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Tesla will have a $35K car that can go 1,000 miles on a single charge by 2020.

When designing the Tesla Model S, Elon Musk wanted an electric motor that had the same horsepower as the most powerful internal combustion engine but with nearly-instantaneous torque. And he wanted it to be the size of a watermelon. Engine manufacturers told him this couldn’t be done. So the Tesla CEO decided to build his own motor. The earlier versions of this had a hand-wound stator which increased winding density to help eliminate resistance and increase peak torque. Later versions of the stators were built by robots.

Bioinformatics Startup Recombine Raises $3.3M For Genetic Testing.

Recombine, a bioinformatics startup out of New York, has just raised $3.3 million to conduct carrier screening for expectant parents. The round was led by FirstMark Capital.

Recombine is part of a new wave of startups that marry computer science with the wealth of data that is emerging out of ultra-low-cost sequencing.

EU must break rising diabetes curve, experts say.

Around 32 million people in the EU have diabetes and the number is growing. The curve for the chronic disease must be broken as it has not only great economic consequences, but also generates social inequality, experts stress.

Around 9.3% of the total health budget of the EU is spent on diabetes, a chronic disease linked to heart disease and stroke.

Speaking at a conference organised by the European Diabetes Leadership Forum on Tuesday (4 March), Health Commissioner Tonio Borg stressed the importance of prevention to fight the disease.

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Epaimahaiak eman du aditzera jada Huezinemaren VII.edizioko finalisten zerrenda. Aurten 134 film labur jaso dituzte orotara, horietatik 30 euskara hutsean ekoitzitakoak, aurreko urteko marka hautsiz. Lehiaketa ofizialerako 118 lan jaso dira, fikziozkoak, dokumentalak, esperimentalak, animaziozkoak eta genero nahasketak. MUko ikasleen lehiaketatan, berriz, 16 izan dira aurkeztutako film laburrak, fikziozkoak, dokumentalak eta bideoklipak.

Reflektion Raises $8M From Intel, Nike To Help Retailers Predict What Shoppers Will Buy Next.

Reflektion, a predictive analytics startup that helps retailers such as O’Neill improve customer conversion rates, has raised $8 million in Series B funding led by Intel Capital and Nike. The startup plans to use this additional funding in beefing up sales, marketing and also launch its e-commerce and business intelligence products.

With 11K Pre-Orders, Play-i Lands $8M To Teach Kids To Code With Interactive Toy Robots.

If we’re going to prepare future generations for the increasingly technical workforce, and world, then computer science and engineering will need to be given greater credence in early education — both in and outside of the classroom. While that may sound like a given to some readers, the fact is that the U.S. education system is struggling to get young people excited about and engaging in STEM-related fields, particularly in computer science, a subject that has actually seen a decline in participation over the past 20 years.

Eroski publica un monográfico sobre franquicias en su revista Nexo.

El negocio de Franquicias de Eroski actualmente vive un momento de máxima expansión, con una previsión de apertura de 100 tiendas por año. Negocios prósperos, tiendas que funcionan respaldadas por un plan de viabilidad rubricado por Eroski, con unas previsiones de ventas que garantizan que cada inauguración es sinónimo de éxito.

Un nouveau gène à risque éclaire la maladie d'Alzheimer.

Une équipe de chercheurs internationaux, dont un chercheur de l'Université Simon Fraser, a isolé un gène identifié comme jouant un rôle causal dans le développement de la maladie d'Alzheimer. Ces résultats viennent d'être publiés dans les Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Which 3 mhealth finalists excelled at crowdfunding in American Heart Association’s innovation challenge?

An image-sharing mobile platform for physicians and patients, an app that would not only help train people in CPR but also help to build a global database of defibrillators in public places, and a tool for making Phys Ed classes more productive. Those mobile health ideas come from the three finalists in the American Heart Association’s Open Innovation Challenge. About 10 teams together raised nearly $50,000 in the crowdfunding leg of the contest on MedStartr.

Conoce las tres startups ganadoras de la primera competición internacional de emprendimiento mobile.

La última edición del Mobile World Capital finalizó la semana pasada. Dentro del marco del evento internacional celebrado en nuestra ciudad, se celebró el 4 Years from Now, 4YFN. Durante tres días aglutinó a los distintos actores del ecosistema emprendedor: emprendedores, profesionales, startups, aceleradoras, incubadoras e inversores de todo el mundo.