Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Jay Bradner: Open-source cancer research | Video on TED.com

Jay Bradner: Open-source cancer research | Video on TED.com:

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This is an interesting approach to scientific research and invention... Related to cancer genes.

They are applying Open-source concepts with crowd sourcing to get the research out quickly in a collaborative environment.

Not that the original research was gov and/or foundation funded.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Earth Overshoot Day is Sept 27th each year.

Earth Overshoot Day is coming!:

Earth Overshoot Day is today, September 27th. Essentially, today, we have used up a years worth of the world's resource-generation capacity. Every day for the rest of the year takes us into deficit.

Or, stated differently, every year we are using 130%+ of the earths renewable resources. We deplete or exhaust resources in order to overconsume.

Video is interesting too.

What is the (Earth's) Carrying Capacity: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrying_capacity???

A question that's been around since The Coal Question of 1865: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coal_Question

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Better Ideas Through Failure - WSJ.com

Better Ideas Through Failure - WSJ.com

Innovation comes from trying new things.

This is a cool version of the "Screw up Award" which sometimes even goes by a less attractive name.

A corporate culture kills off innovation if every time someone tries something new they get clobbered. You gotta be able to fail faster, in order to learn faster.

The Refractive Thinker®: Vol. I: Ch 10: Dr. Cheryl Lentz: Fail Faster, Succeed Sooner.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

USF is ranked #9 in Patents/Innovation.

USF is ranked way up there with the BIG research universities. The only one from Florida in the top 14.
http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/?a=3509&z=158
Pretty cool.