“…had the 50 companies been a VC portfolio, it would have been the second-best-performing fund of all time. Only one fund has ever chosen better, which did most of its investments in the late 1990s and rode the dotcom bubble […]
I remember originally hearing of Watson as a supercomputer. Since then, the company has done a good job rebranding it as an AI machine. But can it help IBM turn around its 21-quarter revenue decline? | learn more
Disney Research has created a bench that includes haptic (touch/feel) feedback and augmented reality via a mirror. This might be the solution to ditching annoying VR headgear. Words don’t do it justice – you should really click this link and […]
Queen Elizabeth II is 91 years old and has a top-notch drinking schedule. | learn more
Christopher McDougall tells the story of his travels to the remote Copper Canyon in northern Mexico, where the people know as the Tarahumara have lived a separate existence since long ago. They are a native tribal group who live a […]
“Polarizing people, like polarizing ideas, are those who disrupt the status quo. They’re inherently divisive, often loved and hated in equal measure. Socially, being polarizing can act as an invaluable filter—distancing you from people you wouldn’t get along with anyway, […]
Record demand and some production issues are putting price pressure on the popular fruit. The result is some of Mexico’s poorest citizens can no longer afford this cultural staple. | learn more
The idea is explained as an extension of “Meal, Ready-to-Eat” (MRE) technology that the military has employed for a while. | learn more
“When we look for talent, Chicago’s at the top of the list,” says Driegert, who spent two years at Amazon between leaving Chicago-based Coyote in 2014 and hiring on with Uber in San Francisco in September. “It’s a great hub […]
This interesting article dissects the drivers of Amazon’s success – past and future. One thought that I like is that by opening up their infrastructure to market competition, they avoid the trap of complacency in many vertically integrated companies. | learn more