Michael Elliott: Davos in the Age of Miracles
What the GEek??!
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a blood sucking insect belonging to the family of flies called the Culicidae
Zeroing in on the Big Picture
Why, where and how companies will innovate in 2015
If patents are viable proxies for innovation, then “innovation is on the rise”, states the Thomson Reuter’s 2014 State of Innovation report. The computing sector alone logged in 300,000 unique inventions. Rounding out the report’s top five most innovative industries were telecommunications (126,000 patents), automotive (123,000), semiconductors (97,000) and medical devices (75,000). All five industries had more R&D activity in 2013 than in the year before.
The Next Big (or Really, Really Tiny) Thing in 3D Printing
How to print blood vessels. And apartment buildings
A wedding ring holding a piece of moon rock. Hydroponic garden structures tailored to any shape desired. Jet engine fuel nozzles. An Aston Martin template: These are but a few examples on the growing roster of 3D-printed structures that steadily made tech headlines over the past 18 months.
Andrew Tatem: How Mobiles Could Aid Disaster Response
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Brinnon Garrett Mandel: Finding a Path Forward in Global Health Innovation
Innovation shouldn’t be easy. It requires understanding and breaking through existing patterns — in technology, behavior, policies or market forces. Innovating life-saving solutions for the world’s greatest health challenges, whether they are products or services, is also not easy because the patterns are complex — and sometimes unknown.
Infographic: When wheelchairs go walkabout
Gone Gurney — New hospital asset tracker solves the mystery
David C. Chavern: Ideas May Strike Like Lightning, but Innovation Must Be Cultivated
At the national level, we can and must do more to foster innovation. It will keep our economy humming, our businesses competitive and hiring, our manufacturers producing, our standard of living rising and our wages high.
There are five essential ingredients for innovation:
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