This is one of the food technologies that I’m really excited about over the long term (decades from now). If lab-grown meat can economically replace the livestock industry, it’ll be a game changer. | learn more
This Bloomberg article was written by Elon Musk’s biographer Ashlee Vance, so you can expect it to be good. Stripe is a $9 Billion payments startup, and its founders are still in their 20s. | learn more
Ready for a deep dive into Musk’s investments and how he goes about them? This is great stuff. | learn more
The more complex robots get, the more ways they can be unpredictably damaged. Animals have a built-in adaption system (i.e. if you can’t walk on one leg, you might figure out how to hop on the other or use crutches). […]
Engineers from the University of California San Diego have manufactured a flexible biofuel cell that can conform to the human body’s shapes. This is an interesting tech breakthrough that may end up powering wearable devices someday.| learn more
Richard Feynman was a Nobel Prize winning physicist. One of his claims to fame was his ability to teach very difficult subject matter. “The Feynman technique for teaching and communication is a mental model (a breakdown of his personal thought […]
A couple in New Jersey is facing criminal charges for attempting to obtain almost $275k worth of goods via Lowe’s website without paying. They managed to get $13k, and tried to sell it on Facebook. The interesting question is: did […]
Voice interfaces have sucked for the past 20 years. I remember how crappy the experience was in the first car I had with the voice feature. Venture capitalist Tomasz Tunguz thinks that legacy of bad experiences is the biggest challenge […]
They thought it would be easy to create a tractor that goes straight then turns around. Well, that was partly true. But, it didn’t replace the driver. The lesson here is that this tech is hard! | learn more
As Nobel prize winner Bob Dylan once said, the times they are a-changin’. Now that marijuana has gone mainstream, what’s the appropriate Jewish blessing over it? | learn more