Among the things I learned this week:
* Mansudae Art Studio is North Korea’s art department, and its artwork is available for sale via an Italy-based company. (Courtesy: NYT)
* Evacuation Day (Courtesy: NYT)
* CubeSat movement technologies. (Courtesy: Economist)
* Northwestern-style xiao long baos have a thicker skin, because of the region’s more common use of flour. (Courtesy: NYT)
* Tobacco was legal tender in Virginia. (Courtesy: David Graeber’s Debt)
Among the things I learned this week:
* Electric vehicle range can be reduced by 57 percent depending on the temperature: “The average EV battery range in AAA’s test was 105 miles at 75°F, but dropped 57 percent to 43 miles when the temperature was held steady at 20°F. Warm temperatures were less stressful on battery range, but still delivered a lower average of 69 miles per full charge at 95°F.” (Courtesy: AAA)
* Of 3858 Chinese P2P lender CEOs, 266 have fled China. (Courtesy: The Economist)
* Insurance technology funding patterns. (Courtesy: CB Insights)
Benedict Evans does a great job of tying together many different tech threads for this presentation about mobile. For anyone making any sized decisions, watch.
https://vimeo.com/130722577