This is the official video that was released January 2013 to state that Technology Academy of Finland (TAF) has started accepting nominations for 2014’s candidate to receive prestigious Millennium Prize. The prize is one of the most prestigious prizes for science and technology. TAF awards this award every second year for : “international recognition of … Continue reading
Update: Since I wrote this, a posting on hackernews around MetaMed has gained a buzz, join the discussion. MetaMed is also on twitter. New York, NY: MetaMed, a start-up backed by PayPal co-founder and billionaire Peter Thiel and co-founded by Skype founder Jaan Tallinn, has begun accepting new patients who want to be certain they … Continue reading
San Francisco, CA: Mark Zuckerberg is on a role of showing his love for not just tech, but (finally!) life sciences too. This week a video that was going all over the internet, showed Zucherberg teamed up with Bill Gates, and various other founders and celebrities, to promote the vision of code.org, which itself has … Continue reading
Today some great friends ended their crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. uBiome’s Jessica Richman, and her co-founders: Dr. Zachary Apte, and Dr. William Ludington, have all managed to not just pull of a successful campaign, but they were the “FIRST citizen science project to sequence the human microbiome“. Their project is available internationally in 196 countries, … Continue reading
Originally posted on Action to Create:
Below is what Vassar wrote as a facebook wall status update regarding the question he had initially posted, minutes later, this was posted with edits to the actual Edge site. Here is the link to the edited version of that essay: http://edge.org/response-detail/23876 ——— VASSAR’S FB POST: I wished to…
