What exactly is LIDAR?
Oliver Cameron, the CEO of autonomous taxi upstart Voyage, does a great job of explaining what LIDAR (the technology used in most autonomous vehicles) is and how it works, it’s history, and its future. | learn more
Oliver Cameron, the CEO of autonomous taxi upstart Voyage, does a great job of explaining what LIDAR (the technology used in most autonomous vehicles) is and how it works, it’s history, and its future. | learn more
Superstar VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (aka A16Z) has put together what they call an “AI Playbook”. If you’re the kind of person asking “How do I get started with artificial intelligence?” or “What can I do with AI in my own product or company?”, this is for you. |learn more
Holly Maniatty is a sign language interpreter. She has worked on-stage alongside the Wu-Tang Clan, Killer Mike, and the Beastie Boys. It’s quite a sight. | learn more
Can you guess how many times you would need to fold a paper in half before it’s thick enough to reach the moon? Remember from last week: humans are bad at non-linear thinking. | learn more
“Taking time to be totally, gloriously, proudly unproductive will ultimately make you better at your job…” | learn more
The bad news is you’re not always rational. The good news is Business Insider made a nice chart of 20 cognitive biases that you can keep by your desk to remind you. | learn more
Brad Stone (author of The Everything Store) details the battleground that these two giants are going to fight over. Wal-Mart has made major investments, but what happens next? | learn more
“Flexe finds spare warehouse space for e-commerce merchants, including mattress seller Casper, and is set to offer overnight delivery all over the U.S.” | learn more
Quartz does a beautiful job overviewing our human struggle with happiness and a lot of the research that’s shaping our understanding of it. | learn more
Humans are great at linear thinking, and we’re generally bad at nonlinear thinking. Unfortunately, many things in life are nonlinear. This excellent HBR article lays out the problem and tactics to address it with. | learn more