I went through the list and these are the ones that intrigued me.
lumineye: I think this sort of technology can be very useful and I'm interested to see how it is used in the real world.
safely deposit: I like the simplicity, instant value to users, and the way it transitions physical documents to virtual ones. I think the price is a bit steep though.
puzzl: This seems like it erases a huge headache for its customers. I think about this one as provisioning people like VMs to be a physical presence. Why hire when you can rent on demand...
million marker: There are many people who are caring more and more about toxins in their environment, and this plays directly to their growing paranoia.
nomad: I personally don't use ride sharing, but this one seems like it could be competitive. It doesn't seem like there's much difference between the current options.
earth-ai: Of course! If they have a good solution then they may be able to find a lot of resources that we haven't fully exploited yet. This is the big one I think.
Discovery of unexploited mineral deposits is relatively easy already, this is not a big driver of commercial viability or mining economics. That will be a difficult part of the value chain in which to make money, the nominal value of extractable mineral is very weakly connected to market value of a deposit. A rich concentrate of valuable metals does not imply economic value in practice. Extraction economics, on the other hand, is everything and can vary widely. Most mining companies already have a huge back catalog of unexploited deposits that they do not count against reserves (and most mining companies are incentivized to lowball reserve estimates in any case).
> Nomad: In a two-month illegal trial period, the company facilitated 5,700 rides at Indiana University before the startup had to shut down, but they say they’re legal now and ready to try new markets.
Yes, this is a good look for a legitimate business.
lumineye: I think this sort of technology can be very useful and I'm interested to see how it is used in the real world.
safely deposit: I like the simplicity, instant value to users, and the way it transitions physical documents to virtual ones. I think the price is a bit steep though.
puzzl: This seems like it erases a huge headache for its customers. I think about this one as provisioning people like VMs to be a physical presence. Why hire when you can rent on demand...
million marker: There are many people who are caring more and more about toxins in their environment, and this plays directly to their growing paranoia.
nomad: I personally don't use ride sharing, but this one seems like it could be competitive. It doesn't seem like there's much difference between the current options.
earth-ai: Of course! If they have a good solution then they may be able to find a lot of resources that we haven't fully exploited yet. This is the big one I think.