[AlwaysOn Going Green] A Renaissance of Learning
Story posted on: September 17, 2008
The pace of technological change is picking up. But the source isn’t what you might expect.
It’s not strictly computers, but the intersection of nanotechnology and synthetic genetics, where researchers re-engineer the code of life in microorganisms, said Steve Jurvetson, partner at the venture firm of Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
In the next 20 years, this evolving science will offer disruptive innovation and give new opportunities for entrepreneurs, he said at the AlwaysOn Going Green conference in San Francisco.
One example today is the startup Genomatica, which genetically engineers microbes to produce chemicals from a variety of feed stocks.
“What may feel like 100 years out will happen in the next 20 years,” Jurvetson said.
By Mark Boslet, Editor at Large.
It’s not strictly computers, but the intersection of nanotechnology and synthetic genetics, where researchers re-engineer the code of life in microorganisms, said Steve Jurvetson, partner at the venture firm of Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
In the next 20 years, this evolving science will offer disruptive innovation and give new opportunities for entrepreneurs, he said at the AlwaysOn Going Green conference in San Francisco.
One example today is the startup Genomatica, which genetically engineers microbes to produce chemicals from a variety of feed stocks.
“What may feel like 100 years out will happen in the next 20 years,” Jurvetson said.
By Mark Boslet, Editor at Large.
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