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So You Want to Work and Travel in Emerging Markets?

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Before leaving the US for my international work/research/travel trip, the responses I usually received when telling people about my plans were quite similar: “Wait, but you’ve been working for 4 years right? how can you just pack up and leave?” [...]

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How to be Popular on Twitter

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Be sure to check out Jesse Draper’s guest blog post on Virgin today. In the post, she shares her top tips for gaining followers and maintaining a strong presence on Twitter. Link below the fold.

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Neurotech: Welcome to the Light Show!

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Yes folks, it’s now possible to manipulate brains simply with light. Don’t get too excited yet, you can’t just shine a flashlight at your kids and make them do the dishes, but the basic idea behind Optogenetics is quite similar. [...]

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Micromidas: an Innovative Approach to Plastic

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We all know that haste makes waste. But what if waste could make…plastic? Micromidas, a biotech startup based in Sacramento, is working on a way to do just that. Micromidas does work with creating bioplastics using human waste. The process [...]

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What does your license plate say about you?

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The creators of BUMP recently unveiled a new type of social networking. With their new website/mobile app, you can communicate with people just by knowing their license plate.

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Modernizing the Modern: What’s Next for Credit Cards?

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Ever wondered what more a credit card could do then just pay for your purchases? Well, what if it linked multiple accounts and offered specific rewards for your needs? That’s exactly what Dynamics hopes to do with its new Electronic [...]

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Headlines You Don’t Want to Miss

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1. Google’s Andy Rubin Announces Honeycomb coming ‘next year’, flashes Motorola Android tablet prototype at D: Dive Into Mobile

2. iPad 2 coming by the end of February 2011

3. Google introduces Nexus S with Gingerbread

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Experiential Learning: A Cape Town Case Study

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Hello from Cape Town! These last several weeks have been quite the whirlwind experience; a perfect storm of finalizing my international travel plans, packing up life in California and finishing round I b-school apps with a sprinkle here and there [...]

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NeuroTech: Lady Gaga and Neuronal Stem Cells

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Lady Gaga is in your head… literally. You may not be conscious of it, but the new Queen of Pop holds a special place, not only in your heart, but also, in your brain. It turns out that neurons (cells [...]

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4G vs. 3G – What’s the Difference?

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If you’ve been watching television lately, you’ve probably noticed the constant commercials put out by wireless networks bragging about their 3G or 4G networks. As someone who has never really understood exactly what that meant, I thought I would do [...]

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