Regenerative Medicine
On the morning after the Blueprint Health lunch, Demo Day, and dinner, I headed back to the Javits Convention Center for day two of the 3D Printing Conference. I was quite interested in the medical implications of 3D printing, and I was thrilled with what I learned. The opening keynote speaker was Dr. Anthony Atala, Director of the Wake Forest […]
Blueprint Health
After an exciting morning at the 3D Printing Conference, I headed to SoHo in an UberX car for lunch at Blueprint Health’s 5th annual Demo Day. Blueprint Health leverages NYC’s thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem of entrepreneurs and mentors. After a networking lunch with more than 500, they introduced seven companies, who then each gave a 10-minute presentation about their […]
Inside 3D Printing
I was one of the 4,000 people who attended the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo at the Javits Convention Center in New York on Thursday and Friday. Although 40% of the population sampled said they had never heard of 3D printing, it is clear from this conference that it is revolutionizing manufacturing, enabling new products, and impacting […]
3-D Printed Brainwave Headset
Monitoring of brainwaves is not a new idea, but the technology is now moving from a clinical and research environment to a consumer hobby. Medicalautomation.org reported that OpenBCI has developed a low-cost, programmable, open-source EEG [electroencephalography] platform that can enable anyone with a computer to have access to their brainwaves (see 3-D Printed Device Allows Users […]
Is Bitcoin An Investment Or A Cult? – Forbes
Thanks to my friend Dave in California for telling me about Peter Cohan’s article in Forbes (see Is Bitcoin An Investment Or A Cult? – Forbes) I loved his comment that Bitcoin is a “cult that is almost completely immune to logic”. In my early days with OS/2, we had a “cult” of supporters and users […]
