The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) opened a new office in April uniting its biology, and related engineering and computer science research. The Biological Technologies Office (BTO), directed by neurologist and retired Army colonel Geoffrey Ling, inherited 23 existing research programs and on April 24 launched its first new one, involving prosthetics. Other areas of research include diagnostics for infectious diseases, synthetic biology, biological clocks, systems biology and a program to establish the lineage of genetic modifications to living organisms. The office’s 2015 budget is around $250 million. Continue reading DARPA redesign
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Top 10 Suppliers of Car MEMS Sensors
Bosch leads the list, I write for IEEE Spectrum: http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/sensors/top-10-suppliers-of-car-mems-sensors
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Nokia Bets $100 Million on Smart Car Tech
Nokia’s venture fund will support connected car companies, I write in IEEE Spectrum’s new transportation blog: http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/advanced-cars/nokia-bets-100-million-on-smart-car-tech