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Biomedical innovation depends on immigrants’ contributions
Johannes Fruehauf, MD, is the co-founder and president of LabCentral in Cambridge He said: I am an immigrant who, like many of my immigrant colleagues, feels proud to be contributing to my new country by working hard and creating new jobs for others. Yet our stories — indeed our very existence — make some people in government uncomfortable.…
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Germany Is the Silicon Valley of Political Innovation
One of the more significant quotations of last week came from President Donald Trump, when he reportedly described the Germans as “bad, very bad,” referring to their automobile exports. He returned to the theme Tuesday. Another take on Germany, articulated by many economists and technology observers, is that the country has quality manufacturing but hasn’t been very…
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America has become so anti-innovation – it’s economic suicide
If you’ve used the internet at any point in the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard of Juicero. Juicero is a San Francisco-based company that sells a $400 juicer. Here’s how it works: you plug in a pre-sold packet of diced fruits and vegetables, and the machine transforms it into juice. But it turns out…
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People, not machines, will drive 21st Century innovation
The rise of industry 4.0 is set to transform manufacturing (Pic: Siemens) Whilst smart machinery may outperform humans on many levels, concerns that robots will put us all out of work are unfounded writes Olly Dmitriev, CEO of Vert Rotors. Smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 is redefining manufacturing but it is the people behind the technology…
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China inovadora ameaça o equilíbrio mundial?
Da cópia à inovação, o novo Made in China Por Louise Lucas e Emily Feng | Financial Times Tim Byrnes é um símbolo improvável do esforço da China para se tornar uma superpotência mundial no ramo da alta tecnologia. Para começar, ele é australiano. Mesmo assim, a decisão desse físico quântico de 39 anos de…
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