Aug 6, 2015
In Tech, the Smartphone is the Center | a16z
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: hardware, innovation, internet, software
Archive for the ‘innovation’ category: Page 203
Aug 5, 2015
If every woman has a smartphone imagine all the empowered people — By Melinda Gates | The Economist
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: ethics, innovation
““Who is Sabita?” I was looking right at Sabita Devi when she said these words. She was describing her life as a wife and mother in Jharkhand, one of the poorest states in India, where she has spent most of her days inside the four walls of her home. “No one in my village knew my name,” Sabita told me. Her contact with the outside world was mediated entirely by her husband: who she could talk to, what she could buy, when (and if) she could see a doctor. She was isolated from everyone and everything but her children.”
Aug 3, 2015
Time for technology in international policy processes? — By Adrian Ely | The Our Common Future under Climate Change conference
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: innovation, science
As everyone is pointing out, 2015 is a crucial year for sustainable development, with three critical international meetings in the calendar starting this month. But what role do science, technology and innovation play in these processes?
Jul 31, 2015
The Seasteading Institute announces 2015 Floating City Project – Architectural Design Contest winners
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: architecture, governance, innovation
Jul 27, 2015
Why Generation Z will definitely embrace Bitcoin
Posted by Maria Santos in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, economics, education, innovation
Can you picture a world without physical money? A world where we don’t have to carry bills and coins in our pockets and wallets? Generation Z can.
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Jul 23, 2015
Funding Policies Distort Science
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, innovation
A good summary of the crisis in research and the broken paradigm the medical world is currently stuck in from Josh Mitteldorf’s excellent blog.
Capital shuns risk. — The essence of science is exploration of the unknown. Science and Capitalism is not exactly a match made in heaven. Government and foundation funding has always been behind the curve of innovation, but the recent contraction in US science funding has engendered an unprecedented intensity of competition. This has translated into a disastrous attitude of risk aversion. A “hard-headed” business model prevails at the funding agencies, and they are now funding only those projects that they deem “most likely to succeed.”
Jul 22, 2015
The 8 most innovative scientists in tech and engineering
Posted by Albert Sanchez in categories: engineering, innovation
Based on our list of the 50 groundbreaking scientists who are changing the way we see the world.
Jul 17, 2015
The innovative power of slack time | Business Standard
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, innovation
There is a whole lot more to innovation than thinking up a great new idea. A new study from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management suggests that when budding entrepreneurs get time off their normal activities to work on other things — dubbed ‘slack’ time — they use it to complete the less exciting jobs needed to bring a novel project to life.
Jul 17, 2015
Ray Kurzweil music technology breakthroughs – inside story | KurzweilAI
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: innovation, media & arts
Jul 6, 2015
The Netherlands: A Look At The World’s High-Tech Startup Capital
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: economics, education, innovation
Behind London and Berlin, the Dutch startup scene is already considered to be one of the most prominent in Europe. (If it feels unfair to weigh an entire country against individual cities, consider that the Netherlands has 17 million people crammed into an area half the size of South Carolina.)
