San Francisco, CA-April 9th on a Tuesday night, Alan Turing fans, curious sorts, lgbt folks, doc film lovers, and a mix of it all, showed up for Codebreaker, a movie about the life of Alan Turing that had AB exclusive showing at the AMC Metreon. The movie was a mix of documentary and re-enactment. Alan … Continue reading
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2014 Millennium Prize Nominations: Who Will Get the Peak?
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
Peter Thiel-backed MetaMed: Brilliantly Unconventional
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
Facebook’s Zuckerberg: Promotes Coding and Funds Science
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
Citizen Science Wins!? uBiome Successfully Gains Indiegogo Crowdfunding
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
How to Fund A Scientist
I have a lot of friends in science. The re-emergence of citizen science being popular is happening in SF these days, but many of them are trying to figure out how to do science, not spend hours trying to write grants, and find funding still. How do we fund “citizen” scientists? Not everyone has access … Continue reading
Fixing Economies with Bikes and Bamboo : A Tale of Two Startups
Originally posted in Nov. 2011 at Dutiee.com’s site here Two companies on either side of the Atlantic are attempting to use bicycles to turn around economies and more, here is their story. Baisikeli, Denmark: Is located in the world’s most bicycle friendly country, so it’s not a surprise that they have focused their energies around … Continue reading
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