What’s Possible: 25th March, 2022

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

Vinny Lingham’s new start-up, Waitroom, is the anti-Zoom

South African technology entrepreneur Vinny Lingham has a new venture, and he believes it could serve as the antidote to long and boring Zoom and Teams meetings. (read)

Pre-IPO Trading Platform nabs $2.1M in strategic round

DeFi protocol prePO said it wants to level the playing field among retail and institutional investors by “democratizing” pre-public investing. (read)

NASA’s French rival Gama gets €2M to deploy its solar sail spacecraft

Seeking to redefine deep space access, Gama has raised €2 million in order to demonstrate successful deployment of its solar sail technology. (read)

What the science says about microdosing

Scientists have insight into what happens when someone takes enough psychedelics to experience hallucinogenic effects. But little research has been conducted on the effects of small doses. (read)

What's Decentralized Science? [ DeSci Explained ]

Imagine a world where patients and their families can directly fund scientists developing the next breakthrough drug or treatment that they need. (watch)

Interesting adjacencies

• ICYMI: A tour through the climate crypto rabbit hole (link)
• @PerionDAO Co-founder @Mitch__Perion on how Perion Guild is cashing in on the blockchain gaming gold rush (watch)
• The Story Market lays out the 7 challenges of online publishing (link)
• Crypto kids fight Facebook for the soul of the Metaverse (link)
• Ex-a16z crypto investor, Katie Haun, launches Haun Ventures to help founders build the next generation of the internet (link)
• The Defiant Report: NFT Market Shifting Into New Growth Phase (link)
• Rex Woodbury: Innovation In Media: Reinventing How Ideas and Culture Spread (link)

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