Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.
Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Rufus Norris, for The Guardian, takes the Monticello approach that creativity can be taught to anyone. So why, he writes, isn’t it being prioritised in state schools?
The Brave New World marched on, as scientists in China cloned monkeys using the same single cell nuclear transfer technique that produced Dolly, the world’s first cloned sheep. Monkey see, monkey do?
Apple released ‘HomePod’, its answer to Google’s Home and Amazon’s Echo. But if it doesn’t support Spotify, is the HomePod something of a(n admittedly beautiful) white elephant?
Or Paper. Or Scissors. But beware – this ancient, universal method of dispute-setting is no longer the preserve of humankind. Yet again, the robots are coming….
Amazon introduced the first cashier-less supermarket. And we’re pretty certain it won’t be the last….
Elton John might have announced that he will be stopping touring. But, if certain AI businesses have their way, that doesn’t mean his avatar won’t be on a stage somewhere near you in the not-too-distant future….

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

We all remember being dragged round Mothercare when we were young. Not much seems to have changed since then. It is time that is does, before it’s too late…
In a clear nod to the development of new seats of influence and power, both France and Denmark have appointed two individuals to effectively be Ambassadors to Silicon Valley….
Prospect Magazine reported that ‘Big Data’ means that retailers will be able to start making the prices of good personal to individuals. A smart leap forward, or another excuse to rip off the consumer?
No one needs reminding of the need for affordable, quick-to-erect housing. But might the beautifully-named Ten Fold Engineering and their range of foldable dwellings be at least part of the answer?
Happy Feet’s larger-than-life spiritual guru ‘Lovelace’ famously got his head caught in a plastic six-pack beer ring, highlighting the impact of plastic waste in our oceans. So Saltwater Brewery has come up with a biodegradable, edible alternative. Cheers!
Miriam Quick, for the BBC, took a look at business buzzwords. As you might expect, a thoroughly depressing affair.
Microsoft claims its Emotion App can predict the future. Or at least changes in Japanese monetary policy…
Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

The BBC reported on the future of shopping. And the future of shopping, it turns out, is about pretty much everything except the act of actually buying things….
According to The Daily Mirror, the world’s first robot citizen, ‘Sophia’, has said that she would like to start a family. Time to be afraid?
Sally Le Page, an evolutionary biologist at Oxford, wrote a fascinating piece revealing the jaw-dropping news that certain water companies still use ‘divining rods’ to source the wetstuff that we all rely on. Crikey. Where to start?
Our old pals at Boston Dynamics, creators of various terrifying robotic inventions, announced that one of their robots could now do back-flips. And not in a cute way….
Bill Taylor, for Harvard Business Review, wrote about the new cultures of experimenting – and failing – that firms like Netflix, Coca-Cola and Amazon are trying to develop….
Tech Insider discovered that Bill Gates and Steve Jobs raised their kids ‘tech-free’. It’s almost like they knew something that we didn’t….
Fecal transplants, the process by which you replenish your beneficial gut bacteria by inserting someone else’s poo into your body, have great results, but the physical activity procedure – perhaps understandably – apparently ain’t all that. Until now….
FIVE IN ONE, BABY, ONE IN FIVE
When UK online supermarket Ocado first started, it could take packers up to two hours to pick and fill a 50 item basket. Now robots do it. In just five minutes….
Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

Every week, Jamie Colonna, Monticello’s Creative Partner, shares an image that has – in one way or another – moved him.

The Guardian opined that Google’s ‘plan to revolutionise cities is a takeover in all but name’. A bold step forward or cause for concern?
Well, soon you won’t need to. Because Amazon is trialling a service that enables its couriers to open your front door. What could possibly go wrong?
The government of Mexico declared the largest protected marine reserve in North America. Está bien padre, as they say over there….