Here’s an interesting notion, partly because this is the second time I’ve heard lately of schemes to put health records and information under the control of individual consumers. This one is a plan to go directly to consumers and encourage them to set up electronic medical records (EMR). It seems to be a kind of end-run around the docs, hospitals, ...

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has commented that America’s answer to offshoring is our innovative and entrepreneurial culture. He says it can’t be duplicated anywhere. With some reservations, I tend to agree with him (some of you may remember our discussion a few months ago of You’re-in-Control at MIT.)

Nanotech being seen as next big thing This article about nanotech makes me laugh. All of a sudden everybody is hot for nanotech. I remember sitting in a conference just two years ago where VCs were saying, “If you can’t deliver a profitable product in five years, fergidaboudit.” Nanotech was still labeled by some as “science fiction.” Now it looks ...

Biotech start-ups sprouting in region What I said in the previous two posts about biotech development around Sacramento applies to a growing number of regional developments all over the US…and the world, for that matter.