Inside the Postal Startup That Wants to Stick It to the (Mail) Man
• http://www.wired.com, By Marcus WohlsenEvan Baehr was called to the postal service equivalent of the principal’s office.
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Bono: “Capitalism takes more people out of poverty than aid”
• Daily Paul.comOur Research Fellow George Ayittey met the Irish rock star Bono in July 2007 during a TED conference. Professor Ayittey was speaking and in knowing that Bono would be in the audience, he explains that.....
ELON MUSK: I Will Announce The Hyperloop At 1:30 Pacific
• Business InsiderElon Musk will release his plans for the "Hyperloop," a super fast form of transportation this afternoon at 1:30 Pacific time.
Elon Musk Thinks He Can Get You From NY to LA in 45 Minutes
• Wired.comElon Musk wants to revolutionize transportation. Again. The serial entrepreneur envisions a future where mag-lev trains in enormous pneumatic tubes whisk us from Los Angeles to New York in 45 minutes.
Life-sized, human holograms could soon grace your living room
• dvice.comUpdate: It looks like the Kickstarter project has hit a snag. According to the project's page: "HOLOVISION: A Life Size Hologram is the subject of an intellectual property dispute and is currently unavailable."
Elon Musk And Richard Branson Give Their Best Advice To Entrepreneurs
• Max Nisen and Alexandra MondalekTesla CEO Elon Musk and Virgin Chairman Sir Richard Branson, two of the tech world's most lauded entrepreneurs, just gave their best advice on how to start a company during a Google + hangout this afternoon.
Entrepreneurs Were More Likely To Cause Trouble As Teens, Study Says
• popsci.com"Disrupting" norms is profitable when you're a 35-year-old tech maven. When you're 16, it just makes you a delinquent.
Bootleggers and Baptists on the Beach
• Lewrockwell.comLast year, two young college graduates had a great business idea that has become a huge success in the beach town of Delray Beach, Florida.
How an Internet Toiletry Gimmick Remade Mexican Sex Education
• Wired.comThe Dollar Shave Club delivers cheap razor blades and butt wipes right to dudes’ doors so they don’t have to deal with the inconvenience of actually going to the store.
Chairigami: The Cardboard Furniture of the Future
• newsfeed.time.comSaving the world one cardboard chair at a time
BarEye App Lets You Buy And Send Drinks From Your Phone
• techcrunch.comBarEye, a social nightlife app that helps you purchase drinks at partner bars, is expanding after its pilot in Tallahassee to five major U.S. cities: New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta and Austin.
Crowdfunding the cardboard bike
• Mother Nature Network.comIsraeli entrepreneurs have a great product, but they're stumbling trying to get it off the ground. What's the price again? $20. $95? $290?
ABB wins contract for Dutch electric vehicle charging stations
• news.cnet.comThe Swiss company will supply high-voltage chargers for Fastned's network of 200 fast-charging stations in the Netherlands.
Startup Androidly Bets That Smartwatches Will Kill The Entire Smartphone Market
• Business InsiderFour-person startup Androidly has set out to create a smarter smartwatch.
Startup Uses Novel Materials Based on Plasmonic Effects
• Technologyreview.comAn early-stage company aims to commercialize new optical materials for denser data storage and better cancer treatments.
The App Craze Branches into Forestry
• Technologyreview.comA startup has developed software and smartphone tools for cataloguing the trees in forests.
Swiss Rocket Plane May Launch People on Private Science Trips
• space.comA startup Swiss spaceflight company is planning to upgrade its proposed private satellite launch system into a manned suborbital space shuttle for science missions, the company announced Monday (June 17).
Actor Rainn Wilson Talks Asteroid Mining with Planetary Resources
• space.comActor Rainn Wilson is a little bit worried about what the private asteroid-mining company Planetary Resources might do once it reaches space.
Inspired by a Cardboard Box, This Chair Is a Private Escape
• Wired.comBetween establishing an industrial design studio for Google’s Android team and raising a family together, designers Mike Simonian and Maaike Evers spend a lot of time in hectic environments.
Swiss Rocket Plane May Launch People on Private Science Trips
• space.comA startup Swiss spaceflight company is planning to upgrade its proposed private satellite launch system into a manned suborbital space shuttle for science missions, the company announced Monday (June 17).
Rent-A-Chicken provides eggs for wannabe farmers
• highlandstoday.comIt's not out of the ordinary to rent things such as textbooks, power tools and designer dresses. But a chicken?
Start-up to bring test-drive cars to buyers, avoiding dealership
• ReutersA new company hopes to make the car-buying process easier for consumers and more efficient for dealers by bringing cars to buyers for test drives, avoiding the need to spend hours at a dealership.
French startup develops solar-charging displays
• thedroidguy.comA France-based startup called SunPartner Group is reportedly working on a technology that will allow the displays of mobile devices to draw power from solar energy or artificial light sources to boost the devices’ battery power
How to Control a Cockroach Using Your Smartphone
• livescience.comA project currently on Kickstarter would give supporters the tools to remote-control a cockroach using their smartphones.
Bitcoin Millionaires Become Investing Angels
• Technologyreview.comEarly investors in Bitcoin got rich. Now they are the cryptocurrency’s most powerful gatekeepers.
Reinvented Wheel Is A Square
• popsci.comSquare wheels offer skateboards more control and grip, the inventors say.
Smart dog collar lets us know how Fido is feeling
• dvice.comThe Whistle Dog Collar is a smart collar that tracks your pet dog's activity (or lack thereof) throughout the day.
Asteroid miners unveil first crowdfunded space scope
• newscientist.comWant to take a closer look at the moon, or spy on your favourite nebula? Here's your chance.
Crowdfunding the Cheapest Robots in Silicon Valley: A VC’s View
• Wired.comThey wanted to show me origami robots: electronic creatures built by simply folding paper (in this case laser-cut cardboard) and adding simple electronics and engineering on top.
FYI: When Did People Start Inventing Things In The Garage?
• popsci.comThe modern garage first appeared in the 1920s, and inventors—of automobile parts, among other things—began to occupy them almost immediately.
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