Perpetual Innovation

Category: economic development

  • SU Labs | Singularity University … Accelerating innovation

    SU Labs | Singularity University:

    Check out Singularity University… Exponential growth in information and technologies.

    Here is the introduction of the Singularity University at the TED conference by Ray Kurzweil in 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMYVH-hBGWg

    Very cool

    This is interesting changes in technologies and technologies.

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  • To Incubate or not to Incubate

    Marshall Goodman: Ex-administrator For USF Helping Collier County | TheLedger.com:

    This answers the age-old questions: To Incubate or NOT to incubate?

    A: Incubators definitely have advantages for cluster development and rapid business startup.

    But, that doesn’t assure that it is a great investment for that governments to jump into.

    Where do old business incubator guys go when they get old?

    A: They go to Collier County, of course. Think Naples and Big Cypress National Preserve.

    Here’s a longer version of the story by Maria Perez in the Maples Daily News (and TBO.com).

    During that time about 2010, we were trying to meet with Goodman to springboard off of the wild success he was having with 3 incubators. No success, for us on a meeting. All three incubators were rumored to be full and hugely successful. In Highlands County, we were aiming to advance the inventions from USF that were better commercialized in the heartland of Florida, not the cities.

    Well let’s see how far $3.8M goes in Collier county. With an assurance of 10 to 15 companies within 6 months, how can they possibly go wrong?

    Can’t wait to see where this one goes.

    Keywords: Business Incubator, Economic Development
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  • WSJ. Eveything that can be invented, has been.

    Economists Debate Whether Technology Will Save the World. WSJ article.
    It’s true. Everything that could be invented, has been. Right?
    Well, there’s the 11 inventions posted last week. And there is 3d printing, all the applications of nanotechnology…
    I’m anxious to see what happens with the death of the computer chip, as we hit the limits of silicon… The next generation of computing should be very interesting. With that type of power at your fingertips, the nature of computing as we know it will change?

    Robots?

    There are all the applications of sustainability, moving most of us, if not all of us, to a zero footprint world.

    One thing that is interesting is the ability to actually apply the masses of knowledge that has been accumulated, but not integrated and applied over time. The best application of the best technology, as and when needed…

    Possibilities are endless, literally.

  • Off-Grid Electrification

    This is a very impressive video conference hosted by the Climate Group.

  • The STEM shortage: Crisis or myth? | Spring 2014

    The STEM shortage: Crisis or myth? | Spring 2014:

    Wow, give a look at this on STEM jobs and education. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education).
    So how do we (u.s.a) stem the STEM shortage?
    This is an interesting article about the STEM PIPELINE that has a lot of leaking
    couplings. 

    This is an original article in UoP’s Faculty Matters magazine.

    Keywords: school, university, training, innovation,  STEM, jobs, economic development,
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