What’s Possible: 12th November, 2021

We hope you enjoy this week's hand-picked selection of important and interesting stories from the frontiers of tech.

Australian startups make waves in the booming world of gaming NFTs

An increasing number of Australian companies are looking to democratise the world of gaming through cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens. (read)

Alternative rocket builder SpinLaunch completes first test flight

The company is developing a launch system that uses kinetic energy as its primary method to get off the ground – with a vacuum-sealed centrifuge spinning the rocket at several times the speed of sound before releasing. (read) (watch)

An E. coli biocomputer solves a maze by sharing the work

Genetically engineered bacteria, rigged up as a distributed computing system, might help realize synthetic biology’s loftier goals. (read)

Workato storms to a $5.7B valuation

Workato storms to a $5.7B valuation after raising $200M for its enterprise automation platform. (link)

The chip shortage has a silver lining

How the chip shortage could help high-tech manufacturing in the US. (link)

EA calls NFT and blockchain games 'the future of our industry'

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Out of this World: The International Satellite Broadband Battle Intensifies

Tom Leins, Senior Research Analyst for TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, looks at the heavyweights contending for LEO dominance. (read)

Discord: Imagine a Place

A Not Boring x The Generalist Collab on the Internet's New Home (read) (watch)

Curbing methane emissions: How five industries can counter a major climate threat

Methane accounts for about one-third of global warming. New McKinsey research shows how five industries can cut emissions with proven technologies and at a reasonable cost. (read)

Taking the 10,000-Foot View

Rex Woodbury covers five buzzwords related to crypto — Web3, Tokens (Fungible & Non-Fungible), DeFi, DAOs, Creators — and looks at how they interrelate and build on each other, and why they matter. (read)

Interesting adjacencies

• The Generalist - DAOs: Absorbing the Internet (read)
• How ZK-Proofs Became Ethereum’s Magic Bullets (read)
• Erik Torenberg - An Intro to Market Monetarism (read)
• The $250 Million-Plus Company Building A New Sports League (read)
• The future of the games - industry investor predictions (read)
• The Global Future Council’s brief on Synthetic Biology and how it can advance equity, humility, sustainability and solidarity (link)

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