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Kenji’s Woodworking@MicroFactory
DIY projects are popular on social media. Accounts like 5-minute craft feature simple projects to spruce up your home. However, these projects are usually gimmicky and become redundant almost immediately after they are built. Wood working is also an internet trend. YouTube is filled with time lapse videos of craftsmen creating sleek yet simple furniture…
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PermaColony & Slingshot in 2021
Moonshot: Permacolony is back for a 2nd run! In 2020, we went global and virtual-only. The 2021 edition will be Singapore-focused, with a predominant physical component. As before, we will continue to support Slingshot – Southeast Asia’s largest startup event. Details coming shortly
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Exponential Agritech & Terraforming with A*Star
It’s been a while since our last virtual event, and we just had a great first one under tightened restrictions. While there might be a lot of screen fatigue with almost 1.5 years into COVID-19 times, a virtual event does have its own upsides too! We welcomed over 50 scientists in our first A*Star/Audacity exchange,…
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The Limits of Capitalism
‘The world has gone mad and the system is broken’. Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater, once wrote in his late-2019 blog post. Just how mad have we gone? With the continued growth of global GDP, our rational minds tell us that capitalism is a good thing. Yet, somehow it doesn’t…
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Utopia, Applied
We are now a year into the Covid-19 triggered nation-wide lockdowns in Singapore and around the world. Apart from the health crisis, the focus is also shifting onto the growing debt crisis of nations that borrowed to stay afloat in the pandemic. Poverty, inequalities and divisiveness are surging and there is no clarity on actionable…
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Interview: G20 co-founder Hans Eichel
“If you want peace, then prepare for peace” Hans Eichel, while chairing the G7, started the G20 with then US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers to reflect the rebalancing of global power. As Germany’s finance minister during its landmark ruling coalition between the Social Democrats and the Green Party, Hans architected the fiscal reforms that turned…
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Prototypical: Dream Stage
Prototypical kicks off with Dream Stage where participants work with like-minded innovators to polish their ideas guided by industry experts.
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Daily Summary of Moonshot: Permacolony Bootcamp 1.0
We had the honour of having Andreas Raptopoulos of Matternet bestow some wisdom on being a people-founder, and Lynette Tan of ESG to shed some light on grants available for launching a startup from Singapore.
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DeMineCraft 1.0
DeMineCraft (DMC) Worlds was built to be an open innovation ecosystem focused on digital twin-based games with real world impact. The original notion behind DMC involves intertwining two different concepts: robotics and gamification into one big idea – a robot deminer controlled by gamers. In order to pilot-trial the concept, we narrowed our scope to…
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Thoughts on DeMineCraft
A short post reflecting the past, present, and envisioned future for DeMineCraft (DMC).