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From: CBA News <eba_newsgng.eba.rnit.edu> To: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacationggmail.com> Subject: CBA News & Notes Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:56:32 +0000 G'iCBA logo CBA News & Notes February 28, 2014 • CBA is hosting a symposium on Bits Biology on May 1: http://cba.mit.edu/events/14.05.BB/index.html This will gather researchers converting digital data to and from biological systems. The meeting is open, but registration is required. • We ran a fab lab again at the World Economic Forum in Davos; here's some of the coverage: http://www.theguardian.com/business/blog/2014/jan/22/davos-2014-world-economic- forum-day-one-live#block-52dfd393e4b07eba157a79d6 http://videos.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/video-au-forum-de-davos-le-fab-lab-promeut-l- impression-3d 1316763.html This year's lab was based on machines made in fab labs: http://cba.mit.edu/news/14 02/AM14 Fab Lab 1pager.pdf • CBA's work on the Internet of Things appeared in Foreign Affairs: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140745/neil-gershenfeld-and-jp-vasseur/as- Ac dects-go-online EFTA01134196  and on Science Friday: http://www.sciencefriday.com/segment/02/21/2014/building-an-open-internet-of- things html • CBA researchers are part of a team that received an award from the Knight Foundation to create an Open Humans Network: http://www.knightfoundation.org/grants/201447980/ • We're pleased to welcome VSP Global as CBA's newest sponsor: https://www.vsp.com VSP Globala ms companies are leaders in eye care, eyewear, practice software and ophthalmic solutions, and will be working with us on optical rapid-prototyping and wearable instrumentation. • CBA projects are featured in a special issue of MIT's Spectrum magazine on the future of cities: http://www.archdaily.com/476801/spectrum-magazine-spotlights-mit-s-cross- disciplinary-research-into-cities/ • CBA will be co-hosting Barcelona's chief architect Vicente Guallart for a lecture on March 7 on self-sufficient cities: http://architecture.mit.edu/lecture/self-sufficient-city • On April 19 as part of this year's Cambridge Science Festival, Neil Gershenfeld will talk about science in popular media at the MIT Museum: http://web.mit.edu/museum/programs/festival.html • The annual Edge question prompted responses from a number of CBA's researchers and alums, on "What scientific idea is ready for retirement?": http://www.edge.org/contributors/what-scientific-idea-is-ready-for-retirement This is an occasional newsletter on the activities of CBA and its partners; to be added or removed from this list, or to submit items, please contact cba news@cba.mit.edu EFTA01134197