Autor: Consultoria de Investimentos
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Innovation: are you delaying the inevitable?
My three-year-old son is constantly teaching me things. Things I should know, like the difference between a Triceratops and a Centrosaurus, and things I thought I knew but didn’t, like how good children’s hearing is (even when you think you’re eating chocolate more quietly than you ever have before.) But I didn’t expect him to teach…
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Envie seu projeto para CPFL Inova Endeavor para concorrer até R$ 10 milhões
O CPFL Inova é um programa de inovação aberta criado pelo Grupo CPFL Energia em parceria com a Endeavor. Com duração de 7 meses, o programa busca acelerar até 12 empresas com soluções aplicáveis ao setor de energia e infraestrutura. O programa orientará e apoiará os empreendedores para acelerar a expansão de seus negócios, por meio de…
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The EC to Spend EUR 30 billion on Research, Science and Innovation by 2020
The total budget of the Horizon 2020 program is € 77 billion intended to support scientific excellence in Europe and to achieve significant breakthroughs in science. Over the next three years, the Commission will seek to provide more research funding to address fewer but important issues such as migration, security, the environment, clean energy…
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Comissão Européia investe 30 milhões de euros em inovação de ponta
A Comissão Europeia anunciou hoje o modo como irá investir 30 mil milhões de EUR do programa de financiamento da investigação e inovação Horizonte 2020 da UE durante o período de 2018-2020, incluindo 2,7 mil milhões de EUR para o arranque de um Conselho Europeu de Inovação. O Horizonte 2020, programa de financiamento da…
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Is Science About to Get a Big Spending Boost in France?
Heartening Numbers Specifically, the French ministry of higher education, research and innovation’s research portfolio will increase to €8.4 billion (US$9.9 billion) in 2018 — up six percent from current numbers. Furthermore, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s economic recovery plan will add an additional €2.4 billion for research over the next half-decade. Given spending cuts due to…
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Supporting Toronto’s technology sector will ensure the city continues to thrive
When I recently met Dan Doctoroff, CEO of Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs and former deputy mayor of New York City, we talked about some things we have in common. We have both worked in the public and private sectors, advocated for tolls as a way to decrease congestion and raise revenue (only to have the brakes…
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Eight Ways To Transform Your Company’s Innovation Culture
With the world changing rapidly most corporate executives are starting to feel the pressure. There is a realization that beyond cost-cutting and operational efficiency, companies must also invest in developing their innovation pipeline. At the beginning, corporate leaders often reach for easy solutions or low hanging fruit. They focus on the training and improving the…
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Human Intuition Is the Future of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Many venture capitalists and technologists talk about artificial intelligence, big data and how everything from systems to objects are getting smarter. Devices talk to one another, and people are learning how to talk to devices. Google Home, Alexa and Siri are just a few examples of how spoken language can help automate our lives to get…
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Innovation is best way to grow economy
We are on the verge of the fourth industrial revolution. All the earlier industrial revolutions were based on commodities, be it water, steam or electronics. However, industrial revolution 4.0 is a different ball game. It is a digital revolution anchored on decommoditisation of economies. Due to its disruptive nature, this is not an…
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Positivo quer distribuir 100 mil mini computadores que ensinam a programar
Vai começar a ser distribuído (e vendido) no Brasil até a virada para 2018 o micro:bit, o pequenino computador desenvolvido pela britânica BBC para ensinar crianças a programar. Lançado para valer no início de 2016, já conta 1 milhão de equipamentos no Reino Unido e vai chegando a outros países. Na América Latina e na…