In a two-part interview about the massive coffee section in the even massiver 2400-page tome Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold, one of the co-authors, Chris Young, reveals why salt takes the bitterness out of coffee better than sugar and insane, high-end espresso machines are worth it. [Eater, Eater]
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.viddler.com/player/63114d78/","customParams":{"flashVars":"fake=1"},"width":570,"height":375,"ratio":0.659,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"viddler","wrap":true,"agegate":false} );
Patents! They’re a big deal. Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures depends on patents to make money, and they file a lot of ‘em. So I asked him how he’d change the patent system. More »
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.viddler.com/player/ea65449e/","customParams":{"flashVars":"fake=1"},"width":570,"height":375,"ratio":0.659,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"viddler","wrap":true,"agegate":false} );
Nathan Myhrvold explains why failure is an option at Intellectual Ventures – and it has to be for any inventor, really. More »
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.viddler.com/player/760147fa/","customParams":{"flashVars":"fake=1"},"width":570,"height":375,"ratio":0.659,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"viddler","wrap":true,"agegate":false} );
It’s pretty simple, says Intellectual Ventures’ Nathan Myhrvold – lots more things being invented means lots more inventions that succeed. More »
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.viddler.com/player/e7f8859b/","customParams":{"flashVars":"fake=1"},"width":570,"height":375,"ratio":0.659,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"viddler","wrap":true,"agegate":false} );
Intellectual Ventures founder and modern day Merlin Nathan Myhrvold explains why it costs a lot of damn money to create new ideas. Hint: Think Hollywood. More »
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.viddler.com/player/7035fd33/","customParams":{"flashVars":"fake=1"},"width":570,"height":375,"ratio":0.659,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"viddler","wrap":true,"agegate":false} );
“Did aeroplanes come from the R&D department of a train company or a steamship company?” Nathan Myhrvold asks, rhetorically, his voice cracking. He’s explaining how his company, Intellectual Ventures, is going to reinvent the way things are invented. More »
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/kcwBH_Uevxo&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22","customParams":[] ,"width":570,"height":412,"ratio":0.824,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube"} );
Remember that amazing mosquito-zapping laser we saw a while back? Here is a better look at it and other tech which will hopefully kill malaria and those annoying buzzing beasts which spread it. More »
You’re looking at a mosquito who got taken down mid-flight by a “Death Star” laser gun designed by Nathan Myhrvold. The malaria-carrying pest never saw it coming, but you can watch everything happen over and over again in this video. More »
Former Microsoft Tech chief Nathan Myhrvold wants to dim the sun’s rays with liquid sulphur pumped from helium-filled balloons. But it’s not like he is sitting behind a desk, tapping his fingers together muttering “excellent” or anything. More »
