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Back in the video Jeans…or Genes? I mentioned that Pacific Biosciences was claiming it was working on technology to sequence a whole human genome in 15 minutes! Sounded a lot like a boast to entice VC funding. But they’ve gotten a step closer to making the thing a reality. According to Technology Review they now have a video of the ...

Bloggers Blog reports on a great use of social media by a new nonprofit. Actually, social media gave birth to that nonprofit, To Write Love On Her Arms. It started out with a two-page story posted on MySpace and has grown to a community of 200,000. Young adults and teens suffering from depression and drug abuse have sought out the ...

Is your nonprofit engaged in advocacy activities at the local, state, and federal levels? If so, have you considered using Twitter and text messaging to call your volunteers to action? Let’s say you’re advocating for a particular ordinance or bill. In lobbying your representatives, you’ve discovered who is for you, who is against you, and who is on the fence. ...

By now hopefully everybody knows that maintaining good health requires quite a lot of physical activity. But how do you keep track of your activity in a measurable way? Well a San Francisco startup called Fitbit wowed them at the Techcrunch50 conference this week with their device about the size of an old-fashioned wood clothespin that can be worn 24/7 ...