Business Unusual

It is an issue every year, but with Covid-19 still spreading, this flu season will be an unusual one. The information provided below applies to every flu season. However, the expectation that the 2020 flu season in South Africa could be drastically worse as a consequence of the Covid-19 outbreak makes it even more relevant this year. South Africa has and continues to deal with significant challenges to public health...

A billionaire asset fund manager has told global CEO’s to focus on climate change. The founder, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, a global asset management company, is Laurence (Larry), Fink. He founded the company in the 1980s and it went public in the late 1990s. The assets under management have grown to over $7 trillion and its share price has made Fink a billionaire...

Google has not only indexed the internet, but they have also mapped the world It seems right that two Danish coders working for a company in Australia would be acquired by an American country to create a free global mapping system. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Might Nike’s incredible world record-shattering shoes be a innovators dream or dilemma? This is the story of the Nike ZoomX Alphafly Next% long-distance world-record-setting shoe. Will it be Nike’s crowning glory or the kiss of death for the sport?  Let me see if I can make the case for and against and leave you and time to decide. image credit: Svetlanka 123rf See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robots can be big or small but are mechanical and made of non-living materials. Not anymore Xenobots are made of living cells, they not living organisms but are alive. The cells don't replicate and die after a while. But that is part of the plan, create a living robot to do a task then breakdown and not cause any trouble.  Image credit: Xenobot - Tuft University & University of Vermont See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How the 1% and the 3,5% along with a few individuals can save humanity. The first thing to clarify is that the world is not in trouble of dying, it is humanity that is most at risk. Our actions will result in the death of many other species, but then we have always been an extinction factor for our fellow lifeforms on Earth. This time it is our survival that is in peril. It would not wipe us out but it may reset the population to levels not seen for 300 years...

Guest : Colin Cullis| Business Unusual Correspondent at Money Show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you a small, medium or large? If the answer is “depends” you are not alone. Clothing sizes are not universal. Not only are there major differences around the world there are differences from one brand to the next. Why would the sizes differ so much? There are three M’s that should answer it. Measurements, Marketing and Money. Image: Pixabay See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hydro dams use high-pressure water under gravity to drive turbines connected to generators. They are effectively mechanical batteries in that we can use electrical energy to pump water into the dams when demand is low and then release it when demand peaks to provide the additional electricity when needed...

The earliest living things are over three billion years old and they have proven to be both a help and a threat to us. Bacteria and viruses have always been a part of our evolution. Every so often one will come along that simply overwhelms us and rather than just making us sick will kill thousands if not millions. There are a variety of bacteria and viruses and multiple times when their variations have affected and killed many humans...