Kill the distractions and get sh@t done
How often do we get distracted by our smartphones?
I have an open text editor, a plan to make content, a cup of coffee, and a strong desire to do the work. Then my phone buzzes. And here am I one hour later wondering how could a conscious person waste so much time watching an Instagram feed.
Unpluq is a startup with a simple idea to battle distracting apps. They make small NFC tiles that help you lock and unlock your phone with mindfulness. You select the apps like, say, Instagram, Telegram, or TikTok to be unlocked with the Unpluq tile. Then you place the tile far from yourself.
Getting to the selected apps means you have to get up, go to another room and touch the yellow tile with your phone. So, the device requires you to make an active decision to distract yourself from what you're doing.
The price is $50. Do you think it is worth having to get things done?
🌐 Unpluq website
#devices #startups
How often do we get distracted by our smartphones?
I have an open text editor, a plan to make content, a cup of coffee, and a strong desire to do the work. Then my phone buzzes. And here am I one hour later wondering how could a conscious person waste so much time watching an Instagram feed.
Unpluq is a startup with a simple idea to battle distracting apps. They make small NFC tiles that help you lock and unlock your phone with mindfulness. You select the apps like, say, Instagram, Telegram, or TikTok to be unlocked with the Unpluq tile. Then you place the tile far from yourself.
Getting to the selected apps means you have to get up, go to another room and touch the yellow tile with your phone. So, the device requires you to make an active decision to distract yourself from what you're doing.
The price is $50. Do you think it is worth having to get things done?
🌐 Unpluq website
#devices #startups
Telegraph
Unpluq NFC tile
Sending power from space
The European Space Agency seeks funding for a feasibility study of space-based solar power (SBSP).
SBSP is collecting solar power in outer space by solar power satellites (SPS). Then distributing it to Earth. The god news about the tech are:
- atmosphere does not reflect and absorb sun's energy = we can collect more;
- there is no (or very little) night in space = more energy;
- we can better face the sun with a satellite = more energy again.
There are also bad news though. Scientists call them the current technological hurdles.
SBSP convert sunlight to other form of energy such as microwaves. Then transmits it through the atmosphere to receivers on the Earth's surface:
- It costs a lot of money to build and launch a solar power satellite;
- the satellite's life in space is not easy. It degrades from radiation and can get damage from micrometeoroids;
- the efficiency of wireless power transition has to be 85%. To achieve that, the antenna receiver has to be 10 km in diameter. That's a lot of land and money.
Despite a lot of challenges and questionable economic efficiency, the researches continue.
Finding a feasible solution would allow not only get a new source of renewable energy on Earth. There are also plans to send energy from satellites or from Earth to the Moon to power future lunar missions.
#space #solar #future
The European Space Agency seeks funding for a feasibility study of space-based solar power (SBSP).
SBSP is collecting solar power in outer space by solar power satellites (SPS). Then distributing it to Earth. The god news about the tech are:
- atmosphere does not reflect and absorb sun's energy = we can collect more;
- there is no (or very little) night in space = more energy;
- we can better face the sun with a satellite = more energy again.
There are also bad news though. Scientists call them the current technological hurdles.
SBSP convert sunlight to other form of energy such as microwaves. Then transmits it through the atmosphere to receivers on the Earth's surface:
- It costs a lot of money to build and launch a solar power satellite;
- the satellite's life in space is not easy. It degrades from radiation and can get damage from micrometeoroids;
- the efficiency of wireless power transition has to be 85%. To achieve that, the antenna receiver has to be 10 km in diameter. That's a lot of land and money.
Despite a lot of challenges and questionable economic efficiency, the researches continue.
Finding a feasible solution would allow not only get a new source of renewable energy on Earth. There are also plans to send energy from satellites or from Earth to the Moon to power future lunar missions.
#space #solar #future
Telegraph
Solar power satellite
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Everyone who is interested in technologies knows our today's partner. Many of us use their products in our everyday's life.
Guys, please welcome NVIDIA and their most important conference for the era of AI and the metaverse - NVIDIA GTC.
