IoT Ecosystem: Four Hurdles The Industry Has To Overcome
If IoT ecosystem can overcome its challenges, as ARK Invest believes it will, it will enjoy network effects likely to dwarf any of those before it.
Tesla’s Battery Pack System Will Almost Double its Range
The cost of Tesla’s battery pack system is poised to decline rapidly, allowing the range of a Model S equivalent vehicle to hit 430 miles by 2019.
On-site Cancer Tests Can Increase Survival Rates
On-site Cancer Tests – Patients with pancreatic cancer have a 35% chance of dying before their molecular diagnostic test results return.
Another Ethereum ÐΞV Update
Been a while, I know, but then these are rather busy days. I’m writing this from a Starbucks in Shanghai sitting behind the Great Firewall, able to peep out only occasionally. I’ve been in Asia with Marek for the last couple of weeks, mainly for meetu…
Machine Vision Gives Robots a New Outlook on Life
Advancements of machine vision systems will play a key role as robots permeate, infiltrate, and integrate into the new world.
Retail Robots: “How May We Help You?”
With Retail Robots, in-store experiences will be quicker, sales staff interactions more helpful, and prices lower as robots increase operational efficiency.
Facebook Will Eclipse TV in Advertising Value Starting 2015
Content is moving inexorably online and disrupting traditional media. According to Nielsen, TV viewership peaked in 2012 at 5 hours 37 minutes per person
The Problem of Censorship
One of the interesting problems in designing effective blockchain technologies is, how can we ensure that the systems remain censorship-proof? Although lots of work has been done in cryptoeconomics in order to ensure that blockchains continue pumping o…
Tesla’s Residential Energy Storage: Uneconomic and Premature
Barring a change in business model, however, residential energy storage is unlikely to contribute meaningfully to Tesla’s revenue.
The Business Imperative Behind the Ethereum Vision
Special thanks to Vitalik Buterin, Gavin Wood and Jeffrey Wilcke for countless revisions feedback, picks at their brains, and helping me read their tea leaves. Introduction In the world of cryptography-based computer science, the Ethereum technology v…
Are Google’s Golden Days Over as the World Goes Mobile?
On a wireless device Google’s search platform is often not the preferred option, but 2.3B people access the internet on mobile broadband subscriptions
Biosimilars vs Generics: History Does Not Repeat, It Rhymes
Healthcare investors likely remember the devastating impact of generic drugs on drug prices in the late 1980s. Biosimilars could be different.
Announcing eπ: Ethereum on Raspberry Pi Programme
As part of our drive to introduce Ethereum to the far corners of the world, not to mention demonstrate the potential for embedded blockchain technology (even without light-nodes) I’m happy to announce the roll-out of our “eπ” Ethereum-on-Raspberry Pi p…
Olympic: Frontier Pre-Release
What began all the way back on midnight of February 1st 2014, is coming to a close: we are happy to announce the release of the ninth and last in the Ethereum Proof-of-Concept series. We invite the community to participate in the ongoing Proof-of-Conc…
Cancer Detection Could be Faster and Cheaper with Cepheid’s New Test
Cepheid is collapsing the time to detect cancer, potentially providing test results within 90 minutes, instead of the days or weeks.
How Can Amazon Charge $1 for Drone Delivery?
Drone Delivery: The details behind ARK’s estimate that Amazon could deliver packages by drone for $1. Here are the assumptions, broken down…
The end of the beginning…
As part of our tiered release process, we will soon be beginning the final phase prior to our Frontier release. So far our ongoing Proof-of-Concept IX testnet has been running smoothly for around a month with dozens of nodes around the world, well over…
Visions, Part 2: The Problem of Trust
Special thanks to: Robert Sams, Gavin Wood, Mark Karpeles and countless cryptocurrency critics on online forums for helping to develop the thoughts behind this article If you were to ask the average cryptocurrency or blockchain enthusiast what the key…
The IoT Wave Is Surging – ARK Forecasts 7 Billion Devices in US Households by 2025
Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as thermostats, fans, lights, locks and refrigerators are currently available, and more items will be connected soon.
Visions, Part 1: The Value of Blockchain Technology
One of the questions that has perhaps been central to my own research in blockchain technology is: ultimately, what is it even useful for? Why do we need blockchains for anything, what kinds of services should be run on blockchain-like architectures, a…