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Bionic Hands, Mind Control, and AI Oh My! | Techstars Disney Accelerator Class of 2015

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The ten companies in this year’s program represent a diverse cross-section of technologies, and are inspired by their visions for the applicability of these technologies in the media space. 2 3D-Printing Companies. Open Bionics is a robotics company creating affordable 3D-printed bionic hands for amputees, researchers and makers.

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Crowdfunding an HIV Vaccine: Dr. Rubsamen of Immunity Project

Tech Zulu Event

For those just tuning in, The Immunity Project is a nonprofit initiative using a unique combination of crowdfunding and venture capital, along with a novel machine learning approach in devising an HIV vaccine. Applied machine learning techniques developed by Microsoft. Something else I learned from the Reddit AMA.