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Can you turn this tattoo off?
Sep 14, 2024
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Pawel Halicki
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Happy New Simulation Cycle!
Dec 28, 2024
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Pawel Halicki
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Can you ID those pictures for me?
Aug 24, 2024
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Pawel Halicki
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You sold our home when I went to the kitchen?
Sep 7, 2024
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Pawel Halicki
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Business Sci-Fi
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Your context is late
The team lead strides into the project bay, alive with context streams pulsing across every screen like shifting weather maps of an alien planets. …
Sep 13
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Pawel Halicki
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Can you authenticate summer?
Puffy evening clouds drift through the last shades of summer. She’s tagging the fluffiest ones for her setup. Her daughter burrows deeper under the…
Sep 6
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Pawel Halicki
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Your voice needs a security update
The break room is busy with soft overlays, and system feeds ghosting across every surface as if the air itself was recording. - Your voice needs a…
Aug 23
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Pawel Halicki
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I layered you over my stream
The venue is packed with fans and shimmering with energy. All around them, holos stretch and warp across the crowd, advertising drinks, merch, or…
Aug 16
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Pawel Halicki
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AI & Machine Intelligence
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Your context is late
The team lead strides into the project bay, alive with context streams pulsing across every screen like shifting weather maps of an alien planets. …
Sep 13
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Pawel Halicki
2
Your voice needs a security update
The break room is busy with soft overlays, and system feeds ghosting across every surface as if the air itself was recording. - Your voice needs a…
Aug 23
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Pawel Halicki
3
Ping me when the walls are transparent
The calming white noise of a gentle blizzard smoothly takes over the break room. Display-wrapped walls ripple when his settings override the default…
Aug 2
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Pawel Halicki
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The data is ready for you
Holo patient queues drift gently above the reception desk, rearranging themselves as appointment priorities shift. Soft diagnostic chimes merge…
Jul 26
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Pawel Halicki
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Your supply chain says no
The morning shift supervisors watch the predictable dance of industrial automation. Most mornings, the show directs itself. This is not most mornings.
Jun 21
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Pawel Halicki
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Home & Living
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Can you authenticate summer?
Puffy evening clouds drift through the last shades of summer. She’s tagging the fluffiest ones for her setup. Her daughter burrows deeper under the…
Sep 6
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Pawel Halicki
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Ultrasonic washing protects your clothing care plans
His twelve-year-old stands rigid in front of his vintage band t-shirts, eyes wide with panic. The intensity in that stare almost makes him reconsider. …
Jul 5
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Pawel Halicki
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Who morphed my armchair?
The next section of the city’s biggest furniturals store is dotted with perpetually flipping signs. 87% more living space with multi-state furniture…
Jun 28
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Pawel Halicki
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Where will we keep our robot?
After the third poke, she finally pulls off her headset and glares at him across the couch. - Hmm? - Have you seen those new humanoid household robots I…
Mar 8
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Pawel Halicki
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Immersive & Extended Reality
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I layered you over my stream
The venue is packed with fans and shimmering with energy. All around them, holos stretch and warp across the crowd, advertising drinks, merch, or…
Aug 16
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Pawel Halicki
3
Ping me when the walls are transparent
The calming white noise of a gentle blizzard smoothly takes over the break room. Display-wrapped walls ripple when his settings override the default…
Aug 2
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Pawel Halicki
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Imagination transfer complete
Removing the headset, reality floods back, and the office walls adjust softly to daylight frequency, grounding him firmly back in the present. …
May 31
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Pawel Halicki
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The fire won’t start without you
Noticing strangers hurriedly unpacking heavy gear and checking their watches by the reception area, a rush of adrenaline tells him a surprise fire drill…
Apr 12
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Pawel Halicki
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Thanks for virtualising this for us
The teacher's room is so organised and tidy that she would definitely mistake it for autodécor if they were on a call. Behind the glass privatised for…
Feb 1
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Pawel Halicki
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Health & Medicine
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The data is ready for you
Holo patient queues drift gently above the reception desk, rearranging themselves as appointment priorities shift. Soft diagnostic chimes merge…
Jul 26
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Pawel Halicki
4
Your teeth are rendering now
- Despite decades of progress, dental chairs are one of the least comfortable things in the universe. Or maybe I’m just stressed out? The dentist…
Feb 22
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Pawel Halicki
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We just finished printing your meds
Pill printers hum in the back room, covered in the glow of ads promising “Custom health at custom speed”. Meanwhile, the next customer, masking their…
Jan 25
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Pawel Halicki
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Multiversing plans for a healthier you?
