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CRISPR Genomic Editing Patent Disputes Heat Up
MIT Tech Review has a good article about the brewing intellectual property battle over CRISPR-Cas9 DNA editing. The ease with which human DNA (or that of any eukaryotic organism) can be edited with the genetic engineering technique is astonishing, and will undoubtedly … Continue reading
The World at Night with Clear Skies and No Light Pollution
Courtesy of TwistedSifter.com, a beautiful interview with the talented night sky photographer Ben Coffman. Follow both links; you won’t be dissapointed.
Posted in Photography, Space & Astronomy
Tagged Ben Coffman, Night Sky, Night sky photography
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Chromebooks taking iPads to school in education market
A new IDC report claims that more laptops based on Google’s Chrome OS were shipped to schools in the third quarter than Apple’s tablets, thanks in no small part to the notebooks’ low price. While momentum for Chromebooks in schools is substantial, … Continue reading
Posted in Information Technology, Learning
Tagged Apple, Chromebooks, education, Google, iPad
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3-D-Printing Bio-Electronic Parts
With new “inks” containing semiconductors, researchers have been able to print biocompatible materials, including working LEDs.
What sort of electronic device do 6th graders really need?
Some folks have asked me what sort of electronic device does a 6th grader really need. I can give you some insights from what I’ve seen while helping out with two FIRST Lego League teams, and the experience my son had hosting … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Information Technology
Tagged electronic education, FIRST Lego League, middle school, Minecraft
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Average Drug Development Cost Now $2.6 Billion
Based on the latest study conducted by the Tufts University Center for the Study of Drug Development, the total cost of developing a drug is, on average, $2.6 billion. That figure includes $1.4 billion in direct out of pocket costs for each … Continue reading
Rosetta’s comet lander goes quiet
Rosetta’s Philae lander has stopped transmitting from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Philae landed safely, but ended up in a shady location and couldn’t recharge its batteries using solar power. There is some hope that when the comet gets closer to the sun (around August 2015) … Continue reading
Rosetta mission succeeds in landing on a comet
Really cool seeing the first ever images of the surface of a comet from the Rosetta mission, courtesy of the ESA. It really does look like a dirty snowball. Unfortunately it seems that the lander ended up in a shady … Continue reading
Microsoft Office is now free for mobile devices
With relatively little fanfare, Microsoft has made Office for mobile devices free. Faced with a minuscule software market share in the fastest growing device markets, Microsoft decided that they needed to make Office — their biggest money-maker after Windows — free … Continue reading
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