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Remember when computers used to be cool? Deep inside One Infinite Loop, the Silicon Valley address of Apple Computer's Industrial Design Lab, they still are. Never mind that the Valley is a grim place these days and that the gold rush has given way to the deep funk. Forget that the Internet bubble has burst, and that Ma and Pa investors across America are wearing a what-were-we-thinking? grimace of fiscal remorse. Right here, right now, sitting on a butcher-block table, bathed in the sunlight that pours in through spyproof frosted-glass windows, is--repeat after...
...addition to stressing the importance of Beth Israel Deaconess’ health for the medical school’s educational mission, Summers has been speaking out about a vision for a biomedical version of Silicon Valley, centered around Harvard and Boston...
...Harvard is increasingly recognizing its obligation to the broader community,” Summers said then. “I am convinced that the next Silicon Valley, with all that it means and all that it brings, will happen in the biomedical area. . . . I believe that can be, should be, and will be here in the Boston area...
...investments are security and biotech. That was the conclusion of a recent survey by consultants Deloitte & Touche. Biotech pulled in some $3 billion in VC funding over the first three quarters of this year--a third more than it did in the same period last year, according to the Silicon Valley consultancy Recombinant Capital. A San Diego-based company, Syrrx, even found itself turning investors away early this year after it had raised $55 million in its second round of funding...
...JOHN HEILEMANN is an award-winning journalist who has been writing about the ups and downs of Silicon Valley for more than a decade. This week he wrote our exclusive and entertaining story revealing what Ginger actually is, after spending time riding on it and talking with its inventor. Chat with him about this groundbreaking invention--and decide whether it will change our lives--on Thursday...