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Searching for T-Rex

Searching for T-Rex

As part of the Chapman Andrews Centennial Expedition I was searching dinosaurs in the Gobi desert. Our team used latest technology - infrared and hyperspectral imaging cameras that were deployed with drones to find new fossil sites. More than 100+ were detected - we...

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It’s Diversity that drives Innovation!

It’s Diversity that drives Innovation!

Cordoba, these days a sleepy city in Southern Spain used to be largest city in the world. Around the turn of the first millennia Córdoba, which had fallen under Muslim rule became the capital of the caliphate Al-Andalus. Doctors, Engineers, Intellectuals from all over...

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Pioneering

Pioneering

Modern Technology & Austria - probably not the most obvious connection...  thanks to Tim and Juergen I had  the pleasure to attend the Pioneer Festival in Vienna's amazing emperor castle - the Hofburg. Under ancient columns, shiny chandeliers and a bust...

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An exponential day in London

An exponential day in London

I guess most people would say that flying 21012km to meet up with a group friends is a bit bonkers - to be honest, my quick trip to the UK was definitely worth the effort and way more worth the carbon footprint (to be exact 1.84tCO2 :(, which I have offset through a...

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An exponential Summer

An exponential Summer

It has been four days since I have arrived back in Hong Kong, and in the pressing humid tropical air I have immediately succumbed to what can only be described severe "Singularity Blues". I am missing the day-long challenges, the inspiring conversations, the...

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Graduated..

Graduated..

....or better said moving onward to a life post SU. But before i start into a more detailled story of the last ten weeks, just so much- it was an amazing time, meet the most extraordinary people ever in my life and learned some really cool sh*t (including building...

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SU – aka Sleepless University

SU – aka Sleepless University

Remember the following Star Wars scene: Luke showing Obi Wan Kenobi, a hologram of Princess Leia asking for help? This afternoon I had a true glimpse into the future and the hologram became. Together with a several fellow students I made my way into the hills of the...

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My first week in outer space!

My first week in outer space!

“Stall, Stall, Stall!” There was urgency in the voice that was coming through my headphones. I pushed the rudder down, gave it a little bit of throttle – beneath me the last metres of runway were passing by... But all too late! With a kaboom my Boeing 747 hit the...

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The Singularity is Near

The Singularity is Near

As I am writing these lines I am about to land in San Francisco. In a few hours I will start my next BIG adventure – however, this time its not so much a physical one (no mountain to be scaled, no ocean to be crossed), but rather an adventure of the mind: I will...

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