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I’ve posted a couple of comments in recent months on the rapidity with which genetic testing is coming to the consumer market (1, 2). The plummeting cost of gene sequencing is spurring entrepreneurs to offer various testing services online. It can run from testing a few well-known trouble spots to whole genome sequencing. Various health authorities have questioned whether or ...

Here’s how to vote. 1. You must register with NetSquared’s site to vote. NetSquared is cool so it’s a good idea anyway. 2. Once you’ve logged in go to the bottom of the page where you’ll see the PROJECTS tab. Click on the N2Y3 Mashups Challenge Project Gallery Link. 3. You’ll end up at the project gallery which has a ...

A week ago I posted about working with fellow FISpacer Patrick Shore to  frame a proposal for the NetSquared Mashup Challenge. The proposal was to get help from Google engineers to see what we could do to map data about cancer incidence and mortality along with SES indicators to see if we could get a visually impactful mashup about cancer ...

The 2008 NetSquared conference (N2Y3) will be about the results of their Mashup Challenge. The Challenge is an invitation to nonprofits to think up a  mashup that would serve their cause and submit a proposal to build it. The top proposals will be decided by voting by the NetSquared community. The winners will be matched up with programmers from big ...