The conference in online and completely free. You'll have a chance to hear from the brightest minds in their industries. The speakers are from such companies as Lowe's, ByteDance, Siemens, Boeing, Polestar, Google and many more.
You'll also have a chance to get hands-on instructor-led training from the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute (DLI) and earn a certificate demonstrating subject matter competency.
So please see the next post and register for the conference for free ⏬
Everyone who is interested in technologies knows our today's partner. Many of us use their products in our everyday's life.
Guys, please welcome NVIDIA and their most important conference for the era of AI and the metaverse - NVIDIA GTC.
The conference in online and completely free. You'll have a chance to hear from the brightest minds in their industries. The speakers are from such companies as Lowe's, ByteDance, Siemens, Boeing, Polestar, Google and many more.
You'll also have a chance to get hands-on instructor-led training from the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute (DLI) and earn a certificate demonstrating subject matter competency.
So please see the next post and register for the conference for free ⏬
NVIDIA GTC is the most important conference for the era of AI and the metaverse. Join us online as we explore the innovations that will impact your life’s work with the power of AI, computer graphics, data science, and more.
The conference will run from September 19 -22, it is fully virtual and free to attend. Let innovation inspire your next idea, or solve your biggest challenge. With talks delivered by pioneers in their fields to relatable use cases and Deep Learning Institue training where you can gain NVIDIA certification, to Watch Parties where you can engage with your peers, you can be part of what comes next at GTC.
Register today.
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The conference will run from September 19 -22, it is fully virtual and free to attend. Let innovation inspire your next idea, or solve your biggest challenge. With talks delivered by pioneers in their fields to relatable use cases and Deep Learning Institue training where you can gain NVIDIA certification, to Watch Parties where you can engage with your peers, you can be part of what comes next at GTC.
Register today.
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Saudi's city of the future
Meet The Line, Saudi Arabia's ambitious project to build a futuristic walled city in the desert.
The 105 mile-long city will run entirely on renewable energy. It will stretch from the Red Sea eastward across the desert and into a mountain range. Its open interior enclosed on both sides by a mirrored facade will become a home for 9 million residents.
The construction has already started. Expectations are that 1.5 million people live in The Line by 2030. Some revealed details about the project:
- It will be only 200 meters wide;
- It will rise 500 meters above sea level — higher than the Empire State Building;
- Residents will be able to run errands with a five-minute walk;
- There will be no cars or roads;
- High-speed rail will carry people from end to end in 20 minutes;
- It will cost hundreds of billions of dollars to build.
The city will have an ideal climate year-round, thanks to its mix of shade, sunlight and ventilation.
The supporters claim The Line's zero emissions and a smaller footprint than conventional cities. Yet, not everyone is excited about the idea. Critics say such creation will come at an environmental price, as an entirely new city is created in the desert. They also worry that its high-tech approach seems to ignore people's desire to go outside. The desire to experience something in a city that isn't man-made.
What are your thoughts on that?
#urbantech #architecture
Meet The Line, Saudi Arabia's ambitious project to build a futuristic walled city in the desert.
The 105 mile-long city will run entirely on renewable energy. It will stretch from the Red Sea eastward across the desert and into a mountain range. Its open interior enclosed on both sides by a mirrored facade will become a home for 9 million residents.
The construction has already started. Expectations are that 1.5 million people live in The Line by 2030. Some revealed details about the project:
- It will be only 200 meters wide;
- It will rise 500 meters above sea level — higher than the Empire State Building;
- Residents will be able to run errands with a five-minute walk;
- There will be no cars or roads;
- High-speed rail will carry people from end to end in 20 minutes;
- It will cost hundreds of billions of dollars to build.
The city will have an ideal climate year-round, thanks to its mix of shade, sunlight and ventilation.
The supporters claim The Line's zero emissions and a smaller footprint than conventional cities. Yet, not everyone is excited about the idea. Critics say such creation will come at an environmental price, as an entirely new city is created in the desert. They also worry that its high-tech approach seems to ignore people's desire to go outside. The desire to experience something in a city that isn't man-made.
What are your thoughts on that?
#urbantech #architecture
YouTube
NEOM | THE LINE - New Wonders for the World
Built with the most advanced engineering and design imaginable, THE LINE is a landmark city stretching 170 km.
