What started as a lifesaving device for insulin users is continuing to become more accessible. “Dexcom is unveiling Stelo as competitor Abbott has launched a direct-to-consumer program using a CGM for people without diabetes. The program, called Lingo, is currently available in the U.K., but Abbott has said…
“In 1953, aged 27, Paul Janssen set up the research laboratory on the third floor of his parents’ Belgian drug import firm from where he would grow his eponymous pharmaceutical company. In the years between the 50s and 90s when he was most active, Janssen and his team…
“Over the years I have been blessed by good health. I am 92 and did not really have any illness until a few years ago. In addition, I have always been very active and energetic all these years. IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUESTS OF MY BELOVED CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN,…
I’ve always struggled to truly understand Information Theory, and this article helped me get a bit closer. “Before finding my way to startups, I was a quantum physicist. One of the most fundamental concepts we learn in physics is entropy. Computer scientists often call entropy by another name…
Balaji Srinivasan, crypto pioneer and venture investor at a16z, launched a new venture fund. It’s relatively unique because it’s a, “506(c) fund (an alternative to Rule 506(b)) which means you can raise your fund in public and leverage press in advance to help attract Limited Partners to invest.” ~ learn…
This was written 10 years ago and is likely just as true today. “Right now, today, in 2014 is the best time to start something on the internet. There has never been a better time in the whole history of the world to invent something. There has never…
Take the monthly cost and the monthly number of hours and you get average cost per hour. Xbox Live is estimated at $0.25/hr while Spotify is $1.57/hr. ~ learn more
Humans are funny. “A spite house is a building constructed or substantially modified to irritate neighbors or any party with land stakes. Because long-term occupation is not the primary purpose of these houses, they frequently sport strange and impractical structures.” ~ learn more
This is a LinkedIn post by Flexport founder Ryan Petersen. “85% of container ships that would’ve transited the Red Sea are now going around the southern tip of Africa as of this morning.” ~ learn more
In the late 1700s, America needed standardized weights and measures because each state was running its own wild show. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson wrote to his contacts in France requesting a standardized kilogram weight. The ship it was on blew off course and was captured by pirates. ~ learn…