thoughts of food
Inside look at the future of autonomous farming.
Writing for Bloomberg, Amanda Little offers an inside look at Blue River Technologies, the company acquired by Deer & Co not long ago. | learn more
under the microscope
Digestive system microbes and your performance.
Researchers are studying athletes to better understand the links between human physical performance and our various mixes of gut bacteria. Some claim to have already found strong relationships. | learn more
under the microscope
Scientists accidentally discover a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s.
“Researchers from Lancaster University in the UK discovered that a drug developed for type 2 diabetes has “significantly reversed memory loss” in mice.“ | learn more
better doing
Addition by subtraction.
Interesting short post about how creativity is fostered by constraints. | learn more
on the blockchain
Questions for LPs to ask of crypto funds.
Remember that VC that signed a deal in Virtual Reality (above)? They also have been one of the earliest crypto investors in the space. | learn more
tech, startups, internet
Seven ways cybercriminals can use machine learning.
This post is a little on the click-bait side, but what can I say – it’s interesting. | learn more
tech, startups, internet
Autonomous car second-order consequences, quantified.
Last year Benedict Evans published his excellent post outlining what changes we might expect after autonomous, electric vehicles are everywhere. Now, Phil Levin from consulting firm 99mph shares a detailed analysis of $1 trillion of property value shifts within and […]
tech, startups, internet
A VC signed an investment deal in virtual reality.
“Arthur Technologies closed its funding deal with investment group Boost VC inside virtual reality, even signing the deal inside its collaboration platform.” | learn more
oh, chicago
Should rent control come to Chicago?
The practice has long been banned in Illinois, but is now a gubernatorial campaign issue. “[O]n the March primary ballot, voters in 10 of Chicago’s wards and roughly 100 precincts will be asked whether they support rent control” | learn more
oh, chicago
Polish man’s name didn’t work for judicial candidate, so now he’s Shannon O’Malley.
My favorite part about this story is that this name-change game happened so often that there’s a 2007 state law addressing it. | learn more