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This $1 hearing aid could treat millions with hearing loss
LoCHAid can be assembled in 30 minutes with cheap parts Globally, 230 million people aged 65 and older experience age-related hearing loss. Typi... (2020)
Dyson is building 15,000 ventilators to fight COVID-19
The company will donate thousands of ventilators abroad. “ Working under a grant from the U.K. government, with oversight from the U.K. National... (2020)
The Best Little Museum You Never Visited in Paris | Travel | Smithsonian Magazine
The Museum of Arts and Crafts is a trove of cunning inventions (2020)
Jane Jacobs Was Right: Diverse Urban Neighborhoods Foster Innovation
A new study finds evidence that Jane Jacobs was right about the dynamic and innovative qualities spurred by living in dense, urban neighborhoods. (2019)
Rwanda just released the first smartphone made entirely in Africa (fastcompany.com)
Rwanda is becoming an innovation and tech hub. Rwanda’s Mara X, Z are the first smartphones made fully in Africa... (2019)
China Has Whole Towns Focused Entirely on Making Electric Cars - 2019 - Bloomberg
- At least 20 ‘EV Towns’ rising to boost manufacturing, research - Industrial plan comes as car sales crater, EV sector flooded "Shunde i... (2019)
What Makes a Rural Creative Hub: Innovation and the Arts - CityLab
A growing body of research shows that innovative businesses are common in rural areas, and rural innovation gets a boost from the arts. "One of ... (2019)
Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods - The New York Times
Behold the Beefless ‘Impossible Whopper’. Burger King is introducing a Whopper made with a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods. Th... (2019)
The Square Strategy Teardown - CB Insights Research
How The Point-Of-Sale Fintech Insurgent Is Quietly Turning Itself Into A Full-Service Bank Payments startup Square is moving beyond the registe... (2019)
Check Out the Cheaper, Greener Future of France’s High-Speed Trains - CityLab
Take a look at the trains that will modernize France’s rail fleet and prepare the national provider to take on its first-ever competitors. (2019)
The Tiny Swiss Company That Thinks It Can Help Stop Climate Change - The New York Times
Two European entrepreneurs want to remove carbon from the air at prices cheap enough to matter. (2019)
Making New Drugs With a Dose of Artificial Intelligence - The New York Times
Researchers at DeepMind, owned by Google’s parent company, and other companies are applying their powerful A.I. systems to drug discovery research. (2019)
Before the Electric Car Takes Over, Someone Needs to Reinvent the Battery - Bloomberg
Solid-state technology promises to be cheaper and charge faster than anything on the road today. But no one is close to figuring it out. (2019)
The biggest tech trends of 2019, according to top experts
Next year’s AI, AR, and 5G tech may set the stage for some massive tectonic shifts in tech and culture. (2019)
Can We Grow More Food on Less Land? We’ll Have To, a New Study Finds - The New York Times
To make meaningful progress on climate change, cows and wheat fields will have to become radically more efficient. (2018)
Google’s Parent Has a Plan to Eliminate Mosquitoes Worldwide - Bloomberg
Bite. Breed. Die. "Silicon Valley researchers are attacking flying bloodsuckers in California's Fresno County. It's the first salvo in an unlike... (2018)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spent $200 million over seven years funding TOILET sanitation research
How Bill Gates Aims to Save $233 Billion by Reinventing the Toilet -- BLOOMBERG (2018)
The hacker's guide to government SBIR grants
- Fletcher Richman - Hacks & Thoughts "How to apply for up to $1M in non-dilutive Government SBIR Grants for your startup. A step-by-step guide... (2016)
Forbes Partners With Civil to Publish Content on a Blockchain - CoinDesk
Forbes will begin publishing article metadata to Civil's blockchain platform starting next year, the companies announced Tuesday. (2018)
How I Lost My Faith in Private Blockchains - CoinDesk
It remains to be proven if permissioned blockchains provide a real business benefit at all. Take it from one who used to advise banks on them. (2018)
How a Kids' Scooter Became a Micro-Mobility Revolution - CityLab
Two decades ago, a Swiss inventor laid the foundation for the big mobility innovation of 2018. (2018)
Coinbase’s New Asset Listing Process - 2018 – The Coinbase Blog
Our goal is to rapidly list all assets that meet our standards and are compliant with local law, while providing our customers with the tools to di... (2018)
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - Time for Global Action for People and Planet (2018)
A Chinese electric car startup that has delivered zero cars is now valued at $3.6 billion
Investors are yet to see these EV startups generate revenues. (2018)
Uber will bring you flying taxis, if you can help build a magical battery
By 2023, the world's most valued startup aims to make small aircraft rides an affordable option for daily commuters. (2018)
Why the world is so excited about electric cars, in charts
Detractors say the total number of fully electric cars sold in the world are still a small fraction of the total. But that hides some startling tre... (2018)
Pellion Technologies is selling rechargeable lithium-metal batteries
Many startups have made claims about successful lithium-metal batteries. But Pellion is the first to get one to the commercial phase. (2018)
Breakthrough Energy Ventures has made its first two investments in energy-storage startups — Quartz
Energy storage can overcome the biggest limitation of modern renewable power, providing power when the sun doesn't shine and wind doesn't blow. (2018)
Why the world needs a breakthrough in energy storage — Quartz
The idea is that, with energy storage, you could squirrel away variable solar power and wind power for use when you need it, instead of using it on... (2018)
Swiss startup Energy Vault is stacking concrete blocks to store energy — Quartz
To deal with variable solar and wind power, the startup Energy Vault is coming out of stealth mode to offer alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. (2018)
New technology aims to put a whole new spin on space travel
A new form of technology is trying to send items into space with an innovative new method. The SpinLaunch aims to reduce the carbon footprint of sp... (2023)
Why Is Desalination So Difficult?
