The newsletter also covers a variety of other tech-related topics, including lab-grown meat, battery recycling, AI technology, and the global fertility sector. It also highlights the importance of battery recycling, the taste of lab-grown chicken, and the experience of transporting frozen eggs for in vitro fertilization. The newsletter ends with a section called "We can still have nice things," which includes fun and comforting distractions.
Key takeaways:
- A new system for noise-canceling headphones allows users to choose which sounds they want to hear, potentially paving the way for smarter hearing aids and earphones.
- Lab-grown meat, also known as cultivated or cultured meat, is a growing business, with Upside Foods serving up cultivated chicken at a Michelin-starred restaurant.
- Battery recycling is becoming increasingly important as the pile of discarded batteries grows, a topic to be explored at EmTech MIT 2023.
- The shipping of gametes and embryos around the world is a growing part of the global fertility sector, as people have children later in life and the need for fertility treatment increases.