Meet Healthfundr: Equity-Based Crowdfunding For Health Startups
When Marshall McLuhan said that the medium is the message in the 1960s, it’s amazing to think about how much that idea still applies in present culture. What he meant is that new forms of media (technology) transform our experience and is ultimately more important than the content that is shared. In other words, technology [...]... Read More
Archive for the ‘BioTech’ Category
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Edison awards highlight innovation across American industry titans
BY: Sonali BasakCo-authored by: Lauryn Schroeder, Medill News Service It starts with something simple. For 12-year-old Quincy Lyons, it started with the first bite of an orange. An orange that he believed to be ripe, only to discover that it was rotten inside. This one experience led him and a team of middle-schoolers from Tuscon’s Sonoran Science [...]
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Danforth Plant Science Center To Continue Investment In Robotics in 2013
BY: Kathryn HoughJim Carrington, the president of the Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, confirmed today that the center will continue to invest in lab procedure automation robots.
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Monsanto Ups Its Venture Capital Game To Grow Product Pipeline
BY: Kathryn HoughSt. Louis-based Monsanto aims to get a sneak peek at emerging agricultural technologies by boosting the company’s venture capital arm in 2013. The company signaled its investment-focused ramp up by hiring venture capitalist John Hamer in September who joined the company as investment director of Monsanto Growth Ventures.
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SLU Researchers Land $1.8 Million For Lupus Research
BY: Kathryn HoughResearchers in Saint Louis University’s division of rheumatology in the department of internal medicine will be one step closer to understanding the disease lupus thanks to a $1.8 million grant from the National Institute of Health.
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Helix Fund Invests $50,000 In AeroValve
BY: Corey CummingsSt. Louis energy technology startup AeroValve announced that it has secured $50,000 in funding from the Helix Fund, a co-investment group providing $1.5 million to local bioscience companies.
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Kypha Raises $1.5M To Bring Compact Health Diagnosis Tech To Market
BY: Corey CummingsSt. Louis-based medtech company Kypha has raised nearly $2.5 million over the past year to bring its premier technology, the CompAct test, to the market in 2013.
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Log Into Your Favorite Apps With Your Eyes Thanks To Kansas City Startup EyeVerify
BY: Kathryn HoughLife imitates art now thanks to a new technology that integrates with consumer-facing apps to allow users to sign in with an eye scan.
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DARPA: Look To Muscle, Sinew, Viscera For Robot Innovation
BY: Jon ChristianThis week, DARPA challenged researchers to find new ways to bridge the gap between power-thirsty man-made robots and energy-efficient biological systems.
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Is That Avocado Ripe? Scan It With Your Smartphone
BY: Jon ChristianAccording to German researchers, savvy grocery shoppers will use their smartphones at the supermarket not to check pricing or nutritional information but to scan the interior of actual fruits, vegetables, and meats to detect freshness and chemical balance.
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Google Ventures Pushes Biotech With Adimab
BY: Jon ChristianGoogle is known for an array of products that catalog and curate online content. But the company’s investment arm, Google Ventures, has for several years been directing funds to Adimab, a biotech outlet based in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Most recently, Google contributed part of a nearly $14 million of funding to move the venture – [...]
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Swipe Germs Away with SwipeSense
BY: Michelle Doellman*This article is fourth in a series featuring the initial Healthbox Accelerator participants. THE IDEA: SwipeSense is a personal, portable hand sanitizer dispenser healthcare professionals can carry on themselves to reduce hospital-spread infections. Design for America: Swipe Sense from Josh Freund on Vimeo. THE BACKGROUND: Thousands of patients are diagnosed with infections they are exposed [...]
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Biopixels Give A Whole New Meaning To Dead Pixels
BY: Lindsay ONealWho knew that bacteria could be so beautiful? Well, apparently researchers at University of California San Diego. The team used millions of glowing bacteria cells to create a pretty awesome, and you guessed it- beautiful display. Each ‘biopixel’ of the living neon sign was made up of thousands of fluorescent E. coli bacteria. Researchers were [...]
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