23andMe and the FDA: what really drove them apart

What Really Drove 23andMe And The FDA Apart BY ROBERT SAFIAN, fastcompany.com Is getting a $99 DNA test really hazardous to your health? Our editor-in-chief decodes an innovation dustup. When we put 23andMe CEO Anne Woj­ci­c­ki on the cover of Fast Com­pa­ny’s Novem­ber issue, we didn’t expect the FDA to yank the com­pa­n… http://flip.it/UoyAS Related … Continue reading 23andMe and the FDA: what really drove them apart

Mapping your DNA could save your life

Why Mapping Your DNA Could Save Your Life Lauren Drell, mashable.com You may think you know yourself like the back of your hand, but unless you’ve been DNA tested, there’s probably a lot you don’t know about yourself. Within each of the 50 trillion cells in your body rests the microscopic DNA that programs your … Continue reading Mapping your DNA could save your life

Freakonomics radio: The real life of consultants

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DNA: The Ultimate Hard Drive

ScienceNow, wired.com Researchers have stored an entire genet­ics text­book in less than a picogram of DNA, or one tril­lionth of a gram . It’s an advance that could rev­o­lu­tion­ize our abil­i­ty to save data. http://flpbd.it/BN1W3 DNA: The Ultimate Hard Drive Related articles DNA: The Ultimate Hard Drive (news.dice.com) Every Shakespeare sonnet now right where you … Continue reading DNA: The Ultimate Hard Drive

Microsoft says social science will be the next frontier of science and technology

Microsoft Research New England head notes  that social science will be the next frontier of science and technology. Where creativity meets technology - Boston.com   Related articles A New Kind Of Social Science For The 21st Century (lookingbeyondborders.com) What's Soft about Social Science? (everydaysociologyblog.com) Adventures in Ideas: Which Social Science Should Die? (freakonomics.com) Social Science … Continue reading Microsoft says social science will be the next frontier of science and technology

Getting real about Enterprise 2.0

E L S U A ~ A KM Blog Thinking Outside The Inbox by Luis Suarez » Getting Real about Enterprise 2.0 by Oscar Berg and Henrik Gustafsson. Related articles Its beginning to look a lot like Enterprise 2.0 (dealarchitect.typepad.com) Research and Markets: Global Enterprise 2.0 Market 2012-2016 Report Features Players such as IBM Corp., … Continue reading Getting real about Enterprise 2.0