“It’s obviously a risk that the bigger you get, the slower you become” Source: How Skyscanner aims to keep its startup culture despite massive growth | WIRED UK
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Save money on heating bills with the Q-Bot robot | WIRED UK
The Q-Bot is currently being used by UK councils to insulate homes Source: Save money on heating bills with the Q-Bot robot | WIRED UK
The best way to become an angel investor | WIRED UK
“When I first started as an angel investor I was excited to start investing in startups – but I didn’t know much,” says Gil Penchina, who now heads the highest-value syndicate on AngelList with more than $6 million (£4m) of backing. Source: The best way to become an angel investor | WIRED UK
WIRED Health | Go to physical extremes in order to learn
Before Felix Baumgartner dived almost 40,000 metres through space and back to Earth, he was trained by Red Bull’s high-performance director, Andy Walshe. Source: Go to physical extremes in order to learn | WIRED UK
How to make your own Pi-powered vegetable orchestra | WIRED UK
Have you ever wished you could beatbox using real beets? We hadn’t either, but Portland-based designer Scott Garner did. Source: How to make your own Pi-powered vegetable orchestra | WIRED UK
Hawaiian artist Hula paints floating murals in extreme locations | WIRED UK
Hawaiian artist Sean Yoro paints murals that float above the surface of the water on ship hulls and melting icebergs Source: Hawaiian artist Hula paints floating murals in extreme locations | WIRED UK
In pictures: How the Royal Mint produces two billion coins a year | WIRED UK
More than two billion British coins were issued in 2015 – and every single one of them was made here. Source: In pictures: How the Royal Mint produces two billion coins a year | WIRED UK
Nasa InSight mission to Mars: Bruce Banerdt on patience and Marsquakes | WIRED UK
Getting to Mars requires a lot of skill and a lot of patience. On 5 May 2018 Nasa’s InSight mission to Mars will finally take off. The launch, originally scheduled for March 2016, was delayed by two years due a fault in sensor equipment forcing Nasa to miss its one-month launch window. Source: Nasa InSightContinue reading “Nasa InSight mission to Mars: Bruce Banerdt on patience and Marsquakes | WIRED UK”
This hydroponic farm is hidden 33 metres below London | WIRED UK
Forget everything you were taught in biology — plants don’t need sunlight to grow. Growing Underground is a farm 33 metres below Clapham, south London, swapping sunlight for LEDs. Source: This hydroponic farm is hidden 33 metres below London | WIRED UK
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