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What Is Neuralink The Ethics of Elon Musk’s Brain Chip

What Is Neuralink? The Ethics of Elon Musk’s Brain Chip

Kamya Pandey June 12, 2022

Imagine accessing the internet by just thinking about it. In fact, imagine what it would be like if I could write this article all in my head instead of typing anything. Well, that is what Neuralink is capable of. Neuralink is a neurotechnological company run by Elon Musk that is working on creating chips that can be implanted into a person’s skull to track brain activity and potentially even stimulate it.

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How Gambit Bio Intends to Redefine Cancer Diagnostics

How Gambit Bio Intends to Redefine Cancer Diagnostics

Kamya Pandey June 1, 2022

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, accounting for the loss of 10 million lives in 2020. To prevent these deaths, cancer needs to be detected at an early stage. But detection remains a challenge, particularly in lower-income countries, where there is a dearth of diagnostic tools.

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Black Mirror Technologies That Have Been Invented

Black Mirror Technologies That Have Been Invented

Kamya Pandey May 10, 2022

Those of our readers who love tech and sci-fi must be familiar with the show Black Mirror. For those who aren’t, it is a show that quite literally holds up a “mirror” to society, discussing the intersections of technology and personal lives and the horrifying results of that.

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The Downfall of Theranos and Lessons for Startups

The Fall of Theranos and Lessons for Startups

Alinda Gupta April 3, 2022

Lawyers defending the founder and former CEO of blood-testing company Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, want you to know that she was just a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed young girl who tried and failed. She was trying to change the world—one drop of blood at a time.

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Top 7 Reliable Health and Fitness Gadgets of 2022

Top 7 Reliable Health and Fitness Gadgets of 2022

Alinda Gupta April 2, 2022

The pandemic has shined a light on the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle. Lockdowns and gym closures have made it impossible for many to head out and continue their everyday workout routines. For some, that meant resorting to equipment-free home workouts; for others, it meant giving up exercising altogether.

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The Rapid Growth of CRISPR Startup Mammoth Biosciences

The Rapid Growth of CRISPR Startup Mammoth Biosciences

Sophie M January 11, 2022

Biotech startup Mammoth Biosciences ‌officially achieved “unicorn” status in September 2021. After securing US$195 million in funding, it now has a total valuation of more than US$1 billion.
The financing for the California-based company comprises a US$150 million in its Series D round, following a $45 million in Series C funding in late 2020 led by venture capitals and investment firms.

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What Is Biotechnology

What Is Biotechnology and How to Start a Biotech Company?

Alinda Gupta October 11, 2021

To say that Covid has been a biological nightmare for the world is an understatement. In a bid to wake up from it, companies and investors have turned their attention to science, medicine and innovation—or simply, biotechnology. With vaccines and cures becoming the need of the hour, BioTech rose like never before.

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Elizabeth Holmes

Who Is Elizabeth Holmes and Why Is She on Trial?

Alinda Gupta September 16, 2021

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes’s journey shows that not all Ivy League-dropout stories are those of success. At 19, Holmes dropped out of Stanford to start Theranos, a health-tech company that set out to revolutionize healthcare by detecting diseases with a single drop of blood. The idea was innovative and promising, so much so that Vice President Joe Biden called it “the future of laboratory science”. Seeing its potential, investors poured over US$400 million into the business.

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