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Meet Lola, a Virtual Personal Assistant for Banking
We are very excited to publicly announce the Lola project, and the future of Virtual Personal Assistants for banking. This project, which we’ve been working on with BBVA for several years now, is the first application of what we see as the next generation of virtual personal assistant technology beyond Siri.
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The Cell’s Fuel Sensor and Cancer
Imagine a pile of a bright white powder weighing about 120 kg—if you’re an average-sized, healthy adult, that powder represents the total amount of a fuel molecule called ATP that you use every day for routine activity; indeed, for life itself. Recent work in SRI’s Cancer Biology Program indicates that an enzyme that regulates ATP—the cell’s fuel…
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SRI Licenses and Ventures: the Keys to Our Success
In the last 17 years, SRI has earned more than $200 million in gross royalty and equity value from our licensing and venture portfolio. We have started more than 50 ventures with four IPOs—with a total market capitalization that exceeds $29 billion, and with many successful private company exits, most notably, Siri. We are known for being an engine…
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Arecibo Planetary Radar Looks at Asteroids That Safely Pass the Earth
Between the Russian meteor and the close flyby of asteroid 2012 DA14, the cosmic lightshow of February 15, 2013 reminds us to keep observing newly discovered asteroids in space. Arecibo Observatory has the most sensitive asteroid-tracking and imaging radar on Earth. The coincidence of the near-miss of asteroid 2012 DA14 and the meteor that injured more than…