Category: General Thinking

  • Driving Virtually

    Nvidia gave a demo yesterday which can only be described as wicked cool! They seem to be working at the absolute cutting edge of technology. They drove a car completely virtually. It just blew my mind! Just watch the demo video embedded below and let your mind be blown as well! Starts at around 12:40.…

  • Selling Privacy

    The entire social media business has been premised on selling your private data to actors who have the money to buy it. But what happens when those actors are not looking to just sell you goods; but an idea – That your country is going to the dogs! It creates the possibility that entire elections…

  • Milk

    Milk is not something that we are naturally meant to consume, but milk has become an essential part of our diets. The dairy industry has grown and continued to grow in recent years to just quench our thirst for milk. Now startups are looking to disrupt how we get our milk and meat. Humanity’s procurement…

  • Future of Electronics

    The impact that graphene is going to have on the future of electronics cannot be underestimated. Graphene is a carbon structure which is one atom thick. Image a sheet of carbon only one atom thick being used for building a whole host of solutions including batteries and advanced circuits. Now scientists are finding a way…

  • Blockchain and Governance

    I came across this article a couple of weeks back. The idea is one of 35 that Bloomberg Philanthropies selected from over 300 applications for the testing phase of its 2018 US Mayors Challenge. The challenge asked American cities for technology and data solutions for their most pressing challenges and awarded up to $100,000 in…

  • Prime Numbers

    Modern Cryptography is based on prime numbers. When the research started out on cryptography, they were looking for what is called a reversible function. While most mathematical functions are reversible, they are also very easy to crack through. If you wish to know more about how we arrived at this point, I advice a more…

  • Tipping point – Autonomous Cars

    Autonomous technology is the holy grail for future of automobile. It will not only upend the automobile industry but also real estate, retail and many others. It is only fair to say that every company with enough cash in their wallets have been trying to get into the game. Apple, Alphabet (read Google), Tencent, Uber,…

  • The Myth of Talent

    Talent is a myth, I was told… Now I believe it. In order to arrive at perfection in any area of pursuit, you need to put in 10,000 hours of practice. Let us put that time in perspective. If you put in about 3 hours of practice a day, which is hard, you will do…

  • Manufacturing and Jobs

    There was a time when the hinterland was where all the jobs went. People in the cities bought what was produced in the hinterland. Then shipping and air transportation took off big time and it made more sense to transport things that to produce them in your own country. It was easier to specialise and…

  • Who is going to be the winner in the ride sharing space?

    There is a tremendous amount of interest in the autonomous driving technology. There are a lot of companies including big wigs like Google and Apple that seem to have thrown in their hat into the ring. This has caused a lot of car manufacturers to take note and start competing programs or partner with either…