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Brazil, historically a resource- and industrial-based economy, must become a knowledge-based economy to achieve its economic and social goals. This will require significant investments in science and technology to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship and accelerate economic development. Santa Catarina, one of the southernmost states in Brazil, has set the stage for this transformation. SRI was…

A recent San Jose Mercury News article looked at innovation in Silicon Valley and what makes it tick like no other technology hotbed. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the National Bureau of Economic Research built a map pinpointing the location of successful start-ups based on criteria such as IPO or acquisition and the factors…

This blog post originally appeared on the Michigan Economic Development Corporation blog. Last month, SRI International launched a new, state-of-the-art, Phase 1 clinical trial facility in the Michigan Life Science and Innovation Center (MLSIC) in Plymouth. We’re thrilled for this new facility to bring even more medical innovation to Michigan; the fully-equipped, 13-bed facility will help emerging…

Researchers are looking at crowdsourcing to gain a better view into future significant scientific and technological developments, particularly in areas such as information systems and energy where corporations may want to focus development efforts and investments. Crowdsourcing often provides more accurate forecasts by aggregating the collective opinions of an informed, diverse group rather than relying…

Since early 2013, SRI Biosciences, with support from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, has been gearing up to establish a Phase 1 clinical trial facility in Plymouth, Michigan, located squarely in the state’s “Life Sciences Corridor.” The facility will meet an important translational need for government and industry clients and partners, particularly small biotech companies that need early-stage human…

In winter 2012, SRI International began building a proof-of-concept system to demonstrate natural gas storage at low pressure in a conformable tank. We featured the technology, funded under the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy (ARPA-E) Methane Opportunities for Vehicular Energy (MOVE) program, at ARPA-E’s 2013 Energy Innovation Summit.We returned to the 2014 Summit this week to…

Guest post by Rob Day, a partner with Black Coral Capital in Boston asking “how do you define NextWave Greentech?”

For the second year in a row, the Chilean Economic Development Agency (CORFO) is sponsoring five teams of entrepreneurs to spend one month at SRI for intensive training in innovation best practices. While here, the teams will participate in SRI Innovation Program workshops to learn how to develop new market opportunities, create successful business plans, and raise funding…

As part of SRI’s strong commitment to meeting client needs in Japan, I am a regular visitor to the country. In fact, I’m in Tokyo this week to host an SRI event at the U.S. Embassy with more than 150 business and government leaders from around the country. On the agenda: new strategies to drive…

Though I spent almost my entire professional life at SRI, given a researcher’s necessary preoccupations it took effort to learn what was happening across this diverse place of intrinsic creativity. This became more apparent when I began compiling an account of that creativity, some of which turned out to alter the world. SRI’s new timeline of…