Long speculated to slow or even reverse aging in off-label use, the generic drugs metformin and rapamycin are getting formal clinical trials this year. (Worth magazine)… Read the rest
A one-time climate helper is becoming the biggest threat, due to runaway growth and climate-warming methane emissions. (Read on Worth)… Read the rest
The Paris Agreement has failed. But tech and innovation can soften the blow of a warming climate and still help prevent the worst-case scenarios. (Read on Worth)… Read the rest
At Worth’s Techonomy 23 conference in Orlando, Sean Captain spoke with two AI pioneers using the technologies in very different ways to secure and enhance our food supply.… Read the rest
Dan chats with Fast Company freelance journalist Sean Captain about the sad demise of Tumblr as safe space to find sweet, sweet pornography. (Savage Lovecast)… Read the rest
Fast Company-National Retail Federation panel series at Shop.org 2018.
Randi Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO, Zuckerberg Media; Talia Halperin, GM, Commerce, BuzzFeed Media BrandsCaroline Huber, VP, Product, GIPHY; Alexandra Weiss, SVP, Marketing, GlossierAmy Vener, Retail Vertical Strategy, Pinterest; Hui Zhou, Lead Scientist, Silicon Valley Research Center, JD.com;… Read the restIs it really possible to accurately estimate the size of massive crowds at events like the Women’s March? Experts armed with balloons, satellites, and/or AI say it is. (Listen to interview on Word of Mouth.)
Add Handl, short for “hand liberation,” to the list of accessories you never knew you needed. Attached to the back of this $40 smartphone case is an elastic band that slips between your ring and middle fingers and pulls a small rectangular plate against the top of your fingers, holding the smartphone securely to your palm.… Read the rest
With cars going high-tech, there’s nothing more analog left than the rear-view mirror. At CE Week in New York City, car software maker QNX showed off a modified Maserati smart car with no mirrors. Instead it has a rear-mounted camera that feeds live video to four screens – three in the place of the left, right and center mirrors, and one right in front of the driver.… Read the rest
The DxO One, a $599 palm-sized camera that plugs into an iPhone via its Lightning port, illustrates just how far smartphones have gone in taking over photography.
Many cameras now connect to smartphones over Wi-Fi to transfer photos for online posting.… Read the rest
