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Innovation to save money, water and power
Yet, for all the sectors embracing technology, government can sometimes lag behind. “Part of this is simple human nature: government officials become personally invested in their past decisions,” explains internet entrepreneur Kalev Leetaru, who founded his first company as an 8th grader. “New and disruptive innovations that might cast doubt on the wisdom of those…
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Price Controls Will Reduce Innovation and Health Outcomes
Abraham Kaplan famously noted that if you, “give a small boy a hammer, he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.” Put differently, solving problems requires the right tool, not the convenient tool. Congress should remember this wisdom in its upcoming deliberations regarding the cost of prescription drugs. The convenient tool when it comes…
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BC Innovation Council Awards $735,000 to Fund Market-Driven Research
VANCOUVER, Oct. 11, 2017 /CNW/ – The BC Innovation Council, a Crown agency of the Province focused on strengthening the B.C. economy through market driven innovation and technology, is excited to announce the winners of its third BCIC Ignite Awards. A total of $735,000 was awarded to four B.C. projects for industry-driven academic research…
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Being Vulnerable Is a Key to Innovation
At the Inc. 5000 conference in Palm Springs on Wednesday, Brown, the founder of Brave Leaders Inc. and a professor at the University of Houston, expanded on her viral TED Talkon the subject. She called vulnerability one of the “Four Pillars of Courage,” along with clarity of values, trust, and “the ability to get back…
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We’re in a global innovation race’: Ottawa announces shortlist for ‘supercluster’ program
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Singh Bains .THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick The winning applicant from the Atlantic region is an industry consortium that would expand digital technologies in aquaculture, fisheries, offshore oil and gas, and clean energy Ottawa began rolling out the shortlist of companies to receive funding under its $950-million “supercluster” program…
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Por que Richard Thaler ganhou o Nobel de Economia?
Quem já fez dieta entende. Muitas vezes planejamos seguir o regime à risca, mentalizamos como nosso comportamento deve ser nos próximos dias ou semanas, mas quando passamos na frente da padaria no dia seguinte… sucumbimos à tentação daquele pão doce. Nossa incapacidade de nos controlar vai além da disciplina com a balança. Também…
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Finep Startup: conheça as 75 empresas aprovadas para a fase final
Na segunda-feira, 9 de outubro, a Finep divulgou a lista das 75 empresas selecionadas para a 2ª etapa de avaliação do programa Finep Startup. As startups classificadas para a fase final atuam, principalmente, com os temas Internet das Coisas (14 empresas), Educação (14), Fintech (11) e Agritech (10). Entre os estados que concentram o…
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Need to source R&D funding? There’s an app for that
Minister of State for Training and Skills John Halligan, TD, and KTI director Dr Alison Campbell. Image: Conor McCabe Photography Knowledge Transfer Ireland helps businesses to benefit from access to Irish expertise and technology. Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI) has created a new tool to find R&D funding and help organisations to get their research projects…
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Medtronic to Establish Innovation Center in China
Facilitating Clinical Training for Physicians and Advancing Local Healthcare Efficiency in Central and Western China DUBLIN and CHENGDU, Sichuan – October 10, 2017 – Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced the groundbreaking of its Chengdu Innovation Center at the Singapore-Sichuan Hi-Tech Innovation Park in Sichuan Province. Set to open in 2020, this center will provide a…
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Matemática fará asas de aviões tão silenciosas quanto asas de corujas
A dificuldade estava em calcular a compensação entre a sustentação da asa e sua porosidade, que lhe dá a possibilidade de voo silencioso. Voo silencioso Matemáticos encontraram a solução para uma equação que promete nada menos do que ajudar a minimizar o ruído e maximizar a sustentação das asas dos aviões. Como se baseia em…
