December 2009
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Computer-aided design for life itself
University of Washington scientists have developed “Tinkercell” to allow synthetic biologists to build artificial life forms, using a library of different cells, membrane proteins, fluorescent proteins, enzymes and genes to create their organism. Tinkercell can then simulate the life form to see if it functions as expected. (Source:...
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Data. Our second city →
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8 Emerging CleanTech Investment Areas
A new report is claiming that, with an aggressive infrastructure investment, eight emerging technologies could meet 60 % of new energy demand by 2020.  It is also claiming that we could abate more CO2 than is necessary for climate stabilization in just 10 years. The report, titled “The Gigaton Throwdown”, estimates that if annual global private investment in cleantech tripled...
Dec 27th
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Augmented Reality in 2010: Ori Inbar’s Predictions...
Well, if you read this blog you probably don’t need me to introduce Ori Inbar. But if you don’t already know him, he’s the founder of Games Alfresco and a whole lot of other things. Here are his predictions: Bruce Sterling will secure his position in the history books as THE evangelist of the augmented reality movement Blair MacIntyre will start a successful AR game company but will still miss...
Dec 27th
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“By year end 2012, physical sensors will create 20 percent of non-video internet...”
– Gartner (via bashford)
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Obama's 25 Ways To Rebuild America:...
smartercities: Obama’s Challenge: Construct green buildings that produce all the energy they consume. Who’s Got a Shot: Look for companies such as United Technologies and Honeywell to develop industrial-specification, energy-efficient systems for heating, ventilation, and water. Some of the $2.8 billion in Obama’s stimulus plan earmarked for residential green investments could help ...
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fredzimny: Reading IndustryWeek : Unstructured Collaboration is Key to Increased Innovation and Business Agility in 2010 http://ping.fm/kMnSi
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EWeek: IBM financing deal for electronic health...
IBM Global Financing has entered into deals with four healthcare organizations to help them pay for their EHR projects while they await federal stimulus funds. The deals also will enable IBM to collect interest on the financing and raise its profile in the growing healthcare IT market.
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37 Data-ish Blogs You Should Know About |... →
Dec 21st
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United States to speed up green technology patents...
secrets0ciety: Green technology patents will see a year shaved off the average forty month wait time to approve new patents in the US. The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is implementing a one-year pilot program to push green technology patent applications through the process more quickly, so that the technologies can reach the market faster. The USPTO will accept the first 3,000...
Dec 21st
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Macy’s CEO Terry Lundgren discusses the growing role of technology, including IBM’s, in retail  CNBC.com
Dec 18th
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LCD screen can recognise what happens in front of it - tech - New Scientist An everyday LCD screen has been modified to “see” the world in front of it in 3D. That means a viewer can control on-screen objects by waving their arms in the air without touching the screen, let alone a mouse or keyboard.
Dec 18th
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ganeshkedari: Cognos Reports on the iPhone
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The Next 5 in 5: Five Innovations that Will Change... →
Dec 17th
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Community 2.0: How the disruption of media and... →
Dec 16th
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Mad Science: Smart Grid →
Dec 16th
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Electricity has always powered the work of computers. Now, with smarter grids, computing is returning the favor.
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Carnegie Mellon University's 'smart parking' moves... →
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The 100,000 words a day that ruin our... →
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Lord of the Rings meets Smarter Healthcare →
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The 50 Best Inventions of 2009 - TIME →
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