by Warp Institute | Sep 9, 2021 | β€οΈ Health Tech
Known as Wiiqare, the mobile application reduces the costs incurred by patients when they seek medical attention in the Democratic Republic of Congo and enables them to pay for drugs and treatment cash upfront or on credit.Wiiqare developer, Bienvenue Zigabe, told...
by Warp Institute | Sep 9, 2021 | Elon Musk, SpaceX, π° Space
We recently covered the rivalry between Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. Still to fly is perhaps the most famous competitor: Elon Musk’s SpaceX. But that’s about to change through an upcoming commercial mission...
by Warp Institute | Sep 9, 2021 | π Human Progress, π° Space, π€ Robotics
On September 1st the NASA rover Perseverance collected the first core rock sample from the planet Mars, a historic event that means we can better understand the planet. The Perseverance rover was first sent to Mars in 2020 in collaboration with the European Space...
by Warp Institute | Sep 9, 2021 | Impact Report
This is the eleventh Warp News Impact Report to show what impact you as a Premium Supporter has.If you are not a Premium Supporter and want to help our mission, sign-up now.HighlightsWe published Kevin Kelly's The Case for OptimismKelly's text is our...
by Warp Institute | Sep 6, 2021 | βπΌ Essays, Op-Ed, π Premium Content, π Human Progress
People are not good at either the very big or the very small. We are made to work in the middle.For example, we only see a small narrow strip in the middle of the electromagnetic spectrum and only hear frequencies between 20 and 20,000 hertz, even though we can...