: Unicorn (a privately held startup company valued at over US$1 billion)
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- Focus: Working stations. Google employees are encouraged (through a strategically designed working environment) to share time with co-workers from different departments, so that they can leave their everyday routine and bubble and see the world from a different perspective.
- New Idea: Naming rooms after famous books: Brave New World
Tesla
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- Focus: Introduce an innovative way of driving
- New Idea: Automated driving has been the most popular feature of Tesla Cars
Google City
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- Focus: Living & Working communities
- New Idea: An integrated, futuristic city
Stanford
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- Focus: Metaverse
- New Idea: Are you ready to meet your Avatar?
Apple
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- Focus: A 3-D platform to visualize the engineering design of their office
- New Idea: Innovative Technology