Albert Wenger on the next big thing
In a 22-minute talk at the Gel Conference, Albert Wenger, Partner, Union Square Ventures shares his views on macro issues driving technology and society, like declining costs of computing, zero margin costs of digital technologies, and the shifting of scarcity from food and capital to attention.
3D GoPro camera lens kit now available for pre-orders
This VR startup is crowdfunding a hardware add-on that turns a GoPro into a 3D camera, using mirrors to create two different images for your left and right eyes.
Drone startup delivers drugs from ship to shore
Flirty, a US-based drone startup made the first domestic “ship to shore” drone delivery, delivering medical supplies and samples from a barge to an onshore medical camp.
Twilio opens for trading on the NYSE
Twilio, which provides a communications API for telephony infrastructure web service in the cloud is the first tech startup in the US to go public this year. The video captures the spirit of the stock NYSE exchange, where the company held a code jam on the trading floor.
Airobotics unveils automated drone platform for industries
Israel-based UAV manufacturer Airobotics recently raised $28M in a Series B round is pursuing an autonomous drone platform that can be operated 24×7, and will be managed entirely by a robotic battery-swapping platform. The company said that such a system would be best suited for industries such as mining, oil & gas, seaports, and other industrial facilities.