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MakerBot launches a push-button consumer 3D-printer
MakerBot‘s newest 3-D printer, the Makerbot Replictor Mini, started shipping yesterday. Employing fast and easy “One Touch” 3D printing, the Mini is a cost-effective solution for small scale prototyping or teaching kids about creating and printing in three dimensions. Makerbot also sells … Continue reading
Posted in 3-D Printing, Innovation
Tagged 3D digitizer, 3D printing, MakerBot, MakerBot Mini
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FDA Drives Medical Innovation Overseas As 23andme Looks Elsewhere To Help People
Last Fall, the FDA blocked the personal genetic profiling offered by 23andMe, stopping the sale of the company’s home genetic testing kits in the U.S. At the time TechFreedom issued a plea: We haven’t all used 23andMe yet, but those of us … Continue reading
Not just Microsoft: All companies need a data culture
What Microsoft needs is a “data culture”, according to Satya Nadella, their new CEO and former head of the Cloud and Enterprise group. As reported by Adam Lashinsky: In Nadella’s world view, data generated by, living on, and enhanced by Microsoft’s software is the … Continue reading
Profusion of greenhouse flowers – tended by mechanized intelligence
Volante Farms of Needham, Massachusetts has a state-of-the-art energy efficient greenhouse. The ventilation, light level and watering are all controlled by computer algorithms. The computer monitors weather conditions inside and outside, including sunlight, temperature, wind, and humidity and then adjusts how … Continue reading
Elon Musk on the Future of Design
Virtual reality interactions with 3-D CAD models, followed by laser-based metal sintering 3-D printing. Really cool stuff. SpaceX is using these tools to build their next generation reusable launch system. Elon Musk is Tony Stark. Or is it the other … Continue reading
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Good day for SpaceX
Friday SpaceX had a successful launch of a Dragon cargo capsule, and what looks like promising results from a controlled splashdown test of booster landing capability. Check out this video of the most recent land-based testing of the Falcon 9R: Really … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Space & Astronomy
Tagged Dragon, Elon Musk, Falcon, reusable rockets, SpaceX
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By 2017, over a million 3-D printers will be sold every year
3-D printers are expected to grow into a $5 billion market over the next few years. Annually, printer shipments are projected to increase by 95% annually through 2017, by which time over a million units will ship per year. More than two thirds of them will … Continue reading
Posted in 3-D Printing, Information Technology, Innovation
Tagged 3-D printing, Information Technology
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Boston edges out Cambridge for new technology firms
In a somewhat surprising development, Boston actually had more venture capital deals than Cambridge in 2013. Ninety-seven deals were signed in Boston, vs. 78 in Cambridge. Cambridge does still hold a commanding lead in the dollar amount, however, with total funding … Continue reading
Moore’s Law for Space-Based Imaging
Hundreds of eyes in the sky, just like this one. Getting better, cheaper, and more numerous every year. Imagine a network of satellites, all taking daily pictures of the earth beneath them and reporting that data back to earth in … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Space & Astronomy
Tagged Disruptive innovation, Planet Labs, Satellite imaging, Silicon Valley
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More Biotech Hub Rankings
GEN (Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News) has released their own, more comprehensive biotech hub rankings. As expected, Boston-Cambridge and the Bay Area are at the top, with San Francisco edging out Boston in most criteria. The GEN rankings include not only … Continue reading
Posted in Biotech, Innovation, Research
Tagged Biomedical Research, Biotech cluster, Boston, San Francisco
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