An overview of seawater desalination: removing salt to make drinkable water from the ocean (2023)
Amazing Invention - This Drone Will Change Everything - Zipline Drones
These folks engineering a much better way to deliver your basically anything. If you want to engineer your own creations with me every month, just ... (2023)
Italy is Building a New Tech Capital in Milan
This digital twin is turning an area of Milan into Italy's new tech capital. (2023)
Is the Hyperloop just Hype?
Check out the math & physics courses that I mentioned (many of which are free!) and support this channel by going to https://brilliant.org/Sabine/ ... (2021)
Why Silicon Valley and Shenzhen Have Exactly The Opposite Problem
Why Silicon Valley and Shenzhen Have Exactly The Opposite Problem "Move fast and break things" doesn't exactly translate into Mandarin… (2021)
Mary Meeker’s 2019 internet trends report | Code 2019
Recode Published on Jun 11, 2019 At Recode by Vox’s 2019 Code Conference, Bond partner Mary Meeker released her slides in rapid succession, cov... (2019)
How Tall Buildings Tame the Wind
How do tall buildings withstand the wind? We've partnered with SimScale to explain. (2019)
The battery that could make mass solar and wind power viable | Donald Sadoway MIT
CBC News: The National Published on Dec 12, 2018 Renewables are growing, but even if they could some day replace fossil fuels, there's a problem:... (2019)
The Tech That Could Fix One of Wind Power's Biggest Problems - Bloomberg
Bloomberg Published on Jun 22, 2016 Hello World’s Ashlee Vance paid a recent visit to Iceland’s capital city of Reykjavik to see the next part of... (2019)
A look at 5G technology and how it will change our lives
CBC News: The National Published on Mar 13, 2018 5G cellular networks — the next step up from 4G — are being developed for testing in some citie... (2018)
Everything You Need to Know About 5G -- IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum Published on Feb 6, 2017 Millimeter waves, massive MIMO, full duplex, beamforming, and small cells are just a few of the technologi... (2018)
The End of the Beginning - a16z
In his now annual state-of-innovation talk at the a16z Summit in November 2018, Andreessen Horowitz’ Benedict Evans walks through where we are now ... (2018)
Advice for Biotech Founders - A Conversation with Elizabeth Iorns - YC Startup School
YC Partner Adora Cheung talks to Science Exchange Co-Founder and CEO Elizabeth Iorns about her experience as a biotech startup founder. Learn more.... (2018)
Secret History of Silicon Valley
[Recorded: November 20, 2008] Today, Silicon Valley is known around the world as a fount of technology innovation and development fueled by private... (2018)
Why Norway is full of Teslas - Vox
Vox Published on Jun 9, 2017 Oslo is the Tesla capital of the world. Follow Johnny on Facebook for more photos and videos from his travels aro... (2018)
Made in Israel: Agriculture
The Official 700 Club Published on Sep 3, 2013 Gordon Robertson looks at Israel's remarkable agricultural innovation, with special focus on the... (2018)
How Israel became a leader in water use in the Middle East - PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour Published on Apr 26, 2015 Over the past few years in Israel, the country's water shortage has become a surplus. Through a combinat... (2018)
How Israel Rules The World Of Cyber Security, VICE on HBO, Full Episode
VICE News Published on Mar 14, 2018 U.S. intelligence agencies accuse Russia of hacking the 2016 presidential election, a Ben Ferguson travels ... (2018)
The Audience Response Duplicator,or Laugh Box,Laffbox,Recorded Studio Laughter
Video of "The Audience Response Duplicator, or LaughBox, Laffbox. Still in working condition! THIS IS IT! The infamous box of canned laughter. U.S ... (2018)
Hindenburg disaster
This is the original reel about the famous Hindenburg disaster in 1937, Lakehurst. For more information, please go to airships. net (2018)
Fatal Flight audiobook: Opening credits (1/14)
engineerguy Published on Jul 31, 2017 Download this audiobook, view the figures in the print version, or read the appendices. Fatal Flight: The ... (2018)
Britain's Giant Airship: R.101
engineerguy Published on Feb 6, 2018 You can learn more about Bill's book Fatal Flight, The True Story of Britain's Last Great Airship -- includi... (2018)
How the Tesla Model S is Made | Tesla Motors Part 1 (WIRED)
WIRED Published on Jul 16, 2013 If founder Elon Musk is right, Tesla Motors just might reinvent the American auto industry—with specialized rob... (2018)
