Innovation DeepTech – November 2026
Thirty logical qubits now run on eighty atoms. No customer has yet named the job they would do.
Innovation Design Story – The Sony Walkman, 1979
Sony launched it as the Soundabout. Britain got the Stowaway, Australia the Freestyle. None of those names survived.
Innovation Design Story – The Mini, 1959
Ten feet of car that reorganised how the industry thought about space. One object, examined through the decisions that made it, and the ones that near
Solopreneurship Innovation Research – OPC, Solo Founder, Successful Cases
Solo businesses are multiplying in most regions this year. Developed Europe is the exception. 534,947 US applications in September, 84.2m Chinese individual businesses past their third year, 180,321 Brazilian MEIs deregistered in August. In Europe the two largest markets disagree: France added 204,000 auto-entrepreneur accounts while Germany’s solo share kept falling.
Innovation Consumer Technology – Apple iPhone Duo, a cute robot duck, and flying Tesla car
Apple’s first foldable, the iPhone Duo, went on sale on 23 October at $1,999. Within hours, owners were posting screens cracked along the hinge, and reviewers described it as one of the messiest first-generation Apple products in years.
Health & Wellness Innovation – Wearables stopped measuring and started claiming.
This week the ring category moved on cardiovascular health while the regulator’s shadow fell across red light; GLP-1 quietly re-specified what a protein product is for; and Target handed shelf space to a TikTok-native sleep brand, which tells you more about incumbent mattresses t