links for 2010-09-17

Interesting list of info. I'm very much a proponent for working with the noise in biology.

The "competition closes in less than a week–though one imagines that if a solution is found, the race to develop a space dryer that doesn't lose astronauts' socks can't be far behind."

"Anil Potti is under investigation for false claims on his CV and doubts over the data in his papers." Hoo-boy, an ivory tower, once more besmirched.

Explains a few things.

"It misread the way the industry was merging with computing and social networking."

Uh, no it didn't. As one of the many who were pointing the way, it wasn't a mis-read as much as a inability to translate the obvious into products.