This City in Siberia Could Become the Next Silicon Valley | Bloomberg
Hello World’s host Ashlee Vance traveled to Akademgorodok to see what this science city looks like in 2016. Where the labs of yesteryear have star... (2018)
S-curves in Innovation
a16z, Published on Aug 5, 2017: "Benedict Evans describes "the s-curve” in the life cycle of technology innovation, and why it’s important. Techno... (2017)
10 Year Futures (vs. What's Happening Now) | a16z
a16z talk with a look at trends in technologies: “The personal computer S-curve gave us 1.5 billion PCs and 3 billion people online, and now the s... (2017)
Bitcoin Cash - Hard Fork – Bitcoin.com
With a pending hard fork on May 15th, Ryan gives us the 411. What are the upgrades and how will they affect the future of Bitcoin Cash?... (2018)
Tim O’Reilly – The Trend Spotter, an episode from Tim Ferriss on Spotify
Tim O’Reilly (@timoreilly) is one of the most fascinating polymaths I’ve ever encountered. Wired has called him “the trend spotter” in the world of... (2017)
Matt Ridley: How Innovation Works, Part 2 - Naval
Listen to this episode from Naval on Spotify. Transcript: http://nav.al/matt-ridley-2 (2021)
Matt Ridley: How Innovation Works, Part 1 - Naval
Listen to this episode from Naval on Spotify. Transcript: http://nav.al/matt-ridley (2021)
a16z Podcast: The Infrastructure of Total Health – Andreessen Horowitz
Bernard J. Tyson is the chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, a $73 billion non-profit health organization that provides healthcare and coverage w... (2018)
a16z Podcast: Pulse Check on Consumer Tech Trends 2019, CES and Beyond – Andreessen Horowitz
Every year, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) puts the latest and greatest developments in consumer technology on display in Vegas. But beyond th... (2019)
Tesla and the Nature of Disruption by a16z on SoundCloud
Stream a16z Podcast: Tesla and the Nature of Disruption by a16z from desktop or your mobile device (2018)
The Laff Box - 99% Invisible
What happened to the laugh track? For nearly five decades, it was ubiquitous, simulating in-person audience experiences in home living rooms. But b... (2018)
How Technology Is Changing The Way Blind People Get Visual Information | Here & Now
Here & Now's Eric Westervelt talks with the president of the National Federation of the Blind about some of the apps helping people who are blind o... (2018)
a16z Podcast: Quantum Computing, Now and Next – Andreessen Horowitz
a16z “Moore's Law -- putting more and more transistors on a chip -- accelerated the computing industry by so many orders of magnitude, it has (a... (2017)
Crossing the Chasm, by Geoffrey Moore
Here is the bestselling guide that created a new game plan for marketing in high-tech industries. Crossing the Chasm has become the bible for bring... (2023)
Designing Reality - Neil Gershenfeld, MIT
Book from Neil Gershenfeld, professor at MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, an interdisciplinary initiative exploring the boundary between computer s... (2023)
How Innovation Works: Serendipity, Energy and the Saving of Time by Matt Ridley
How Innovation Works book. Read 176 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Innovation is the main event of the modern age, the rea... (2021)
The End of Competitive Advantage (book) - Rita Gunther McGrath - Harvard Business Review
How to Keep Your Strategy Moving as Fast as Your Business - book by Rita Gunther McGrath, and Alex Gourlay Publication Date: June 04, 2013 Ar... (2019)
Spotify Teardown | The MIT Press
An innovative investigation of the inner workings of Spotify that traces the transformation of audio files into streamed experience. ... (2018)
Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World by Paul Shapiro
Paul Shapiro gives you a front-row seat for the wild story of the race to create and commercialize cleaner, safer, sustainable meat—real meat—witho... (2018)
Fatal Flight: The True Story of Britain's Last Great Airship by Bill Hammack
Fatal Flight brings vividly to life the year of operation of R.101, the last great British airship—a luxury liner three and a half times the length... (2018)
The Fab Foundation
Bridging the Digital Divide Design / Fabricate / Share. We work to provide access to the tools, the knowledge and the financial means to educate, i... (2023)
Podcast - Should This Exist?
It’s the question of our times: How is technology impacting our humanity? On Should This Exist? we invite creators of radical new technologies to s... (2019)