October 6, 2021
The House of Lobkowicz, a Czech noble family that dates back to the 14th century, owns several castles and an incredible collection of more than 20,000 […]
March 14, 2021
Hipgnosis Songs Fund is a London-based investment company cofounded and run by Merck Mercuriadis, a Canadian–American music industry executive and entrepreneur. Mercuriadis worked as marketing director and also finding new […]
December 19, 2020
The entertainment industry in Korea is pretty big. Korean pop music and video are well known around the world. Comics, however, are also incredibly popular and […]
December 10, 2020
Lynn Forester de Rothschild is an American-British businesswoman. She’s married to Sir Evelyn Robert de Rothschild, a member of the famous Jewish family of bankers –originally […]
April 6, 2020
X Development is a very secretive research and development company, originally founded by Google (now a part, like Google, of Alphabet) to work on “moonshots”, which […]
April 6, 2020
Karen Palmer is a London-based digital filmmaker who combines gaming, art, science and technology in her films to create immersive experiences. In her work she explores […]
November 23, 2019
Operating a heart can be almost impossible if the organ cannot be isolated and stopped temporarily. Surgeons today can provoke cardiac arrest and use heart-lung bypass, […]
October 19, 2019
Bjorn Bergman, a data analyst for environmental non-profit Global Fishing Watch, has been chasing illegal fishing fleets for years. It is estimated that around 20% of […]
May 4, 2019
Omoba Adekunle Kosoko, better known as Adekunle Gold, is a singer, songwriter and graphic designer from Nigeria. Originally from Lagos state -in fact, he’s a prince […]
May 2, 2019
In 2018, Spanish chef José Andrés was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME magazine, and not only because he […]
February 27, 2019
Zipline is a California-based startup that runs a drone delivery service that provides blood and drugs to remote medical centers in Rwanda. Its fixed-wing drones can […]
February 16, 2019
(Photo by Gabriele Basilico, 1982; Still from Spring 2018 Yves Saint Laurent campaign video by Nathalie Canguilhem) Curzio Malaparte was a controversial Italian writer, provocateur, film-maker, […]
January 2, 2019
The ImPact is a very exclusive club made up of mostly families whose wealth exceeds $700 million. Membership to this group is by invitation only. Founded […]
December 29, 2018
In 2015, Europe saw the biggest influx of migrants and refugees since the second world war. Arrivals peaked at 1 million that year. Although the figures […]
December 22, 2018
Time Based Separation (TBS) is a new operating procedure for airports developed by UK’s NATS (National Air Traffic Services) and Leidos (an American defense, aviation and […]
December 19, 2018
(Image showing avatar for artificial intelligence, created by Auckland-based company Soul Machines) Robot Vera is an AI-based software technology developed by St. Petersburg-based Russian startup Stafory. […]