We intercepted phone calls to Chancellor Merkel of Germany last year. We spy on our citizens (Hello NSA). Gmail reads my mail before the recipient. Palantir’s CIA funded guard stop me from taking a pic of the menu of what…
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The medical industry may be dangerous to your health. Medical errors leading to patient death are much higher than previously thought, and may be as high as 400,000 deaths a year, according to a study in the Journal of Patient Safety. If you…
Institute for the Future is moving into a new home on Hamilton Ave in downtown Palo Alto. They picked a fitting space. It used to be Institute for the Past. Well, not really, but it was an antique store.…
We have meet ups, mentors, peers, hacker houses, VC’s, pitch parties. How about a shout out to someone in New Orleans? And if you want to, let us know how it turns out. Found on Craigslist Tech Startup…
See TOUCH-VOICE We are so impressed that med tech apps are moving forward for specific needs. This is a truly heartwarming and utilitarian one we want to share with you. Counting calories and watching heart rate is fine, but…
The Internet of Things is here. IoT as it is referred to, is things, connected to the Internet. These things have sensors thus they can communicate. Communication leads to data and data leads to interpretation, reading, information, and stories.…
Brain tumors and a cell that doesn't cause them. Vortis is here.…
Vortis was a successful tech start up with a cell phone antennae that could be used by the hard of hearing and radiated less energy to the head. A partner's betrayal derailed it.…
Get your DNA read at 23andme (when the FDA unchains them) and then find out how broken it is and fix it with Exogen’s great new citizen scientist kit on how broken your DNA is. This is one of the…
I love the concept of designing drones. I met the co-founder of Matternet, Paola Santana, and liked her and her company. So, here’s more – a posting from my original time sink, Craigslist. A stealth mode company needs a…