New laws needed for nanotech safety?

WASHINGTON–The risks posed by nanomaterials remain largely unknown, but now is the time for the U.S. government to begin drafting regulations addressing the tiny particles, a former Environmental Protection Agency official said.Source: (click for PDF), J. Clarence Davies, who served as an EPA assistant administrator in President George H.W. Bush’s administration, suggested that new laws [...]

Up and runnning: Newsvine – The first news social network

Newsvine is a news bookmarking-social network-digg kind of service. I am mentioning the site since it’s the first serious try to create one big blogging network based on news analysis and commentary. The great majority of stories you read on major news sites come from The Associated Press. Newsvine gets its articles from both a [...]

TI puts M-Systems flash drives into car audio solution

Texas Instruments performance audio manager Dave Maples: DOC H-series presents an attractive, easy-to-integrate storage solution.
Source: Globes
M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers (Nasdaq: FLSH) has announced that Texas Instruments (TI) has integrated M-Systems’ DOC H-Series embedded flash drive (EFD) into its high-speed encode and playback solution for car audio applications.With its high speed encode and playback solution, Texas [...]

A good year: 99 companies raised $890m in 2005

Fortune smiled on Israeli high tech in 2005.
Source: GlobesThe improvement in economic and security was a favorable factor. A window of opportunity for Nasdaq issues emerged, despite the draconian provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US. Foreign companies made quite a few acquisitions in Israel, and venture capital funds expands their activities here. Benchmark [...]

The Top Ten Lies of Venture Capitalists

Venture capitalists are simple people: we’ve either decided to invest, and we are convincing ourselves that our gut is right (aka, “due diligence”) or there’s not a chance in hell. While we may be simple, we’re not necessarily forthcoming, so if you think it’s hard to get a “yes” out of venture capitalist, you should [...]

Tiny crystals promise big benefits for solar technologies

Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have discovered that a phenomenon called carrier multiplication, in which semiconductor nanocrystals respond to photons by producing multiple electrons, is applicable to a broader array of materials that previously thought. The discovery increases the potential for the use of nanoscrystals as solar cell materials to produce higher electrical outputs than [...]

Interesting site: Venture Capital Conferences

There is still a lot of room for improvement, but this interesting site lists with no charge Venture Capital conferences around the world.
goto: Venture Capital Conferences

Philips Israel develops innovative computer imaging system

The first clinical trial of the new system is taking place at a large medical center.
Royal Philips Electronics’ (NYSE: PHG; Amsterdam: PHI) Haifa-based subsidiary Philips Medical Systems has devised a new computer imaging technology, the first of its kind in the world.
The new technology uses energy receivers operating at several levels simultaneously. Philips invested millions [...]

How To NOT Write A Business Plan

Entrepreneurs often ask me for a sample business plan they can use as a model for their fundraising efforts. They are surprised when I send them a powerpoint file.
Source: Who has time for this?Read till the end and see an example….It’s always a good idea to put down on paper your plans for the business, [...]

Google Awarded Patent To Make Data Move Faster to Wireless Phones and Devices

News from Alexadria, Virginia (home of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) today that Google has been awarded a new patent in the wireless arena. It’s far from search related but we still thought it was worth a mention since it’s Google is a company many of you watch closely (understatement). From the way the [...]

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