Autonomous Vehicles and Blockchain
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/autonomous-vehicles-and-blockchain/
Aug 31, 2019 - This project explores how blockchain technology will optimize the deployment of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), including those with electric vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. It looks at the Mobile Open Blockchain Initiative, which involves 80 percent of world’s auto manufacturers and leading tech firms. It covers such implementation challenges as blockchain latency and scalability, communications network latency, device security, and regulation. Finally, it raises concerns about data privacy on immutable distributed ledgers as well as the legal liabilities of CAV ownership and usage.
Keyword: E-ZPass,
eVTOL,
Google,
microinsurance,
MOBI,
mobility-as-a-service,
Oaken,
SDG 11,
SDG 12,
SDG 13,
SDG 15,
SDG 9,
technology,
Tesla,
tolls,
transportation,
Uber,
Waymo
Blockchain in Global Trade
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-in-global-trade/
Apr 19, 2019 - This research explores how blockchain can improve global trade for all stakeholders—banks and financiers, corporations, logistics companies, regulatory bodies, insurance providers, and customs authorities—and lays out a road map for implementation on business and technical fronts. Deloitte’s technology consulting team provides provocative questions for enterprise leadership and practical analysis of blockchain opportunities and such challenges as governance, standards, scalability, interoperability, and integration.
Keyword: Deloitte,
distributed ledger technology,
financial services,
freight carriers,
freight forwarders,
Hong Kong Monetary Authority,
IBM,
law & regulation,
Maersk,
provenance,
SDG 12,
SDG 17,
supply chain,
we.trade
Blockchain and the CMO
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-and-the-cmo/
Sep 28, 2017 - With blockchain technology, chief marketing officers will be able to demonstrate a clearer return on marketing investment than current alternatives. This project explains how CMOs can lead blockchain initiatives and unlock new areas of value creation while engaging customers, earning their loyalty, and protecting brand reputation globally.
Keyword: advertising,
brand,
CMO,
CRM,
dynamic pricing,
management,
marketing,
marketing ROI,
promotion,
sales,
SDG 12,
user experience,
UX
The Token Economy: When Money Becomes Programmable
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/the-token-economy-when-money-becomes-programmable/
Sep 28, 2017 - A new phenomenon—initial coin offerings—enabled through blockchain technology is upending basic tenets of twentieth-century capitalism. This project frames the opportunity in terms of addressing the tragedy of the commons. He studies the development and ramification of the emerging token economy and walks through the landscape of token types. He previews the economic effects of digital scarcity, tokens as powerful incentives, and the legal and policy ramifications for securities law and property rights.
Keyword: cryptoasset,
cryptocommodity,
cryptocurrency,
financial services,
ICO,
SDG 12,
SDG 13,
SEC,
securities law,
technology,
token,
tragedy of the commons
Blockchain for Saving Our Seas
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-for-saving-our-seas/
Oct 22, 2019 - This case study looks at how blockchain technology could help us clean up our vital ocean ecosystems, from shorelines and coral reefs to Arctic sea ice platforms. It spotlights the work of Ocean Marine Blockchain Solutions, in collaboration with the Girguis Lab at Harvard University and the Jamaican agency Alligator Head Foundation. Together they’re creating a digital and economic data framework that is reframing the situation from an environmental problem to an economic opportunity, which may succeed in driving a much-needed sea change.
Keyword: COP21,
energy & resources,
ERC-721,
Galiano Conservancy Association,
government,
Jeremy McKane,
Johnson Zuze,
Michael J. Casey,
Ocean Currency Network,
SDG 12,
SDG 14,
SDG 6,
Sir Richard Branson,
technology,
Tristan Acutt
Distributed Power
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/distributed-power/
Oct 18, 2018 - Energy expert and innovator Lawrence Orsini shares his research and work on blockchain applications that will transform global energy grids at local, national, and international levels. He provides a snapshot of today’s energy markets, consumers’ willingness to generate their own energy through green technology, and blockchain’s ability to create peer-to-peer markets for excess energy. Pointing to experiments in Australia and German, Orsini shows how blockchain will support the next generation of energy infrastructure. He discusses the roles of stakeholders -- policymakers, energy producers, and corporate intermediaries -- and he sugges...
Keyword: big data,
Brooklyn Microgrid,
decarbonization,
electricity,
energy & resources,
exergy,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
fossil fuel,
National Electric Light Association,
renewable,
SDG 12,
SDG 13,
SDG 7,
smart meter,
transactive grid,
US Energy Information Administration
