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The ISS is Retiring: Space Startups Rejoice
The ISS is retiring and it leaves a lot of opportunity for space start ups to step in.
Your Digital Afterlife May Not Be Your Own Thanks to AI
Afterlife AI is a growing tech sector–and there are some increasingly concerning ethics around it.
An Inside Look at Puerto Rico’s Growing Start-up Scene
Watch my panel at SXSW 2024 over at INC. Magazine. When you think of the tech scene, Puerto Rico may not be the first place that comes to mind, but the country is working to change that. While it’s still a hot spot for tourism […]
Here’s How The Future of Barcodes Will Change How We Consume
Watch my session at SXSW, on Inc. Magazine, here. June 26, 1974 was an historical milestone that changed the shopping experience: That’s the date the first item was ever scanned with a barcode. Juicy Fruit gum at a supermarket in Troy, Ohio, became the first […]
Is AI the Answer to Sustainable Farming?
Read my story at The Verge. What happens when a robotics expert and a sixth-generation farmer decide to start a company together? They spend most of their time grappling with one looming problem: climate change. In 2020, Gilwoo Lee, the robotics expert, and Casey Call, […]
Famed Artist, Krista Kim, Talks about the Future of AI & Humanity
By her own description, Krista Kim has always been fascinated by the intersection of human existence and digital reality. Kim is a world-renowned digital artist who was one of the first to build and sell virtual real estate—in the form of an NFT known as the Mars House, a […]
At TED 2023, One Thing was Clear: The Future of AI Cannot Be Modeled
Read my story at Cool Hunting. Artificial Intelligence is a global topic as innovators and tech giants like OpenAI, Google and Microsoft work toward increasingly intelligent chatbots and artificial systems that leverage the trove of information that exists on the web today, alongside predictive models […]
Automakers, Suppliers, and Startups See Growing Market For In-Vehicle AR and VR Applications
Augmented and virtual reality have been used for years in gaming, design and shopping. Now, a new battle for market share is emerging — inside vehicles. Safety-glass windshields offer a new opportunity for suppliers, manufacturers and startups that are starting to adapt this technology: AR overlays […]
The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Online Communities
Before the widespread adoption of the internet, power dynamics were primarily constrained to real-world locations: the office, the dinner table, and the bedroom. In the modern era, amplified by algorithms and social media clout, power dynamics have shifted, changed, and impacted our society and culture […]
Behind The Nonprofit That Coaches At-Risk Students And Heals Trauma — One Text At A Time
Ashley Edwards knew as a teenager that she wanted to make an impact on the world. The 27-year-old started doing social justice work at the age of 14 and was fully steeped in it by the time she reached college. And after Edwards met Alina […]
Creating an App to Connect with Adventure Seekers
Connor Woolpert has found a way to do what every person consumed by wanderlust dreams — finding a way to make a living traveling. The explorer bug bit Woolpert, now 23, early. From a young age, he traveled with his father — hiking, surfing and camping all […]