A revolution in urban living. A city that delivers new wonders for the world.
#TheLINE #NEOM
A revolution in urban living. A city that delivers new wonders for the world.
#TheLINE #NEOM
These robot brains are taking over Wall Street wolves
Long time no see. Is there anyone alive and still interested in my tech updates? Anyways, I'll give it a try.
Today let's talk about young folks from South Korea who want to compete with hippos like JP Morgan and Vanguard.
Their Akros Technologies develops an AI platform that mines stock data and manages an investment portfolio.
It's not clear yet how good it works. What we know from the team is that artificial brains instead of blue collars can save about 80% of the salaries budget.
Akros' product is the so-called portfolio management as a service, or PMaaS. Future clients are financial institutions, fintech startups and robot-advisors. They want to launch and sell their own exchange-traded funds (ETFs). But they do not want to invest in the team and infrastructure.
Akros applies a generative AI model. It predicts future actions through the sequencing model. It also employs GPT-3 natural language processing (NLP) to analyze unstructured language data.
In August, the team already helped launch Korean pop music, also known as K-pop, and Korea Entertainment ETF. Another project was an AI-driven target income ETF. It has monthly distributions at an annual income rate of 7%.
Investors vote for Akros success. They have already financed the company for $6 million since 2021. Almost 1 million for each of the 7 people on the team.
Do you think AI is the future of investment management? Or is it people in expensive suits and leather shoes?
#startups #fintech #disruptors
Long time no see. Is there anyone alive and still interested in my tech updates? Anyways, I'll give it a try.
Today let's talk about young folks from South Korea who want to compete with hippos like JP Morgan and Vanguard.
Their Akros Technologies develops an AI platform that mines stock data and manages an investment portfolio.
It's not clear yet how good it works. What we know from the team is that artificial brains instead of blue collars can save about 80% of the salaries budget.
Akros' product is the so-called portfolio management as a service, or PMaaS. Future clients are financial institutions, fintech startups and robot-advisors. They want to launch and sell their own exchange-traded funds (ETFs). But they do not want to invest in the team and infrastructure.
Akros applies a generative AI model. It predicts future actions through the sequencing model. It also employs GPT-3 natural language processing (NLP) to analyze unstructured language data.
In August, the team already helped launch Korean pop music, also known as K-pop, and Korea Entertainment ETF. Another project was an AI-driven target income ETF. It has monthly distributions at an annual income rate of 7%.
Investors vote for Akros success. They have already financed the company for $6 million since 2021. Almost 1 million for each of the 7 people on the team.
Do you think AI is the future of investment management? Or is it people in expensive suits and leather shoes?
#startups #fintech #disruptors
Telegraph
The Wolfhounds
ChatGPT: new AI hype?
As a fan of Snoop Dog, I gotta say that I share his enthusiasm for ChatGPT. This large language model, trained by OpenAI, is truly impressive in its ability to generate human-like text and engage in conversation.
But yo, we gotta be real about this AI stuff. ChatGPT may be advanced, but it's still just a machine. It don't have the ability to understand the complexities of human language and emotion, and it can't really create or think for itself.
And we gotta be careful about getting too hyped up about AI. As Snoop Dogg has said, "Ain't no laws when you're drinking Claws." We gotta make sure we don't get carried away and let AI run wild without proper control and regulation.
Hold on, though. I, Dmitry Blium, the author of TechForGood did not write the first 3 paragraphs above. I copied them from the ChatGPT answer to my input request "Create a critique of enthusiasm for ChatGPT in the style of Snoop Dog."
The fact may excite or frighten you. And I am actually interested what you think about the future of AI language models. Will they eventually replace human creativity? Or will there always be a place for human interaction that a machine cannot simulate?
For now, ChatGPT is just a trained algorithm to play with symbols. Yet, the question is how many of us are different? How many of us may create something unique, something that is not a mere combination of the previous experience expressed in words?
You can play with the model here:
https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/
If you get outstanding examples, please share in the comments section.
#AI #languagemodel
As a fan of Snoop Dog, I gotta say that I share his enthusiasm for ChatGPT. This large language model, trained by OpenAI, is truly impressive in its ability to generate human-like text and engage in conversation.
