Physics
D-Wave Quantum Machine Tested by NASA and Google Shows Promise
Researchers from Google’s AI Lab say a controversial quantum machine that it and NASA have…
Clean tech
Are Venture Capitalists And Big Ideas Converging Again?
My biggest complaint with venture capital and the current entrepreneurial landscape is the lack of Big Ideas— the superficiality of the technology sector. “We were promised flying cars and we got 140 characters” –Peter Thiel. We also got corporate greed masquerading as “the sharing economy.” Many other well-known observers of this industry share my complaint. Some argue that these Big Ideas are too big for private investment, and can only be funded by governments with the resources and vision to accomplish such large long term projects. I disagree.
