Business Spotlight 08.2019

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“Hundreds of international and Viet-
namese scholars, as well as Buddhist dig-
nitaries, shared ideas on how Buddhism
has adapted to Industry 4.0 and utilized
digitalization to preserve Buddhist values
and promote the religion,” said the final
caption of the video clip.
How has Buddhism adapted to Indus-
try 4.0? The Jakarta Post doesn’t say, but the
religion’s tradition of meditation has of-
fered millions upon millions of be lievers
a method of coping with change for more
than 2,000 years — and Industry 4.0 rep-
resents change in ways that the world has
never experienced. If Buddhists wish to
have their own definition of Industry 4.0,
they can because, especially in English,
such definitions are naturally flexible.
In 1865, the English author Lewis Car-
roll wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
He followed up on its success in 1872
with Through the Looking- Glass, which in-
cludes this conversation:

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty

said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means

just what I choose it to mean — neither

more nor less.”

“The question is,” said Alice, “whether

you can make words mean so many dif-

ferent things.”

Kay Calpo Lugtu, however, prefers

the original meaning of Industry 4.0. At

the same time as The Jakarta Post was re-

porting about Vesak and Industry 4.0, she

wrote a story for The Manila Times titled

“Industry 4.0: Is PH ready?” (“PH” means

“the Philippines”). For the second part

of the story, she went to Pistoia, “a quiet

sleepy town north of Rome”, where she

visited Ricciarelli S.p.A, a 175-year-old

MAKERSPACES
Here’s a dictionary definition of the
noun “makerspace”: “a place in which
people with shared interests, especially
in computing or technology, can gather
to work on projects while sharing ideas,
equipment and knowledge.” Maker-
spaces allow people to practise problem-
solving and discuss success and failure. In
his 1970 book Future Shock, Alvin Toffler
wrote: “The illiterate of the 21st century
will not be those who cannot read and
write, but those who cannot learn, un-
learn and relearn.” Because people will
no longer start on a career path and stay
with only one job or company, helping
them to become lifelong learners is essen-
tial. Schools and firms need to provide the
learning environments — makerspaces —
that will enable students and workers to
learn how to unlearn and relearn.

HYPERCARS

The Croatian company Rimac Automo-

bili develops and produces electric hy-

percars. What’s the difference between

a car and a “hypercar”? Short answer:

a hypercar is at the forefront of design

and engineering. The 1,500-horsepower

Bugatti Chiron is a hypercar, which is

why its starting price is around €3 million.

Hyundai Motor Group and Kia Motors

have announced a strategic partnership

with Rimac Automobili, with a com-

bined investment of €80 million. This

is an attempt to strengthen South

Korea’s position in the high-performance

electric-vehicle market. Hyundai says the

companies will work together to develop

prototypes for a planned electric version

of Hyundai’s N brand sports car.

http://www.rimac-automobili.com

CLEVER KIDS

Is it possible to create an awesome learn-

ing experience for children that can be

used inside and outside the classroom

worldwide? Kahoot! believes it can

be done. The Norwegian game-based

learning platform, which claims to have

70 million unique monthly active users,

has recently made some strategic acqui-

sitions that signal its intent to go global.

First, it bought DragonBox, a start-up that

builds mathematics learning apps. Then,

it bought Poio, which has developed an

innovative way to teach children how

to read through play, which is used by a

community of more than 100,000 chil-

dren in Scandinavia. “Making learning

awesome!” is Kahoot!’s slogan.

https://kahoot.com

“Industry 4.0 represents

change in ways that

the world has never

experienced”

EAMONN FITZGERALD

writes daily at http://www.eamonn.com.

He uses social media to build

relationships for organizations.

Contact: [email protected]

cope with sth. [(kEUp wID]

, etw. bewältigen

dignitary [(dIgnEtEri]

, Würdenträger(in)

follow up on sth. with sth.

[)fQlEU (Vp Qn wID]

, etw. mit etw. fortsetzen

looking glass

[(lUkIN glA:s]

, Spiegel(glas)

packaging [(pÄkIdZIN]

, Verpackung

preserve sth.

[pri(z§:v]

, etw. bewahren

scholar [(skQlE]

, Gelehrte(r), Wissen-

schaftler(in)

scornful [(skO:nf&l]

, verächtlich

KEY TERMS AND DEVELOPMENTS

acquisition
[)ÄkwI(zIS&n]
, Übernahme

awesome
[(O:sEm] ifml.
, fantastisch

brand [brÄnd]

, Marke

environment

[In(vaI&rEnmEnt]

, Umgebung, Umfeld

forefront:

be at the ~ of sth.

[(fO:frVnt]

, einen vorderen Platz bei

etw. einnehmen

illiterate: the ~

[I(lItErEt]

, die Analphabeten/

Analphabetinnen

relearn (sth.)

[)ri:(l§:n]

, (etw.) wieder lernen

unique [ju(ni:k]

, einzigartig;

hier: individuell

unlearn (sth.)

[)Vn(l§:n]

, (etw.) entlernen

vehicle

[(vi:Ik&l]

, Fahrzeug

company that produces packaging equip-

ment for pasta makers. It plans to survive

for another 175 years with the help of

Industry 4.0.