But yo, we gotta be real about this AI stuff. ChatGPT may be advanced, but it's still just a machine. It don't have the ability to understand the complexities of human language and emotion, and it can't really create or think for itself.
And we gotta be careful about getting too hyped up about AI. As Snoop Dogg has said, "Ain't no laws when you're drinking Claws." We gotta make sure we don't get carried away and let AI run wild without proper control and regulation.
Hold on, though. I, Dmitry Blium, the author of TechForGood did not write the first 3 paragraphs above. I copied them from the ChatGPT answer to my input request "Create a critique of enthusiasm for ChatGPT in the style of Snoop Dog."
The fact may excite or frighten you. And I am actually interested what you think about the future of AI language models. Will they eventually replace human creativity? Or will there always be a place for human interaction that a machine cannot simulate?
For now, ChatGPT is just a trained algorithm to play with symbols. Yet, the question is how many of us are different? How many of us may create something unique, something that is not a mere combination of the previous experience expressed in words?
You can play with the model here:
https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/
If you get outstanding examples, please share in the comments section.
#AI #languagemodel
Openai
Introducing ChatGPT
We’ve trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer followup questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests.
A breakthrough in nuclear fusion: abundant energy for everyone soon?
Last week the tech world was talking about the breakthrough experiment in nuclear fusion. A U.S. lab has sparked a fusion reaction that released more energy than went into it.
National Ignition Facility (NIF) of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. On December 5, 192 lasers fired 2.05 megajoules of energy at a tiny cylinder. It held a pellet of frozen deuterium and tritium, heavier forms of hydrogen. The pellet compressed. It generated temperatures and pressures to cause the hydrogen inside it to fuse. In a tiny blaze of less than a billionth of a second, the nuclei released 3.15 megajoules of energy.
Is it time to be excited about abundant energy for everyone on the planet? You may have guessed that the answer is "not so fast" and here is why:
> The lasers required 300 megajoules of energy to produce about 2 megajoules of beam energy.
> So a fusion reactor would need to generate 50 to 100 times more energy than its lasers emit. Only then it will to cover its own energy use and put power into the grid.
> Such a reactor would need to evaporate 10 fuel pellets a second for long periods of time. Right now, those are extremely expensive to make. They rely on tritium, a short-lived radioactive isotope of hydrogen that future reactors would have to make on-site.
These challenges aren't unique, though. More than $3bn was invested in nuclear fusion startups last year. Many fusion labs and companies are chipping away at those challenges.
Fusion researchers see the tech as an incredible tool for humankind whenever it’s ready. And whether that’s 20, 50, or 100 years from now, 2022 has seen a significant step ahead.
#nuclearfusion
Last week the tech world was talking about the breakthrough experiment in nuclear fusion. A U.S. lab has sparked a fusion reaction that released more energy than went into it.
National Ignition Facility (NIF) of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. On December 5, 192 lasers fired 2.05 megajoules of energy at a tiny cylinder. It held a pellet of frozen deuterium and tritium, heavier forms of hydrogen. The pellet compressed. It generated temperatures and pressures to cause the hydrogen inside it to fuse. In a tiny blaze of less than a billionth of a second, the nuclei released 3.15 megajoules of energy.
Is it time to be excited about abundant energy for everyone on the planet? You may have guessed that the answer is "not so fast" and here is why:
> The lasers required 300 megajoules of energy to produce about 2 megajoules of beam energy.
> So a fusion reactor would need to generate 50 to 100 times more energy than its lasers emit. Only then it will to cover its own energy use and put power into the grid.
> Such a reactor would need to evaporate 10 fuel pellets a second for long periods of time. Right now, those are extremely expensive to make. They rely on tritium, a short-lived radioactive isotope of hydrogen that future reactors would have to make on-site.
These challenges aren't unique, though. More than $3bn was invested in nuclear fusion startups last year. Many fusion labs and companies are chipping away at those challenges.
Fusion researchers see the tech as an incredible tool for humankind whenever it’s ready. And whether that’s 20, 50, or 100 years from now, 2022 has seen a significant step ahead.
