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ECOSYSTEM MATTERS to foster technology hubs (new report). "High-Tech and ICT Startup Density," says that a strong regional or local culture of technology entrepreneurship is not a recent phenomenon, contrary to the opinions of many. The top 10 cities in 2010 also ranked among the top 20 cities two decades earlier"." " http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/new-startup-technology-hubs-rely-on-deep-roots-according-to-kauffman-foundation-paper.aspx?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Opticast&utm_campaign=Ideas_At_Work_9_5_13#sthash.Wco442dP.dpuf View in LinkedIn

ENTREPRENEUR OPTIMISM high (Kauffman report)." " http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/entrepreneur-confidence-reaches-highest-level-in-history-of-kauffman-legalzoom-index.aspx?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Opticast&utm_campaign=Ideas_At_Work_9_5_13 View in LinkedIn

DEATH OF FOOD? "I look at design and for me, it's like food. It’s very fast and everything I need is in my computer, and I can make whatever I want, whenever I want."" " http://lnkd.in/T9rhRR View in LinkedIn

SOLVING STARVATION with 3D printed food? I love enthusiasm, but P-L-E-A-S-E!!! "He sees a day when every kitchen has a 3D printer, and the earth’s 12 billion people feed themselves customized, nutritionally-appropriate meals synthesized one layer at a time, from cartridges of powder and oils they buy at the corner grocery store". " " http://lnkd.in/pfkTA8. View in LinkedIn

PRINTED FOOD: I confess, I am so not a fan. "A NASA-modified RepRap printer will be fitted with several culinary building blocks, from oil to protein powder, then mixed and deposited. As 3D printing typically utilises a layer on layer based methodology, layer-based foods like pizza are first on the menu"." " http://lnkd.in/sY8sS8. View in LinkedIn

NOVELTY JUNK FOOD or efficiency nutrition appears to be the limit of 3D printed food. “The basic issue is enforcement of diet. Somewhere between picking up the kids at school and running around, your diet plan goes from making dinner at home to ‘Let’s get McDonald’s.’”" " http://lnkd.in/feR4Ps View in LinkedIn

HISTORIC reminder of a day the world changed, May 27, 2013. "While researchers at Duke Univ. have demonstrated brain-to-brain communication between two rats, and Harvard researchers have demonstrated it between a human and a rat, Rao and Stocco believe this is the first demonstration of human-to-human brain interfacing". " " http://lnkd.in/-9n3jP View in LinkedIn

3D PRINTED FOOD competition looks like junk food just won. " " http://www.brit.co/ View in LinkedIn

ET SEARCHES are finally warming up. Searching for ET is not just a J Craig Venter dream, but also that of Jonathan Rothberg, founder of the genome sequencing company Ion Torrent. "Rothberg said Ion Torrent is working with Harvard and MIT to modify the company’s personal genome machine for use on Mars as part of a NASA-funded project called SET-G, or “the search for extraterrestrial genomes.” SET-G, however, is mainly searching for native Martian life as opposed to space platypuses."" " http://lnkd.in/jHhmbV. View in LinkedIn

3D PRINTED ASTRO-FOOD. I have to be a little skeptical here. Cooking is something I take seriously. Unless this is limited to some god-awful pizza, it is very hard to imagine replicating the demanding preparation of decent food on a mere printer. Think hard before volunteering for NASA!" " http://lnkd.in/VDxnZM View in LinkedIn