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WiSee TECHNOLOGY is being developed to read human gestures as commands for routine domestic events, such as turning some device on or off. Perhaps I am a Luddite, but this does not pass the Sniff Test for household use, since I have not ever felt a great unmet need to replace the On-Off button. Did I miss something? Dazzled by technology? I may be more sympathetic if there are other situational applications that are more difficult to perform than turning on the TV. http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2013/06/07/hands-down-and-hands-up-this-is-the-coolest-technology-of-the-week/ View in LinkedIn

SMART CONTACT LENSES with wireless connection to a microprocessor chip on the skull which sends signals to the brain to decode the data is a feasible idea, that could impact sight deficiencies significantly. Glasses as we know them will be antiques in a decade. View in LinkedIn

HUMAN CLONING NEXT. View in LinkedIn

HOLY GRAIL -- making eggs from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS): next will be treating human infertility using this method. That is cloning an egg that becomes fertilized with sperm and thus the resulting person is not a clone but an authentic individual. http://lnkd.in/Nxc68F View in LinkedIn

BIOENGINEERED EYES from using stem cells to restore sight. http://lnkd.in/Wz-Ha6 View in LinkedIn

ENGINEERED TRACHEA from stem cells implanted into a young girl. http://lnkd.in/9KYeTk View in LinkedIn

TEST TUBE ORGANS from induced human pluripotent cells (iPS) are now fully possible. So are human clones. GAME CHANGER. http://lnkd.in/pB5Ksy? View in LinkedIn

STARTUP WOES can start early and this article goes through some (but not all) of them: unreproducible science; founder-itis; bad boards; founding syndicates; cumbersome agreements; undercapitalization. A good read but these are the start of the list, not the end. http://lnkd.in/nYM6yC View in LinkedIn

WOW. Self destructing photo company valued at 500 M USD. Sniff Test negative. http://lnkd.in/-Ue7kE View in LinkedIn

HEAVY CALL VOLUME triage system for businesses and medical practices that get over 1000 calls per day. http://lnkd.in/rKH385 View in LinkedIn