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Startup founded by ‘Survivor’ champ debuts airless bike tires based on NASA rover tech

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As NASA is quick to remind people, the investments it funnels toward space exploration often wind up improving life on Earth — and it’s now in the business of speeding up some of that work through startups.

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Inside the secretive Silicon Valley startup trying to save the oceans with tech

TechCrunch

Instead, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, which also received a separate $1 million donation from Oceankind, took public credit for the robot research. The website also now details how Oceankind has spent more than $121 million funding a broad range of projects related to marine science, technology, animal life and climate.

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The Station: Uber’s new battles in the UK, Lucid Motors’ second life plans and Cruise acquires Voyage

TechCrunch

Next week, Extra Crunch will feature stories on the state of holographic tech in vehicles, the second-life battery marketplace and software plays in the micromobility industry. The company’s last public fundraising announcements were more than a year ago. Last month, we had Mark Harris’ market analysis on solid state batteries.