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Gradually, then suddenly

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

I stopped in at an Oakland sports bar recently, and what did I see on the menu but an Impossible Burger. Could we replace chemical dyes with bacterial by-products ? That’s a testament to the way that precision farming and other new technologies are transforming agriculture. Bring the wooly mammoth back to life ? Save coral reefs ?

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Looking for disruption? Don't look to technology

The Agile Manager

School sports is big business at the high school and collegiate levels. Of course, sports is big money to the institutions with limited compensation - scholarships pale in comparison to the television revenues - to the athletes. Another is that team activities like sports and music extend the educational experience beyond fact mastery.