What’s Possible: 18th March, 2022

A weekly curation of what’s possible in frontier tech.

What’s Possible: 18th March, 2022

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

Marvel Fusion aims to generate unlimited clean fusion energy with lasers

The German company is pursuing an innovative approach using lasers instead of magnets, and has so far raised raised €60 million ($65.9 million), including a €35 million ($38.5 million) round in February led by Earlybird Venture Capital. (read)

Warner Bros. is Creating 6 Million DC Comics Trading Cards With Redeemable NFTs

The cards will feature 155 different superheroes, and the NFTs will be minted on the Ethereum sidechain Immutable X. (read)

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decrypt.coWarner Bros. is Creating 6 Million DC Comics Trading Cards With Redeemable NFTs - DecryptThe “hybrid” card packs will be priced from $5 to $120, with buyers using an app called Hro to access their physical cards’ NFTs.

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How AI is helping build, and humanize, virtual worlds

Recent breakthroughs in machine learning mean AI can be leveraged to make characters, and ultimately entire worlds, more intelligent and empathetic. (read)

Bored Ape Yacht Club Ethereum NFT sales surge as ApeCoin price pops, then drops

The APE token launches to volatile price action following some $88 million in sales for Bored Apes and related NFTs. (read)

Cybersecurity has 53 unicorns. Here are 10 to watch.

While becoming a unicorn may not mean what it used to, it’s not a meaningless milestone, either. At least in the security market, getting a billion-dollar valuation usually does signify that the startup has a fast-growing business underway, among other things. (read)

Carbon Pickling is the newest idea to remove greenhouse gas from the air

Shipwrecks can remain intact in saltwater for decades, and a startup is betting a similar idea can work for commercial carbon offsets. (read)

Interesting adjacencies

  • Ben Evans makes the VR bear case (thread)
  • ReFi and the future of on-chain carbon pools (link)
  • The James Webb Space Telescope test success (watch)
  • P2E gaming guilds are in transition (thread)
  • CryptoPunks, CryptoCats and CryptoKitties: How they started and how they’re going (link)
  • Lightspeed’s Official SMB Software Benchmarking Guide (link)
  • Rex Woodbury: The glass-half-full view of technology (link)

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