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08 August 2019

Five big ideas from Nathan Myhrvold, the original ‘mad scientist’ from Microsoft

In a talk to Hacker News Seattle and Cofounders Connect, Myhrvold shared five big ideas on using AI to diagnose disease, quantum metamaterials, the challenges of robotic pizza, open-source furniture, and the future of television.


11 July 2019

Why the Stodgy Old World of Bread Is Ripe for Innovation

Myhrvold’s latest tome, Modernist Bread, digs not into the modernist world of fog and foams, but the uber-traditional world of bread. Though it may not seem like the logical next step, Myhrvold is passionate about the idea of taking something so rooted in the old and finding a way to innovate. We sat down with him to talk about embarking on his love of cooking, how words like artisanal get stripped of all meaning and what it costs to take on such a massive project.


28 June 2019

Wine-Spilling Robots Provide a New Way to Look at Food

Nathan Myhrvold takes pictures of food, just like the rest of us. But with robots, microscopes, and a machine shop.


16 April 2019

Nathan Myhrvold on the Transformative Powers of Metamaterials

Metamaterials have patterns that can be programmed to interact with light in ways that normal materials can't. Nathan Myhrvold explains the uses for metamaterials in areas such as 5G and autonomous vehicles, and discusses the different tech startups that Intellectual Ventures is investing in.


16 January 2019

Washington state’s tech billionaires pour cash into global health

Gifts from pioneering philanthropists have equipped the US state for a frontline battle against some of the world’s deadliest diseases. Myhrvold says that the state has a range of specialist enterprises that make it particularly attractive to those involved in this sort of work. “The Seattle area is the Silicon Valley of saving the world,” he says.


19 December 2018

“Modernist Breadcrumbs” podcast dives into the history, science, and art of bread making

All 16 episodes, which aired from Oct. 4 2017 to Dec. 19, 2018, are now available free online.


22 August 2018

Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet

The environmentalists say we’re doomed if we don’t drastically reduce consumption. The technologists say that human ingenuity can solve just about any problem. A debate that’s been around for decades has become a shouting match. Is anyone right?


14 May 2017

Inside the Invention Factory of Polymath Nathan Myhrvold

This confidant of Bill Gates wants to reinvent how inventions are born. He created a huge patent library and a “start-up factory” that has produced prototypes of nuclear reactors, antennas and radars, but also 900 new bread recipes...

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14 June 2016

Bloomberg Advantage: Myhrvold sees AI interesting for investing

Nathan P Myhrvold CEO/Co-Founder Intellectual Ventures Management LLC Discussing the current invention environment and what he looks for before investing in technologies like artificial intelligence.

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14 June 2016

The Biggest Problem With Flying Cars Is The Pilots

The key to making effective flying cars is eliminating the need for a human pilot, according to Nathan Myhrvold, the co-founder and chief executive of Intellectual Ventures. "The problem with flying cars is that we're not all good enough to fly them," he said at a session at Bloomberg's 2016 Technology Conference in San Francisco. "The leading cause of plane crashes is pilot error."


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