The medical school in Ponce, Puerto Rico seems like an unlikely place to start a revolution in education. While it may look unassuming, with its campus bordered by empty lots, low slung buildings, auto body shops and the freeway, Ponce Health Sciences University is ground zero for an experiment in education that could radically transform the way medicine is taught. It’s there, a few… Read More
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Costanoa Ventures has raised a $175 million fund, the third fund for the Palo Alto-based venture firm. With a focus on enterprise technology, Costanoa Ventures typically invests at seed stage and Series A. The new fund brings the total capital for the five-year-old firm to $500 million under management. Read More
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TechCrunch is excited to bring you IndieBio Accelerator’s Demo Day today, September 14th at 3:00pm PT. Targeting the biotech industry, the IndieBio Accelerator hosts a four-month program. This batch of 12 companies is especially global, covering the agriculture, bioremediation, regenerative medicine and food industries. Watch them demo here. Read More
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In their own words (source – https://www.linkedin.com/company/2836723/)
Boyan Slat is a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur creating technologies to solve societal problems. He is the founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, which develops advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. Boyan founded this effort when he was just 16 years old.
The main idea behind The Ocean Cleanup is to let the ocean currents do the work. An installation of Ushaped screens channels floating plastic to a central point. The concentrated plastic can then be extracted and shipped to shore for recycling into durable products. Our passive systems will remove half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 5 years.
www.theoceancleanup.com/technology/
In the news
‘It’s important to at least try’: Can this 23-year old clear the oceans of plastic waste? | The Telegraph, Guy Kelly, 4 August 2017
Boyan Slat: How we will rid the oceans of plastic (May 2017) | on YouTube
First Estimate to Quantify Global Plastic input from Rivers into Oceans | 7 June 2017
To learn more about The Ocean Cleanup visit www.theoceancleanup.com
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There’s a new czar running Facebook’s developer platform tools. Since Facebook’s classifieds feature Marketplace is growing, it will now command the full attention of Deb Liu who also previously ran platform. She’s now formally the VP of Marketplace. Eddie O’Neil, a 6-year Facebook who was a director of product management after coming from Salesforce engineering,… Read More
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After a sold-out run in 2016, South of Market: The Musical returns to San Francisco this fall with v2 of the musical revue that pokes fun at the year’s trends, issues and absurdities within the Bay Area’s tech culture. It’s really fun. The show premieres on Thursday, Oct 12. As an annual review, the show is re-written every year to reflect current events and conversations… Read More
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Making the rounds today is a chatbot that claims it will let you sue Equifax for thousands of dollars in small claims court without using a lawyer. The Verge boldly stated you can claim up to $25,000 dollars, and the chatbot says that it’s the “first case of a fully automated lawsuit.” While it would be cool to fill out a form and get a check a few months later, this… Read More
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Japan’s SoftBank Group, U.S. investment group Dragoneer, and Chinese ride-share giant Didi Chuxing are close to finalizing their investment in Uber via a joint venture, sources tell TechCrunch. The tender offer is on track to launch by the end of the month and includes a direct investment in the company, as well as the purchase of shares from employees and early investors. The… Read More
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Apple’s flashy new iPhones are hogging the spotlight right now, but iOS 11 is arriving before they do – on September 19, the major mobile software update will be available for existing iPhone and iPad devices. It’s bringing a lot of new features, especially to the iPad and iPad Pro, but it’s got two under-hyped payloads that could drastically change mobile apps,… Read More
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It’s a good time to be a baby. It’s also a great time to be a parent who wants to ensure that his or her baby is consuming healthy foods but doesn’t necessarily have the wherewithal to prepare homemade baby food or delicately seasoned purées. While some established names in the business have increasingly focused on improving their prepared baby foods — including by… Read More
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