winyy #50 - Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari

winyy Issue #50 anniversary!この号でついに50号となりました。パンデミックの自宅待機を期に始めたこのニュースレターですが、皆様からの「毎週楽しみに読んでいるよ」などの励ましにより、ここまでやってこれました。改めてご愛読ありがとうございます。どこまで続くかわかりませんが、できる限り頑張っていきたいと思います。今週、菅総理が訪米し、バイデン大統領初の対面での首脳会談がありました。残念ながら、メディア上は米国で起こっている警察官による容疑者の少年射殺事件など国内問題にかき消されてしまった感があります。また、菅総理の振る舞いも残念ながらメディア受けには至らず、でした。一方で、松山のマスターズ優勝は想像以上に好意的に受け入れられ、更にはキャディーの最後の一礼も好印象でしたね。今週も沢山の面白いニュースがありましたが、トップに取り上げたのは菌糸体（菌類の繊維）から代替肉を作るスタートアップが夏から販売を開始するというニュース。大豆タンパクから作るImpssible Meatなどが有名ですが、菌から作るというのは驚きです。また、このスタートアップはもともとバッテリー用材料を菌で作ろうとしていたのを途中からピボットして食品に転向したというストーリーがあり、これも興味深かったです。前号で一番クリックされた記事は、"Neuralink's brain-computer interface demo shows a monkey playing Pong" でした。衝撃的でしたね。今週号も気に入ってもらえたら、メールの末尾の「いいね！」ボタンをお願いします！拡散大歓迎。サインナップはこちら。Twitter ---> @winyy2020winyy Issue #50 anniversary!With this issue, we have finally reached our 50th issue. I started this newsletter when I was on the stay-at-home order due to the pandemic, but thanks to readers' encouragement, such as "I look forward to reading it every week," I have been able to make it this far. Thank you again for reading. I don't know how long I will be able to continue, but I will do my best as long as I can.This week, Prime Minister Suga visited the US and had his first face-to-face summit with President Biden. Unfortunately, the media coverage of the meeting seemed to be drowned out by domestic issues such as the shooting of a young boy by a police officer in the US. Unfortunately, Suga's behavior was also not well received by the media. On the other hand, Matsuyama's victory at the Masters was received much more favorably than I expected, and his caddie's final bow also made a good impression.There was a lot of interesting news this week, but at the top of the list was the news that a startup that makes meat alternatives from mycelium (fungal fibers) will start selling them in the summer. Impossible Meat, made from soy protein, is well known, but making it from fungus is a surprise. It was also interesting to learn that the startup was originally going to use fungi to make materials for batteries, but pivoted and turned to food.The most read news last week was "Neuralink's brain-computer interface demo shows a monkey playing Pong."Please press the 'Like it' button at the end of the email if you like this issue.Sign up page is here.