LASER Talk at Stanford: Where Art And Science Try Connecting
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LASER Talk at Stanford: Where Art And Science Try Connecting

Carina Earl, Luke Muelhauser, Christine Marie, and Helene Mialet presented insight of their projects this month at the LASER held at Stanford.  LASER stands for Leonardo Art/Science Rendezvous and LASERs provide artists and scientists and opportunity to do informal presentations and conversations with audiences who can usually attend LASERs for FREE.   I was delighted to … Continue reading

Citizen Science Wins!?  uBiome Successfully Gains Indiegogo Crowdfunding
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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

StartuParty: Bringing Silicon Valley Optimism to Italy
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StartuParty: Bringing Silicon Valley Optimism to Italy

Originally posted October 2011 for Dutiee.com here StartuParty, a gathering in Milan of Italy’s entrepreneurs, developers, designers, investors and the others interested in entrepreneurship. StartuParty aims to bring Silicon Valley’s optimism to the tech community in Italy and to develop a robust ecosystem for it to flourish. I happened to be in Milan during the … Continue reading

Dutiee: Hack For Change Delivers : 17 Cool Apps That Can Change Your World
Archives/ Past Media Writing

Dutiee: Hack For Change Delivers : 17 Cool Apps That Can Change Your World

The original article was seen at Dutiee.com here Editors Note – Naureen Nayyar has a background in political science/public service, and numerous years of experience working with startups and entrepreneurs. She has an interest in technology for social change, and resides in San Francisco, CA. This past weekend designers and hackers gathered at Change.org’s San … Continue reading