Jan 5, 2016
Could This Man Hold the Secret to Human Regeneration?
Posted by Jeremy Lichtman in category: innovation
Michael Levin wants to help people regrow lost limbs. Now he could be on the verge of a breakthrough.
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Jan 5, 2016
Faraday Future has created the Variable Platform Architecture
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: innovation, transportation
has created the Variable Platform Architecture. According to Faraday Future, the “innovative” architecture means that the company has “the potential to deliver an extremely diverse range of vehicles to markets.”
FF has created the Variable Platform Architecture, which provides us with many powerful possibilities. Learn more.
Jan 4, 2016
Bitcoin Primer: Don’t Start with Miners
Posted by Philip Raymond in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, disruptive technology, economics, innovation, internet
I administer the Bitcoin P2P discussion group at LinkedIn, a social media network for professionals. A frequent question posed by newcomers and even seasoned venture investors is: “How can I understand Bitcoin in its simplest terms?”
Engineers and coders offer answers that are anything but simple. Most focus on mining and the blockchain. In this primer, I will take an approach that is both familiar and accurate…
Terms/Concepts: • Miners • Blockchain • Double-Spend
First, forget about everything you have heard about ‘mining’ Bitcoin. That’s just a temporary mechanism to smooth out the initial distribution and make it fair, while also playing a critical role in validating the transactions between individuals. Starting with this mechanism is a bad way to understand Bitcoin, because its role in establishing value, influencing trust or stabilizing value is greatly overrated.
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Dec 28, 2015
Doing nothing is not OK: A call for change at the FDA
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, innovation
Doing nothing is no longer acceptable. Even the FDA admits the system needs fixing. Stem cell work holds huge potential and needs freedom to test breakthrough therapies that could change medicine forever.
Dec 24, 2015
Writing a New Language of Storytelling with Virtual Reality | Andreessen Horowitz
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: hardware, innovation, media & arts, software, virtual reality
Watch 10 of the year’s biggest scientific breakthroughs in less than 5 minutes.
More info: http://scim.ag/22b5Uym
Dec 21, 2015
What Happens When Artificial Intelligence Makes MAGIC: THE GATHERING Cards
Posted by Sean Cusack in categories: innovation, robotics/AI
The are over 13,000 Magic: The Gathering cards, each of which fits uniquely into an incredibly rich, decades-old world of lore, rules, tokens, and tournaments. It takes years to master the game, and even then a new set of cards comes every few months to shake things up.
That’s why it’s wonderful to see what kinds of innovation and oddity a days old artificial intelligence can come up with.
I’m sorry…What does morph do again?Dec 20, 2015
5 Awesome Inventions That Came out of MIT This Year
Posted by Alexandros El in categories: biotech/medical, innovation
We’re coming down the homestretch for 2015, and now is the time when most folks like to reflect on all of the things they’re thankful for. In the campus innovation space, that basically means MIT. Being one of the most technologically progressive universities in the world, MIT has the longstanding reputation of churning out life-changing innovations as if it were a cake walk.
This past year has been no different. Here are our picks of 5 inventions coming out of MIT that are sure to impact the world, making us very thankful to have the Cambridge-based university in our corner.
If everyone’s bodies were true to textbook anatomy, doctors’ jobs would be a breeze. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. So all patients going in for heart surgery will have slightly different nuances to their cardiac makeup. As you can imagine, these procedures present some high stakes, so it’s not great for surgeons to be surprised in the OR.
Dec 20, 2015
‘Star Wars’ Tech: 8 Sci-Fi Inventions and Their Real-Life Counterparts
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: innovation, space
While the science and technologies behind the franchise are firmly rooted in fantasy, their enduring appeal has served as inspiration for many real-life scientists and engineers. Here are some of the most notable attempts to turn “Star Wars’” science fiction into science fact.
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Dec 17, 2015
5 Steps Toward Gender Diversity Every Company Can Take Right Now — By Claudia Chan | Fast Company
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, governance, human trajectories, innovation, strategy
“Plenty of forward-thinking companies have innovation divisions that try and predict the future, disrupt old models, and develop cutting-edge products. They don’t nest those divisions inside their human resources departments. So why shouldn’t gender diversity efforts be a part of corporate innovation?”
