Cisco Hyperinnovation Living Labs is built on the notion that we must first imagine, and then create, the future together.
We know that we can no longer innovation in isolation.
Our Living Labs bring together giants of industry to explore the white space of emerging technologies. By collaborating with our customers in a two-day lab focused on ideation, prototyping, and end-user feedback, we develop bold solutions to disrupt a marketplace.
For decades, we have imagined the future through the eyes of comic book heroes — from boy-next-door Peter Parker’s Spider-Man to Amazon princess Wonder Woman. As we approach our next Cisco Hyperinnovation Living Lab, focused on the Future of Work, I thought we might explore that part of our future in the same way.
CPT Jake Roberts had always wanted to serve his country. In college, he was the only student in his engineering program to be commissioned as a U.S. Army Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers.
But the last year has not been kind to Jake. Bit by bit, he’s become disenfranchised from his field office. Not included...secretly bullied...left behind...Jake loses trust with his Commanding Officer.
The shipments from Fort Lewis were delayed two days, leaving Lt. Jenkins and her skeleton crew to supervise the load at the docks on Thanksgiving day. Without a second thought, one of them tweets, “Finally … looks like I will get some turkey! #hatemylife” … and the attack begins.
Months before, the Army’s highly automated supply chain and the deployment planning system had been breached, turning them into a weapon for a local terror cell. Little errors and minimal oversight have sent a deadly payload to the docks of Seattle, WA.
Our science fiction prototype will take us to the year 2027. Things have gone from bad to worse on the Han Chiu Peninsula. Karta is under attack. While the east of the city falls quickly, the U.S. and West Han Chiu forces hold their ground on the west banks of the Tan River. The combined ground forces must hold back the onslaught.
Reinforcements will not make it in time. The fight is about to begin... With no option but to battle it out on the ground, casualties are sure to be high.
There is another hope.
Our science fiction prototype begins in the year 2027. Yugaria and Novistrana have united, crossing a red line for Razkavia. Tensions are high as both NATO and Razkavia conduct training missions on each side of the border. When both group’s front-line autonomous forces deviate from their submitted plans...the robots engage … triggering a full conflict.
The year is 2028. Amid chemical attacks and global conflict, a rumored summit is about to convene in a secret location. Tensions are high. Rumors are rampant. A terror cell has infiltrated the summit and an attack is imminent. Who can gather the crucial information needed and disarm the threat? It’s time for an unlikely hero.
A foreign criminal organization has taken advantage of known vulnerabilities in network devices and online services comprising the global Internet of things. Violations of U.S. military operational security, breached network devices, and previously exposed personal information have enabled these nefarious actors to target individual members of a U.S. military unit deployed in support of U.N. peacekeeping operations. The distributed targeting of individual members of the unit has left the entire organization distracted from their military responsibilities.