tech, startups, internet
How to approach markets with few early adopters.
Some industries are not tolerant of MVPs and lack early adopters for new products. What’s a startup to do? Jackie DiMonte explains. ~ learn more
tech, startups, internet
LA’s hard tech ecosystem.
Two venture capitalists from Upfront Ventures put together a list of 50 cool companies based in the Los Angeles area that are pushing the frontiers of hard tech. Of course SpaceX and Anduril are on the list, but so are […]
tech, startups, internet
Printed robots with bones, ligaments and tendons.
This is absolutely incredible. 3D printing keeps getting better. “For the first time, researchers have succeeded in printing a robotic hand with bones, ligaments and tendons made of different polymers using a new laser scanning technique.” ~ learn more
oh, Austin
Housing data 2010-2020.
“Austin had the fastest household growth, or growth in occupied housing units, of all large U.S. cities, as well as among select peer cities.” Inside: “In this story map, we focus on housing units in Austin, their growth between 2010 […]
oh, chicago
Chicago is most corrupt city 4 years straight.
“The report uses public corruption statistics published by the U.S. Department of Justice from 1976 through 2021. In those 45 years, Chicago’s elected officials and public servants weaseled their way to a record 1,824 corruption convictions, according to the report.” ~ learn […]
fun facts
The engineering behind the largest nuclear fusion reactor.
The host of Practical Engineering gets a tour of the ITER megaproject from Laurent Patisson, one of the key leaders responsible for building the whole complex. ~ learn more
fun facts
Fiddlesticks.
“Fiddlestick is recorded from the fifteenth century, and Shakespeare used a proverb based on it in Henry IV: “the devil rides on a fiddle-stick”, meaning that a commotion has broken out…” ~ learn more
fun facts
4.5 billion years in 1 hour.
“We’ve scaled the complete timeline of our Earth’s life into our first animated movie! Every second shows about a million years of the planet’s evolution. Hop on a musical train ride and experience how long a billion years really is.” ~ learn […]
profiles of people
Death, sex and money: the Tom Ford exit interview.
“He sold his company and has set his sights on new goals. As he walks away from the fashion world, Tom Ford talks candidly about all of it: the empire he built, the grief he’s endured, and what he’s planning […]
on the blockchain
Nike-RTFKT’s crypto universe nears $1.4 billion in NFT trading.
“The primary example of that may be Nike and RTFKT’s non-fungible token universe which has, in less than two years, while facing a bear market much of the time, generated more than one billion dollars in trading volume and more […]