When Art Meets Automobile
Since their inception, cars have captivated artists. Cars have been featured in studios and galleries worldwide as objects of love, hate, and even as a fetish. And, more often than not, this is because artists are self-proclaimed fans of the art they create. With Web3 being a powerhouse of revolution, art has taken a whole new direction. NFTs are the new canvases auctioned and sold off on digital marketplaces within seconds. Artists genuinely have a new way of expressing themselves, and the sky’s the limit. Traditional artists like Phillipe Pasqua have taken the NFT route with....
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Great Britain made an epic mistake about 150 years ago. When the United Kingdom, not Germany, not the United States, was the original home of the automobile's innovation. This is not well-publicized in Western culture because of the epic failure in the story, and how swiftly the U. K. acted in its own demise. Instead of welcoming the automobile as a technological marvel that'll not only provide freedom of travel to the masses someday, but also a massive industry they could cultivate domestically, they shunned the automobile. Instead of a technological advancement, British regulators saw....
The early automobile was certainly the disruptive technology of its time. In fact, we can learn a lot about today’s Bitcoin industry by observing how the nascent car industry was able to overcome many obstacles to become today’s dominant form of transport. ‘Menace to Public Safety’. At the start of the 20th century, the car industry was a barren....
Bitcoin has taken the world by storm. Yet when most people hear about it, whether for the first or the tenth time, they have one simple question: "What is it?" Like an automobile, Bitcoin is very technically advanced, and it can be extremely complicated, depending on how much you want to know about it. But also like an automobile, you don't actually need to know much about Bitcoin's technical details in order to use it-and in order for it to change the way you look at the world. Here's what you need to know. Generally speaking, Bitcoin is two things: A payment network ("Bitcoin"). The....
Would you buy a car you can’t drive? The latest NFT trend is here, but some are divided on whether it will stick around. Just before the turn of the 19th century, Carl Benz announced what is now widely considered as the world’s first commercial automobile. At the time, it would have been impossible to predict how this one product could spur the development of a multi-trillion-dollar industry over the course of the next century — but it did.From refueling stations and maintenance garages to tech giants like Uber, the world has created countless businesses catering specifically to the....
On January 4, GM tweeted news of its collaboration with Lyft to create self-driving vehicles. This announcement came as the industry was awaiting Ford and Google to announce a partnership for self-driving vehicles this week. Both of these projects promise ripe grounds for smart contracts, blockchain-powered contracts that can tie IoT and vehicle finance together. Smart contract auto leases were among the first applications announced in 2015. Self-driving cars have to potential to be strong vehicles for smart contract technology. Auto finance contracts are particularly suited to smart....