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Bitcoins for handmade boots at Urban Shepard
The owner of a small boot shop in Barcelona, Spain explains why makers are looking to Bitcoin and how Bitcoin is currently falling short.
Ragtagd reinvents the lost and found
Using ultra-simple RFID tags, Ragtagd makes sure your kid never loses stuff at school.
NaiLab helps African startups launch and scale
Nailab incubates startups in the African tech ecosystem, giving them $25,000 to scale their businesses. The startups focus on anything from the gig economy to sexual health.
The contractor who shut down Trump’s Twitter account
Tito Hamze sat down with Bahtiyar Duysak, the Twitter employee who shut down President Donald Trump’s Twitter account for 11 minutes. Link to Article: https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/29/meet-the-man-who-deactivated-trumps-twitter-account/ Reporting: Tito H
NASA contest has student teams literally racing to the moon
NASA's Cube Quest Challenge has amateur spacecraft builders aiming for the moon and beyond. Their homemade, breadbox-sized cubesats will be launched into space with the chance of earning millions in prizes as they go further than any small spacecraft has
Outside Hacks 2017
Outside Hacks is a hackathon in partnership with Outside Lands that is specifically focused on highlighting teams that are building technology for use by attendees at music festivals.
The RealReal announces plans for a luxury consignment store
TechCrunch sat down with The RealReal CEO Julie Wainwright and learned about what's in store for the luxury resale e-tailer. We also got a tour of the warehouse, where they verify that all the products are in good condition and "real."
Delivering with Flytrex
While in Israel TechCrunch Reporter Jordan Crook met with Flytrex founder and CEO Yariv Bash to discuss how his company is solving the need of ultra fast delivery with his drone company.
Touring Station F's massive startup campus in Paris
Earlier this week, the world’s biggest startup campus officially opened. Around 3,000 people are going to work in this huge building in Paris. TechCrunch went on a tour of Station F and met with Xavier Niel, the billionaire behind it.
Carnegie Mellon's snake robot is inspired by nature
CMU's Biorobotics lab looks to the natural world for its diverse army of modular robotics.