Chinese Investment in US Real Estate

Even with the China/US trade dispute, Chinese interest in US real estate remains relatively strong. Diversification, yuan devaluation, US relative political and economic security, stronger US property rights, and the very aspirational motivation to have property in the US near hospitals and colleges help drive this interest. A significant amount of the investment comes from …

The Curious Case of Hemp

If you think you are going to get high smoking hemp you are wrong. You will probably die of smoke inhalation before you get high. There was an interesting blog on Quora that you couldn’t get high even if you smoked a hemp joint the size of a telephone pole…I know, the thought causes weird …

Garbage + Plasma = Something Good

A non-technical look at the garbage problem I recently met Hanan Levin who is one of the founders of AST; an Israeli based startup that is looking to develop plasma focused waste management facilities using their proprietary knowhow and processes. Knowing nothing about plasma, my first step was to surf the internet. Everything was so …