Category: Systems Science

  • Singularity University uses software startup model to incubate synthetic biology ventures

    Singularity University which is a private university dedicated to speeding education in science and technology is giving away about 50k in cash and services to startups pursuing the new field of synthetic biology to help solve major projects including energy, healthcare. Singularity University To Incubate Synthetic Biology Startups With New Program | Singularity Hub. Related…

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  • Stanford professors create startup to expand high quality university education online

    The Stanford professor whose online computer science course went viral is now at it again.. From Silicon Valley, A New Approach To Education : All Tech Considered : NPR. Related articles Stanford University Students Launch Sites By Hand, A Social Business for Global Development of Personal Websites and Effective Web Solutions (prweb.com) Menlo Ventures’ Pishevar…

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  • Your Inner Ecosystem | On Point with Tom Ashbrook

    Your Inner Ecosystem | On Point with Tom Ashbrook Envwining a new healthcare  industry based on the biome not synthetic chemicals. Related articles Interdependence of Life – Earth’s Ecosystems (floydmiddle.typepad.com) How does the ocean biome collapse? (ask.metafilter.com) A Day in Eden – St Austell, United Kingdom (travelpod.com) Breitling BlackBird. the Arctic Tundra, the Antarctic Tundra,…

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  • Biotechs engineer ancient organisms and speed product development

    New Boston biotech companies such as Ginkgo BioWorks, Cambrian Innovation, and Manus Biosynthesis are tapping into ancient organisms and new IT capabilities to produce new solutions that are environmentally clean, US based, and fast with as little as 6 month product development life cycles. Gingko notes that 1/4 of their employees are software developers and…

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  • Growing shrimp in the desert

    Cool. Contaminant free shrimp raised in the desert from Blue Oasis, the aquaculture division of Ganix Biotechnologies Inc Better Living Through Aquaculture | Autograph Collection Magazine   Related articles     Green Blog: A Milestone Looms for Farm-Raised Fish (green.blogs.nytimes.com) OriginOil Tests Breakthrough Aquaculture Water Decontamination System (triplepundit.com) Shark DNA Used to Buff Up Aquacultured Fish (southernfriedscience.com)…

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  • XC skiing and maple at Morse Farm in Montpelier, Vt.

    Pretty much a perfect day of xc skiing and pancakes. Snowshoes and maple at Morse Farm in Montpelier, Vt. – Boston.com.

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  • Built to Last: Obama’s State of the Future 2012

    Obama‘s recent State of the Union highlighted the continued importance of increased development of renewable and clean technologies, job training and education through community colleges and e-learning, healthcare and government systems consolidation, information security and rural broadband access, tax code streamlining and fostering innovative US based companies like Apple. And he is showing how his…

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  • Ultraviolet photography – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Ultraviolet photography – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Related articles Butterfly Vision: Robert E. Silberglied’s Photographic Explorations Most of my Leica photography gear for sale Water Drop Photography JunoPrints.com Canvas Prints review Water Drop Photography II

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  • Molecular archaeology: learning from our waste

    Something in the water – Boston.com. I’ve long followed the field of garbology, or what we can learn from our waste, but now a new molecular twist has come along…. Related articles Molecular Gastronomy Comes To Fast Food (qsrmagazine.com) The Initiation and Growth of Molecular Biology and Genomics (pharmaceuticalintelligence.com) Managing Archaeological Data in the Digital…

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  • Bard MBA in Sustainability

    Bard MBA in Sustainability . Related articles Bard College to Launch Innovative MBA in Sustainability in New York City in Fall 2012 The Importance of Embedding Sustainability in Secondary Education Curriculums R. Paul Herman: Who Are The Real “Job Creators”? They Are Not Who You Think Where the Jobs Are: How to Reach Full Employment…

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