Akkermansia gut bacteria may promote weight loss

So today while I was reviewing the changes to the new uBiome website, I noticed that they added a section for a rare type of Bacterium that has shown to promote weight loss.  I didn't have any of this particular bacteria in my sample, but it made me wonder what probiotic supplements and prebiotics could be used to promote healthy growth of it in your gut and help overweight individuals lose weight in a more healthy way.

I found this article that explains some ways that you might do that.  This isn't scientifically verified and could be biased to sell a product, but it did get me thinking about ways that I could improve my health using food as medicine.

Akkermansia wiki articles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkermansia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkermansia_muciniphila#Human_metabolism

I post this so that I can follow up and do some further investigation myself and see if trying some of these probiotics actually impact my gut flora of this type of probiotic.

New Free Peer to Peer Internet access?

The power of blockchain is popping up all over the place, but this company is one that really has me intregued.  Combine the power of blockchain with wireless peer to peer networks could open up the internet to many more people throughout the world.

To start testing out maidsafe:

https://github.com/maidsafe/safe_core

I am interested to see if nano degrees are the way of the future.  I think that it could help to get students into the workforce faster without having to spend so much time getting "well rounded" at a traditional university or college.  I am a big fan so far.

Nano Degrees:
https://www.udacity.com/nanodegree

Online Courses:
https://www.udemy.com/

Free Online courses from MIT:
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

I see this as a better way to educate in the future and I hope that more companies consider this type of training verses traditional schools.

Microsoft Holographic

Microsoft Holographic is coming. ...

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/06/01/opening-windows-holographic-to-partners-for-a-new-era-of-mixed-reality/

I can't wait to see some of the mixed reality applications.