- You look tired? Is everything okay? He asks, noticing another regular standing motionless before the mirror. The big guy seems frozen, transfixed by…
Oct 19, 2024
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Pawel Halicki
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Sustainable Cities & Infrastructure
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Turn on the sunscreen
The transport opens with a hiss, after a gentle stop in the shaded spot right at the sand. Thank you for choosing the beach-bound mobility network. The…
Jul 12
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Pawel Halicki
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Who approved this weather?
Their director storms into the monitoring room, glancing at the screens. - Who approved this weather? This model hasn’t been cleared yet! Her analyst…
Apr 26
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Pawel Halicki
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These flowers pay for my parking
- Thanks for stopping by. I'm still not sure why I had those soil sensors shipped to your house. - Force of habit? He smirks. - You wish. - You can…
Mar 29
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Pawel Halicki
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We can reschedule rush hours
- And with that, dear friends… The presenter pauses dramatically, glancing around the auditorium for added effect. - We can reschedule rush hours. Do I…
Feb 15
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Pawel Halicki
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Your drones can't smell the plants?
Late-night deliveries trace neon lines across the sky. She sits beside her brother on the rooftop sofa, their silence punctuated by the whir of pruning…
Jan 4
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Pawel Halicki
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Work & Career
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Your context is late
The team lead strides into the project bay, alive with context streams pulsing across every screen like shifting weather maps of an alien planets. …
Sep 13
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Pawel Halicki
2
Your voice needs a security update
The break room is busy with soft overlays, and system feeds ghosting across every surface as if the air itself was recording. - Your voice needs a…
Aug 23
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Pawel Halicki
3
Ping me when the walls are transparent
The calming white noise of a gentle blizzard smoothly takes over the break room. Display-wrapped walls ripple when his settings override the default…
Aug 2
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Pawel Halicki
2
Imagination transfer complete
Removing the headset, reality floods back, and the office walls adjust softly to daylight frequency, grounding him firmly back in the present. …
May 31
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Pawel Halicki
3
Autonomous & Robotic Systems
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Your supply chain says no
The morning shift supervisors watch the predictable dance of industrial automation. Most mornings, the show directs itself. This is not most mornings.
Jun 21
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Pawel Halicki
2
Our deadline requested an enthusiasm extension
Entering their team space, he immediately senses the mood shift. Yesterday's energetic ceiling projections now pulse calmly, nudging everyone into…
May 17
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Pawel Halicki
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The fire won’t start without you
Noticing strangers hurriedly unpacking heavy gear and checking their watches by the reception area, a rush of adrenaline tells him a surprise fire drill…
Apr 12
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Pawel Halicki
2
Where will we keep our robot?
After the third poke, she finally pulls off her headset and glares at him across the couch. - Hmm? - Have you seen those new humanoid household robots I…
Mar 8
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Pawel Halicki
4
All teams uploaded and ready to roll!
- Thanks for your update. Great stuff. OK, who’s left? The meeting is doing this on purpose. It’s obviously aware that he’s the last one left to speak…
Mar 1
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Pawel Halicki
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Digital Economy
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Can you authenticate summer?
Puffy evening clouds drift through the last shades of summer. She’s tagging the fluffiest ones for her setup. Her daughter burrows deeper under the…
Sep 6
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Pawel Halicki
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You sold our home when I went to the kitchen?
- I see you already have everything in place, and your legal assistant is up and running. I think we can start. Are you plugged into the property right…
Sep 7, 2024
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Pawel Halicki
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Two million stars on neuro brew
- Are you ready? She nods with a smile, and he turns on the switches. The large basement lights up, showing a pool with a VR tank computer rig next to…
Aug 31, 2024
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Pawel Halicki
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Do you have anything tokenised on the menu?
- How was your holiday? - I can’t complain. We had a full week of SPF 50 weather. - Sounds nice. The waiter puts a carafe of ice-cold water on their…
Jul 27, 2024
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Pawel Halicki
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