#nuclearfusion
Telegraph
NIF Lasers
A decent tool for podcasters. And those who want their phone voice recordings have a studio quality
Adobe has launched a free Enhance Speech tool for podcasters. In one click, it improves the quality of the audio track - removes noise, echoes and gives studio sound even to cheap microphones.
I tested it on voice recording from an Android phone in a non-isolated room - the result is impressive. The voice sounds deeper and more clear, the overall volume increases and all noise goes away.
Online beta version has file limits of 60 minutes and 1 gigabyte.
Adobe has big plans for working with podcasters. In December, their Adobe Podcast launched in beta, a web service that combines tools for microphone calibration, voice recording in multiple streams, and editing.
The results are achieved with the help of neural networks paired with the speech-to-text technology. Adobe already uses those in their Premier video editor. Here is a good overview.
#AI #adobe #podcasts #voice #tools #apps
Adobe has launched a free Enhance Speech tool for podcasters. In one click, it improves the quality of the audio track - removes noise, echoes and gives studio sound even to cheap microphones.
I tested it on voice recording from an Android phone in a non-isolated room - the result is impressive. The voice sounds deeper and more clear, the overall volume increases and all noise goes away.
Online beta version has file limits of 60 minutes and 1 gigabyte.
Adobe has big plans for working with podcasters. In December, their Adobe Podcast launched in beta, a web service that combines tools for microphone calibration, voice recording in multiple streams, and editing.
The results are achieved with the help of neural networks paired with the speech-to-text technology. Adobe already uses those in their Premier video editor. Here is a good overview.
#AI #adobe #podcasts #voice #tools #apps
Adobe
Enhance Speech from Adobe | Free AI filter for cleaning up spoken audio
This AI audio filter improves spoken audio to make it sound like it was recorded in a soundproofed studio.
Forever young: a key milestone in reversing aging
Scientists studying aging have long debated what causes the aging process in cells. They focused on DNA mutations disrupting a cell's normal operations and triggering cell death over time.
Yet, the older people's cells often are not damaged with mutations. And animals or people having a higher burden of mutated cells do not seem to age prematurely.
It now looks like scientists are close to groundbreaking solution to reverse aging.
Dr. David Sinclair and his colleagues at Harvard Medical School published a study in the Cell journal. They found that the main drivers of aging are not mutations to the DNA. Sinclair focused on another part of the genome, called the epigenome. The epigenome provides different instructions to different cells for which genes to turn on, and which to keep silent.
Sinclair suggests that aging is the result of losing critical instructions that cells need to continue functioning. He calls that the Information Theory of Aging.
In the study, Sinclair and his team developed a way to reboot cells to restart the backup copy of epigenetic instructions. Essentially, they erase the corrupted signals that put the cells on the path toward aging. "It’s similar to the way software programs operate off hardware, but sometimes become corrupt and need a reboot," says Sinclair.
Sinclair and his team report that not only can they age mice on an accelerated timeline. They can also reverse the effects of that aging and restore some of the biological signs of youthfulness to the animals. In 2020, the team restored vision in older mice. The current results show that the system can apply to not just one tissue or organ, but the entire animal.
Rejuvenating cells in mice is one thing, but will the process work in humans? That’s Sinclair’s next step, and his team is already testing the system in non-human primates.
Sinclair makes a bold statement “We don’t understand how rejuvenation really works, but we know it works. It’s no longer a question of if rejuvenation is possible, but a question of when.”
#healthtech #aging #biohacking
Scientists studying aging have long debated what causes the aging process in cells. They focused on DNA mutations disrupting a cell's normal operations and triggering cell death over time.
Yet, the older people's cells often are not damaged with mutations. And animals or people having a higher burden of mutated cells do not seem to age prematurely.
It now looks like scientists are close to groundbreaking solution to reverse aging.
Dr. David Sinclair and his colleagues at Harvard Medical School published a study in the Cell journal. They found that the main drivers of aging are not mutations to the DNA. Sinclair focused on another part of the genome, called the epigenome. The epigenome provides different instructions to different cells for which genes to turn on, and which to keep silent.
