15-year-olds are showing us the way forward My children expect the world to be centered around their technology needs. They expect to receive services how and when they want them. Transport is their own car or Uber, and products come to them when they want them. They see everything as a service highly connected to their needs. This is a radically different view of the world than previous generations held, amplified by events of 2020 and the shift to millennials—and those even younger—as the core of the world’s workforce. We expect our systems to sense and measure everything, from taking blood oxygen levels from the wrist to predicting when you should refill your refrigerator. Your car may be able to drive itself and, in near real time, deliver ongoing data from the driver and vehicle to the manufacturer, who then updates settings—based on feedback from your most recent drive—about best adjustments to the suspension or handling. This won’t make you the Formula One driver and world cha...
Remember when Jane Fonda became the queen of 1980s at-home exercise? Released in 1982, "Jane Fonda's Workout" is one of the bestselling VHS tapes of all time. Following on the heels of her New York Times bestseller of the previous year, "Jane Fonda's Workout Book," the home video helped galvanize the actor's aerobics empire, which held strong throughout the '80s and into the '90s. With VHS tapes, books, LPs and those long-forgotten videodiscs, Fonda showed us why we didn't need the gym to get fit, laying the groundwork for the hugely profitable home video industry at the time -- not to mention the explosion of the fitness industry today. As gyms and in-person classes have shifted to living room workouts due to the coronavirus pandemic, Fonda's ballet-inspired classic routine has been thrust back into the spotlight and touted as standing the test of time. (She's even taken to TikTok to revive the workout and promote her climate...