TIS Weekly (#122): Become An Innovation Expert In 12 x 2 Minutes!

Simone de Bruin
The Innovation Station
3 min readOct 9, 2017

[October 8th, 2017]

This may look like a long newsletter. But instead, this is a mail that saves you a lot of time. As you know, we at TIS select the best videos on innovation so you don’t have to spend all your time doing so. We make so-called TIS Picks, 2-minute movies with 5 of the best videos per theme. In only 12 x 2 minutes you can call yourself an innovation expert!

Theme | SOCIAL INNOVATION
5 times Social Innovation

From an innovative fire detection system for slums, exchanging plastic for currency and micro-funding dinners in the city of Detroit.

Theme | NATURE
5 times Nature

From regrowing coral reef, to making clothes out of cow manure, to a conversation on climate change and the global impact of renewable energy.

Theme | SPORTS
5 times Sports

From a new material for sports gear and a connected tennis racket to using Microsoft HoloLens to view actual golf stats to stimulate fan engagement.

Theme | EDUCATION
5 times Education

From the Internet serving as a digital Aristotle and a talk with the co-founder of the biggest Massive Open Online Course Coursera to learning about anatomy in augmented reality.

Theme | 3D-PRINT
5 times 3D-Printing

See how metal, fabric and glass can be used as ‘ink’ for a 3D-printer.

Theme | SPACE
5 times space

From space-grown food to mini satellites that help clean up space junk.

Theme | VIRTUAL REALITY
5 times Virtual Reality

See how VR changes the world of play and what else is possible with virtual reality technology.

Theme | FASHION
5 times Fashion

From Intel’s Butterfly Dress, to MIT’s metallic tattoos and a Business of Fashion panel on the fourth industrial revolution.

Theme | MUSIC
5 times Music

From Imogen Heap’s Mu.Mi gloves and the Freedrum drumset, to Chordify changing music into chords.

Theme | MOBILITY
5 times Mobility

From Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Transport System and the Transit Elevated Bus, to making your own car autonomous.

Theme | ROBOTS & AI
5 times Robots & AI

From biomimicry and 3D-printing of robots,to Neil Jacobstein on artificial intelligence.

Theme | SMART CITIES
5 times Smart Cities

From India’s smart city challenge to IBM’s 2020 vision for public services.

Add your own videos and maybe they will feature in the next TIS Weekly. Questions? Remarks? Ideas? hello@tis.tv is the address! From TIS with love, Erwin Blom.

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