👩🌾️German firm says indoor vertical farm in Singapore will produce 1.5 tons of ‘leafy greens’ every day: You guys already know how excited I am about the recent developments in Vertical Farming. A German firm called &ever—and yes that’s its name— says it will produce a whopping 1.5 tons of green produce per day! Singapore is land scarce and as such finds itself quite food insecure. Vertical Farming seeks to end the dependence on food imports in one of the most innovative states in the world. (448 words)
⚛️Researchers Achieve First “Sustained” Long Distance Quantum Teleportation: Researchers from a diverse cast of institutions from Caltech, to Havard and the University of Calgary, managed to teleport qubits of photons over 44 kilometers of fiber by making use of quantum entanglement, or “spooky action at a distance” as Einstein called it. It presents the first instance of sustained long-distance transfer and a significant step in creating a quantum internet. (814 words)
🏎️Elon Musk says Apple refused a meeting to acquire Tesla: I know, I know. This isn’t research. But this is a newsletter for the most impactful future-oriented stories of the week. What better way to emphasize what could be by analyzing what could have been?
In a shock to many of us, Elon Musk revealed that he almost sold Tesla— the most successful EV company to date to Apple. He had requested a meeting with Tim Cook back in 2017 when Tesla was facing dire logistical issues. Tim never showed up. (421 words)
🍎️Apple wants to build its first car in 2024, Reuters says: The reason why we found out about Elon’s previous desire to sell Tesla, was due to this particular story. Apple may have plans to build its own Electronic, Autonomous(Self-driving) Vehicles by 2024. Could that have influenced Tim’s decline of Elon’s offer back then? With reports that this project had begun in 2015, there it very well may have been the reason why he declined Elon’s request for a meeting. (479 words)
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