Garry Golden

WiMax patents, web-based apps, embedded devices, integrated optical chips, nanowires, telescopic nanotubes, rapid DNA sequencing, nanoparticles delivery, bio-sensors, sea urchin genome sequencing, outsourcing manufacturing to E.coli, nanocatalyst grants, sulphur free fuels, flexible OLEDs…

Business world news-

• Explosive growth in WiMax activity – Link from 271patent (…I like Peter Zura’s blog!)
  [The WiMax promise of wireless broadband might struggle to gain market share from home/office net use– but it might make things more interesting for mobile devices and geolocation services.]
• Google to release online presentation tool? – Link from ArsTechnica
  [Still waiting for web-based software to with more features than machine based programs—it’s a classic disruption situation and I expect that the age of web apps will come sooner than we expect. Especially with Ray Ozzie taking over Bill Gates’ position, Google’s push into software and Adobe’s coming release of Apollo]
• Intel and Embedded World – a great article by Jon Stokes on ArsTechnica!
  [I’m eager to see this world of embedded devices finally get some momentum… maybe by 2010?!]

Materials related -

• MIT breakthrough with optical chip – ‘integrating photonic circuitry on a silicon chip..’
• GT researchers looking at electrical properties of nanowires – Link from Physorg
  [Georgia Tech is a powerhouse for materials science research…]
• CNT based memory—inserting nanotube inside of another nanotube?! Link

Bio related –

• Rapid DNA sequencing thru self assembly - Link from Physorg.com
• Real time nano-microscopy (?!?!)– Link from Physorg.com
• Korean researchers develop ‘hooks’ and packages for delivering nanoparticles – Link
• DNA-based detection for uranium – part per trillion sensitivity – Link from RSC
  [Like it or not- we’re entering a world of ubiquitous security systems of environmental sensors… good news is that it might be a lot cheaper than trying to fight wars and establish democracies abroad! In the long term bio-based sensors could play a role in this emerging industry. (…another University of Illinois project!)]
• Sea urchin Genome is Sequenced – Link from Syntheticbio blog
  [Again, I believe the micro-organism genome sequences will reveal more room for innovation than the human genome. Our genetic make up / proteins aren’t very good for industrial applications! But who knows what other species might be able to contribute…!]
• Bioengineering efficient antibiotic biosynthesis in E. coli – Link from Eureka Alert
  [An excellent synthetic biology project looking at the pathways of antibiotic production – using E.coli as a centers of manufacturing….]

Energy related…

• Nanoparticle catalysts for sulphur free fuels – molybdenum disulphide (MoS2)
  Link from Nanowerk / Source: Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
  [The future of energy innovation will be at the nanoscale… we need to stop talking about the problems of climate change and start talking about the solutions- better catalysts!]
• Scientists search for low cost nanocatalysts (Delaware) Link from ScienceDaily
• [It’s all about…catalysts… catalysts… catalysts… University of Delaware is well known for chemistry and material science research- and it is close to DuPont]

I will be sure to write a post looking at which compounds/materials hold the most promise in the world of energy…

OLEDs…

UK’s Polymervision to release first flexible OLED device with an Italian designer.
[OLEDs are coming… and beyond the cool factor of thin screens with excellent resolution / wide viewing angles- I think OLEDs are important b/c they might help to explode the number of display screens in our world. While most consumers pay attention to ‘big screens’ - I think the real business opportunity is in putting smaller screens in places outside of our living room. On a slightly related note - Italy is a force in the world of new user interfaces– it is always nice to explore the project at the Interaction Design Institute.]