DARPA's issued a new "funding opportunity" dubbed Prophecy--it's a program to investigate how virus evolution may be predicted, notionally to improve the way the drug business tackles health threats. But it's DARPA, so there're military issues in the mix too.READ»
Back in July the government identified robots as one of the R&D priorities for the 2012 budget (about a decade behind the rest of us). Now there's a research funding round to aid small business robotic's efforts, to build robot gear DARPA can't manage.READ»
Watchdog group The Sunlight Foundation analyzed 10 million lines of data--and discovered trillions of dollars missing from our federal spending database.READ»
Forget petaflops. Forget Moore's Law. The Defense Department is set to build supercomputers that are a thousand times faster than the current record holders. Scary or cool?READ»
Shareholders are concerned for the overall safety of the sector, which is why 58 investors representing $2.5 trillion in assets banded together recently to demand improved disclosure of oil disaster response plans.READ»
The U.S. government may not be able to push through a climate bill, but that hasn't stopped appliance makers from banding together and establishing efficiency standards of their own.READ»
Over the past 24 months, a deplorable activity in the money management business came to light. It got the name "pay to play" but was just another form of bribery. However, for some reason, the definition of this expanded to include any campaign contributions to any state or local officials.READ»
"I'm okay with giving money to a nonprofit that I care about, but do I have to ask friends and colleagues for money if I serve on a nonprofit board?" That's another question that many business executives ask me when I interview them ...READ»
A certain tax code gives a monetary break to married couples on company-provided health insurance, which leaves out those couples who legally can't get married. Google decided to do something about that disparity.READ»
Founder, Mobile Accord
Denver
Eberhard, 32, started Mobile Accord to help not-for-profits organize their mobile efforts. Its mGive platform -- which launched with 10 seconds of TV time during the 2008 Super Bowl -- has helped ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was using a Mac laptop to send classified information to its paymasters halfway across the world and then snapping glowsticks to go raving all night long.1. BP is discussing a backup strategy for ...READ»
Solar panels seem like a great idea in theory, but they're too expensive for homeowners who don't have thousands of dollars to burn. The problem has generated a cottage industry of companies--including SunRun, Sungevity, and ...READ»
The newspaper industry is almost, but not quite, running like a headless chicken in the last throes of life thanks to the digital revolution. Can it be supported by extra taxes? Should it be?READ»