Sinclair suggests that aging is the result of losing critical instructions that cells need to continue functioning. He calls that the Information Theory of Aging.
In the study, Sinclair and his team developed a way to reboot cells to restart the backup copy of epigenetic instructions. Essentially, they erase the corrupted signals that put the cells on the path toward aging. "It’s similar to the way software programs operate off hardware, but sometimes become corrupt and need a reboot," says Sinclair.
Sinclair and his team report that not only can they age mice on an accelerated timeline. They can also reverse the effects of that aging and restore some of the biological signs of youthfulness to the animals. In 2020, the team restored vision in older mice. The current results show that the system can apply to not just one tissue or organ, but the entire animal.
Rejuvenating cells in mice is one thing, but will the process work in humans? That’s Sinclair’s next step, and his team is already testing the system in non-human primates.
Sinclair makes a bold statement “We don’t understand how rejuvenation really works, but we know it works. It’s no longer a question of if rejuvenation is possible, but a question of when.”
#healthtech #aging #biohacking
TIME
Scientists Have Reached a Key Milestone in Learning How to Reverse Aging
The finding involves mice, but represents an important milestone in understanding what causes cells to age
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AI is on fire
I am sorry, but I am fascinated by the current AI development. I agree with those who say that AI would have the same impact as the discovery of the Gutenberg printing press.
Here is one more noteworthy machine, now for video stylization.
Gen-1 uses words and images to generate new videos out of existing ones. You can upload your own video, and provide an image or use a text as a style prompt. "It's like filming something new, without filming anything at all."
See for yourself above.
I am interested what tech currently captures your attention, please share.
I am sorry, but I am fascinated by the current AI development. I agree with those who say that AI would have the same impact as the discovery of the Gutenberg printing press.
Here is one more noteworthy machine, now for video stylization.
Gen-1 uses words and images to generate new videos out of existing ones. You can upload your own video, and provide an image or use a text as a style prompt. "It's like filming something new, without filming anything at all."
See for yourself above.
I am interested what tech currently captures your attention, please share.
What's up in the drone industry?
Despite AI being the buzzword of the moment, the drone industry is not sleeping too. Investors continue to support drone startups, especially the specialized ventures. VC investments in drone companies reached $7 billion in 2022 across 199 deals, up from $2.4 billion in 2021.
Global Market Insights predicts that aerial imaging market will reach $25 billion by 2032.
An increasing demand from various industries fuels the growth:
- a rise in floods, tropical cyclones, storm surges and wildfires amplifies the significance and demand for advanced aerial imaging solutions to assess the damages caused by such events
- Aerial inspection is a fundamental need in the renewable energy, e.g. snapping photos of wind turbines in the ocean. Or thermal readings of large-scale solar plants
- inspecting infrastructure such as buildings and cell phone towers
- serving insurance, roofing and property management companies to assess infrastructure objects
- and so on.
The increasing demand for drones creates opportunities in the job market too. Recent study shows a surge in job postings for drone pilots and operators with an expected growth rate of over 20% in the next decade.
So whether you are an entrepreneur, investor or building your tech career, the drone industry may be worth your attention.
For more details you can read TechCrunch report here.
#drone #trends #markets
Despite AI being the buzzword of the moment, the drone industry is not sleeping too. Investors continue to support drone startups, especially the specialized ventures. VC investments in drone companies reached $7 billion in 2022 across 199 deals, up from $2.4 billion in 2021.
Global Market Insights predicts that aerial imaging market will reach $25 billion by 2032.
An increasing demand from various industries fuels the growth:
- a rise in floods, tropical cyclones, storm surges and wildfires amplifies the significance and demand for advanced aerial imaging solutions to assess the damages caused by such events
- Aerial inspection is a fundamental need in the renewable energy, e.g. snapping photos of wind turbines in the ocean. Or thermal readings of large-scale solar plants
- inspecting infrastructure such as buildings and cell phone towers
- serving insurance, roofing and property management companies to assess infrastructure objects
- and so on.
The increasing demand for drones creates opportunities in the job market too. Recent study shows a surge in job postings for drone pilots and operators with an expected growth rate of over 20% in the next decade.
