Strategic Insights on Venture Investors with David Beisel

Strategic Insights on Venture Investors with David Beisel

In this episode, I interview Co-Founder and Partner of NextView Ventures David Beisel. NextView Ventures focuses on consumer web, mobile, SaaS and other Internet startups.

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3 Latest News Breaks in Emerging Tech

Enzyme Micro Insulin Pump

One of the latest trends in the arena of mechanobiology is a micro-pump designed to autonomously deliver insulin in response to an individual’s glucose levels. Developed by Samudra Sengupta and his team of associates from Pennsylvania State University, the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, the device is self-powered and is capable of the autonomous delivery of small proteins and molecules in response to biological stimuli, according to phys.org.

Ethical Technophile: Curing Death 1

Ethical Technophile: Curing Death

What would you do for a chance at immortality? Would you want to be immortal? Don't just give the quick answer. Think about the question for a moment. How would immortality change the face of humanity?

Support or Supplant? Daniel Lindenberger on the Future of A.I.

Support or Supplant? Daniel Lindenberger on the Future of A.I.

What is intelligence? Is it possible to create intelligence, and if so, what will be our role be as the stewards of what we create? Will our creation eventually come to dominate us? The ramifications of the creation and shaping of consciousness itself are impossible to understate, and it can be argued, to understand. It is an ethical question that is potentially vaster by orders of magnitude than any other question humanity has ever faced.

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3 Latest News Breaks in Emerging Tech

Bacteria Could be Used to Grow Healing Materials

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have tweaked bacteria, enabling it to grow living materials that may one day be used for healing purposes. Inspired by natural materials such as teeth and bone, the research team reprogrammed bacteria Escherichia colibacterial to excrete special proteins.  This allowed scientists to control the type of materials made by the bacteria. This technology could eventually lead to the development of self-healing materials that could detect damage and repair it.

Protecting Your Intellectual Property: What Startups Need to Know

Protecting Your Intellectual Property: What Startups Need to Know

In this episode, I interview Howard G. Zaharoff from Morse Barnes-Brown Pendleton. With over 30 years in business law, intellectual property & technology  - Howard helps companies not only secure their assets from infringement but also secure various licensing & distribution channels and other strategic alliances.

RoboClam Can Dig It

RoboClam Can Dig It

The Atlantic razor clam has the ability to burrow vertically into the sand at a rapid pace, using very little energy. Inspired by this creature, Amos Winter, the Robert N. Noyce Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT has developed a device known as the RoboClam, which can dig itself into the ground.

The Intersection of Engineering and Neuroscience: Dan Bacher on Braingate and Assistive Technologies

The Intersection of Engineering and Neuroscience: Dan Bacher on Braingate and Assistive Technologies

Dan Bacher has always been fascinated by two things: electrical engineering and neuroscience. While these interests may seem divergent, the synthesis of them led him to Brown University’s BrainGate Group, where he is the Senior Research and Development Engineer. Says Bacher, “applying technology to the area of neuroscience just always fascinated me.”

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3 Latest News Breaks in Emerging Tech

Researchers Develop Thinking Cap

In the not too distant future, you may be able to put on a real thinking cap to improve your ability to learn. A research team at Tennessee's Vanderbuilt University recently conducted a study that may help people wanting to increase their learning ability and may also help to treat medical conditions such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and schizophrenia.

The Ethical Technophile: Theoretical Ethics

The Ethical Technophile: Theoretical Ethics

Remember Dolly the sheep? As the first mammal to be successfully cloned, Dolly created a firestorm of controversy, leading many governments to preemptively pass legislation banning human cloning. If nothing else, this proves that technology and ethics cannot be separated from each other. Though many ethicists argue that technology itself is inherently value neutral, being used by humans raises ethical considerations.