This morning I handed my boss my two weeks notice.Let me back up a little. Back in 2002, I was two years into a bachelor's degree in biochemistry when I realized 1) my grades already disqualified my from admittance into any reputable medical school and 2) I really hated chemistry. Not wanting to throw away 2 years of hard science courses, I switched to bioengineering, and graduated in 2005 with an essentially worthless degree that covered a wide field of bioengineering topics, like biomedical engineering, bioprocess engineering, and biomechanics....
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Will Cutting Defense Spending Slow Innovation?
Posted on 06:20 by hony
It's funny this question came up the same week as the massive, sprawling Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. Here we have the NY Times arguing that Defense cuts will hit innovative DoD contractors:The Pentagon spends about 12 percent of its budget in that area, about $81.4 billion during the most recent fiscal year. That is roughly 55 percent of all federal spending on research and development.Administration officials, members of Congress and Pentagon planners could choose to spare the research budget when making cuts. Historically, however,...
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Iowa
Posted on 06:10 by hony
When people on television or the radio talk about Iowa's caucus last night I want you to remember just one thing: only 4% of Iowans voted. The two "winners," Romney and Santorum, each got about 25%, which translates into roughly 30,000 votes in a state of 3 million people. That's actually less than one percent of Iowans supporting each of these guys. Just keep that in mind, when the media talks about "record turnout...
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