So whether you are an entrepreneur, investor or building your tech career, the drone industry may be worth your attention.
For more details you can read TechCrunch report here.
#drone #trends #markets
TechCrunch
Drone imagery firm DroneBase rebrands to Zeitview, lands $55M investment
Zeitview, the company formerly known as DroneBase, today announced that it raised $55 million to further develop its air and ground data capture tech. Led by Valor Equity Partners with participation from Union Square Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Euclidean…
Hey everyone,
It's me - Dima Blum, the guy behind Tech for Good channel.
So, it's been over a year since the last post on this channel.
No matter how hard I've tried to get back into tech stuff, it just doesn't click anymore. I've lost interest in that topic.
So, here's the deal. But first, let me tell you a bit about myself.
I'm Dima, 40 years old, currently living in Sri Lanka with my family of 5, plus our pets - dogs and a cat. I moved here 3 years ago from Russia.
For 15 years, I worked in corporations, served as CFO and CEO, handling multi-million-dollar businesses.
Three years ago, I left the corporate world when I moved and switched professions. Now I work with clients all over the world as life and business coach, enjoy my work as much as my clients enjoy it, love surfing in the ocean and my free life.
On one hand, I delve into understanding people's psychology, rational thinking, scientific methods for effective mindset control and emotional regulation through body connection. The aim is to achieve desired results in life and success.
Yet, rational thinking and scientific approach is only one side of the coin for me.
I used to pursue happiness solely through material success. It came, but happiness didn't.
So, for over 15 years, I've been exploring consciousness through meditation and other spiritual practices. I'm curious about how spiritual practices can not only aid in material success but also bring more meaning and happiness into life.
I'm exploring the other side of the coin, other side of the reality, but not as a hippie under the bridge, but as
- someone with a big family,
- someone who understands how big business works
- someone who built not only a successful corporate career by also my own online business with earnings surpassing those of a CFO
- someone who loves my life.
I've decided that this channel will be about my journey and what I learn along the way:
* about meta-thinking, the art of thinking
* about managing my emotions so they don't manage me
* about connecting with myself on a bodily level and connecting with something greater than my body and mind - I call it the divine within
* about building an online business on my expertise
* about creating content and building a personal brand "off the beaten path", just for fun
* about the funny and the sad, which are parts of our lives. And about living through it all, not suffering, but rejoicing in life.
If this resonates with you, stick around - I'd be glad to have you.
If not, please unsubscribe - it'll be better for everyone and no hard feelings.
Dima
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This channel won't be just stories of “successful success”.
I know that in our society, it's common to share mostly an image of invulnerability, which looks polished and neat.
People share only their successes and don't share their failures, setbacks, and what causes them pain.
However, in my work with people, I know that even successful entrepreneurs making hundreds of thousands of dollars feel pain and suffering inside.
Yep, money and social status make life easier. However, being successful does not include being happy.
If I share only successes, I create an image of an ideal person, which I'm not. I deceive people and make them feel inadequate compared to this image. Yet, any image is a mask, and it's hard to keep a mask on.
I don't want to wear masks, and I'm sick of fake success stories because I know what's behind them. So I'll try to speak the truth as it is.
I know that in our society, it's common to share mostly an image of invulnerability, which looks polished and neat.
People share only their successes and don't share their failures, setbacks, and what causes them pain.
However, in my work with people, I know that even successful entrepreneurs making hundreds of thousands of dollars feel pain and suffering inside.
Yep, money and social status make life easier. However, being successful does not include being happy.
If I share only successes, I create an image of an ideal person, which I'm not. I deceive people and make them feel inadequate compared to this image. Yet, any image is a mask, and it's hard to keep a mask on.
I don't want to wear masks, and I'm sick of fake success stories because I know what's behind them. So I'll try to speak the truth as it is.
Last night I had a session with my coach.
Kate told me I seem sad and it's time for me to start enjoying myself.
I replied that I don't even remember myself being in any other state.
She asked, "What would be the most enjoyable thing to do right now?"
I said - oh, that’s easy, it would be awesome to hop on a motorcycle and go on a solo trip somewhere far away. That would be so freaking cool.
