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GENOMIC KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY. "since the start of the Human Genome Project in 1988 until 2012, the genomics revolution has contributed almost 1.0 trillion USD to the US economy (Battelle Report), with 53,000 genomics-related jobs and 293 billion USD in personal income. All from a 3.8 billion US government investment." VCs would die for that ROI!!!" " http://www.battelle.org/media/press-releases/updated-battelle-study-genetics-and-genomics-industry View in LinkedIn

"Four converging technologies are going to transform our interaction with the world radically: genetics, robotics, information and nanotechnology."" " http://lnkd.in/bugx8ti View in LinkedIn

250 M FUND FOR REGEN MED "Australian PM unveils $250M fund to back regenerative med effort " "The Australian government is putting up half of the cash while looking to the private sector for the other half. Rudd called regenerative medicine and genomic research the next frontier in 21st-century R&D."" " http://lnkd.in/bWqerSi View in LinkedIn

GHOST IN THE MACHINE:" ""Life is but a motion of the limbs.... For what is the heart, but a spring; and the nerves, but so many strings; and the joints, but so many wheels, giving motion to the whole body?"" "—Thomas Hobbes View in LinkedIn

3D PRINTING LIVER. "this was the first time truly 3-D human liver tissues were generated from bioprinting. The tissue produced is made up of multiple cell types arranged in distinct spatial patterns that replicate features of natural tissue architecture." Cartilage and heart repair cells have been 3D printed. " "3-D printing creates living tissue cells, holds promise for medical research. http://lnkd.in/bB2eiEV View in LinkedIn

PEW POLL III: BRILLIANT journalism on how most Americans thought they would be Bytes by now. “I’m really tired of all this shit, you know?” she added. “If the endgame of all this isn’t to live inside a computer one day then, I have to say, life just seems sort of meaningless.” At press time, a visibly distressed Turico was reportedly jamming a finger into a USB port, smashing a keyboard, and screaming that she just wanted to “upload the hell out of here.”" " http://lnkd.in/bZn_zJm View in LinkedIn

PRINTABLE HUMAN SKIN. "It would be possible to build up a structure using different cell types mimicking the structure of actual skin. You can print as many cells as you have print heads. Our machine could print up to eight different 'inks' where the inks are cell suspensions, scaffold materials or biochemicals. In theory, you could print the scaffolding to create an organ in a day, but we are not quite there yet."" " http://lnkd.in/bnqTMFB View in LinkedIn

PEW POLL II (2013). "In addition, 98 percent of respondents said they had pictured a future in which they would only be able to die if someone accidentally deleted them."" " http://lnkd.in/bZn_zJm View in LinkedIn

INK JET PRINTING HUMAN CELLS. "By manufacturing human (autologous) skin cells using a printer similar to an inkjet, scientists have taken a significant first step toward generating new skin. The process, which could revolutionize the treatment of major skin wounds, could be ready for clinical trials in five years."" " http://lnkd.in/bnqTMFB. View in LinkedIn

THE 90% RULE. At best, with the wind bend us belting downhilll on the go-cart to the lemonade stand, we humans only know 10% of what we need to know. Name it? Dark Matter and energy? The function of over 90% of our brain? How almost anything really works? Be humble, Oh impatient homo sapiens! You are the youngest on this planet, stand in line! View in LinkedIn