entrepreneurship

VCs are getting serious about spacetech

Posted in Business on 17th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

What's clear is that we've entered a virtuous cycle in spacetech, where VCs are encouraged enough by a handful of successes to invest further in the sector.

Google reportedly starting an in-house startup incubator

Posted in Business on 25th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

The plan is to allow entrepreneurial Googlers and their teams to develop their ideas with Google's support and funding and potentially branch out with Google as an investor.

MIT Dean Takes Leave to Start New Type of University Without Lectures or Classrooms

Posted in Online on 7th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

What if you could start a university from scratch for todays needs and with todays technology?

Cheap DNA Sequencing Is Here. Writing DNA Is Next

Posted in Featured, Science on 25th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

When Twist launches its beta program in 2016, it will offer gene synthesis at 10 cents per letter with a guaranteed turnaround time of 10 days.

SAROS is a portable unit that turns seawater into drinking water

Posted in Featured, Hardware on 21st Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

A North Carolina startup has come up with a method of desalination powered by the sea itself.