And as soon as I said that, naturally, Kate suggested I do it.
At that moment, it felt like a little nuclear bomb exploded in my heart. I felt an amazingly pleasant warmth there. I felt the bliss spreading throughout my body.
For me, it was a sign that this action is absolutely right because my current intention is to find love for myself and within myself. And love manifests right there, in the area of the physical heart.
Then immediately my brain kicked in and started telling me that:
* you don’t have enough money for that
* how can you do this for yourself without first doing something for your family, without "bribing" them, without "asking for permission,"
* you don't even have a motorcycle or a license for it
* it's raining hard this time of the year, and your trip will turn into suffering and so on and so on
It feels scary to do this on one hand. And it's unclear how to do it on the other. And it's embarrassing to now say that I won't be able to do it. Blah blah blah...
But the main thing I noticed in all this brain clutter is
that:
Not choosing myself is very common for me.
Anyone comes first, just not me.
The reasons my brain invents not to do it - they're not real. They're there just to cover up the true motive - I'm not putting myself first.
Interesting, why am I sad after all?
Kate told me I seem sad and it's time for me to start enjoying myself.
I replied that I don't even remember myself being in any other state.
She asked, "What would be the most enjoyable thing to do right now?"
I said - oh, that’s easy, it would be awesome to hop on a motorcycle and go on a solo trip somewhere far away. That would be so freaking cool.
And as soon as I said that, naturally, Kate suggested I do it.
At that moment, it felt like a little nuclear bomb exploded in my heart. I felt an amazingly pleasant warmth there. I felt the bliss spreading throughout my body.
For me, it was a sign that this action is absolutely right because my current intention is to find love for myself and within myself. And love manifests right there, in the area of the physical heart.
Then immediately my brain kicked in and started telling me that:
* you don’t have enough money for that
* how can you do this for yourself without first doing something for your family, without "bribing" them, without "asking for permission,"
* you don't even have a motorcycle or a license for it
* it's raining hard this time of the year, and your trip will turn into suffering and so on and so on
It feels scary to do this on one hand. And it's unclear how to do it on the other. And it's embarrassing to now say that I won't be able to do it. Blah blah blah...
But the main thing I noticed in all this brain clutter is
that:
Not choosing myself is very common for me.
Anyone comes first, just not me.
The reasons my brain invents not to do it - they're not real. They're there just to cover up the true motive - I'm not putting myself first.
Interesting, why am I sad after all?
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Just as I thought I had reached the bottom in exploring my pain, that I would now push off from it and head upwards, our coaching group had a Friday meeting.
And here it is, the second bottom, hello.
I saw, felt within myself the need to be accepted, my pattern of always not being enough at an even deeper level.
It's like this black hole that creates a gravity of events throughout my life.
I see how it affects my decisions, my reactions, my state.
It was painful, but at the same time, it was my healing.
From the outside, it might seem that someone who helps others heal their pain shouldn't experience it themselves, should be invulnerable.
I see it differently.
Only someone who has healed their own pain can heal that of others. You can only help others reach the depth you have already experienced yourself. By healing yourself, you become a space of healing for others.
And then the methods of work cease to be fundamentally important because you yourself become the method.
The remnants of pain were healed by octopuses in coconut milk which cooked for dinner.
Now I feel like I've grown. I sense that it will now be difficult for me to be sucked back into that black hole.
And here it is, the second bottom, hello.
I saw, felt within myself the need to be accepted, my pattern of always not being enough at an even deeper level.
It's like this black hole that creates a gravity of events throughout my life.
I see how it affects my decisions, my reactions, my state.
It was painful, but at the same time, it was my healing.
From the outside, it might seem that someone who helps others heal their pain shouldn't experience it themselves, should be invulnerable.
I see it differently.
Only someone who has healed their own pain can heal that of others. You can only help others reach the depth you have already experienced yourself. By healing yourself, you become a space of healing for others.
And then the methods of work cease to be fundamentally important because you yourself become the method.
The remnants of pain were healed by octopuses in coconut milk which cooked for dinner.
Now I feel like I've grown. I sense that it will now be difficult for me to be sucked back into that black hole.