FL70, Inc is one of the latest companies founded through Flagship Pioneering's venture creation engine, where companies such as Moderna Therapeutics, Rubius Therapeutics, and Evelo Therapeutics were conceived and created. Since Flagship's founding in 2000, the firm has originated and fostered the development of nearly 100 scientific ventures resulting in $19 billion in aggregate value, 500 issued patents, and more than 50 clinical trials for novel therapeutic agents. FL70 is integrating the latest developments in molecular biology and plant biology to create a new platform technology that enables adaptive, targeted, and sustainable solutions in agriculture. We are seeking a curious and inspired Computational Biologist with expertise in new functional gene discovery and de novo genome assembly from environmental sequencing data to join our passionate team at FL70 to revolutionize agriculture. You will tackle computational challenges to discover novel microorganisms and viruses, and interface directly with molecular engineering teams to test your discoveries.

Shared mobility, advanced plastic recycling and protein production are also going to be key to future prosperity. Renault's proposed robotised vehicle for shared urban mobility on show at the 100th Automobile ... [ ] Barcelona trade fair in 2019. The provider of tech-enabled research has produced its "20 for 20" list of "the technologies and trends that will transform the way we live, work, and play over the next decade". "From robotic surgery to self-driving cars, 5G will be critical to advances in the internet of things," Lux says. "5G has officially left the realm of research and entered reality, with more than 2,200 patents being filed this year."

The National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), a new initiative aimed at empowering microbiome research, is gearing up its pilot phase after receiving $10 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. Spearheaded by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), in partnership with Los Alamos (LANL), Oak Ridge (ORNL), and Pacific Northwest (PNNL) national laboratories, the NMDC will leverage DOE's existing data-science resources and high-performance computing systems to develop a framework that facilitates more efficient use of microbiome data for applications in energy, environment, health, and agriculture. Nearly every ecosystem and organism on Earth hosts a diverse community of microorganisms – its microbiome. Yet we know little about the functions of individual microbes, let alone how they interact with each other, their hosts, or their environments, and how their activity varies over time or in response to perturbations. The past decade has seen tremendous advances in genome and metagenome DNA-sequencing technologies, which has led to an unprecedented volume of microbiome data being generated.

Every company today is becoming in part a software company – we see this every day at Microsoft. Whether it's auto manufacturers, retailers, health care providers or financial services firms, our customers are not only transforming their own business operations with our software but collaborating with our consultants and engineers to create new digital products and services that run on our platform. As we look to the future, advancements and the adoption of cloud services, data analytics and artificial intelligence will only accelerate this phenomenon. That's why today we are announcing Microsoft's Shared Innovation Initiative. It is based on a set of principles designed to address co-created technology and intellectual property (IP) issues that give customers clarity and confidence regarding their work with Microsoft.

Global research firm IDC says the next era of IT transformation will marry technology with biology to take the human mind and body to unprecedented levels of mental and physical capability. That was one of the top worldwide IT predictions for 2017 as outlined Tuesday by Frank Gens, senior vice-president and chief analyst at IDC. Gens dubbed IDC's augmented humanity concept its new "fourth platform." Over the past few years, IDC has been laying out its view of a "third platform" consisting of cloud, mobile, social and big data/analytics. As described by Gens on Tuesday, the fourth platform of augmented humanity pushes the current wearable technology trend beyond skin-deep layers into "cellular and sub-cellular levels" of our biology. "The fourth platform will be the penetration of the human body and the integration of technologies with human biosystems," he said.

TORONTO, March 22, 2017 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada is funding a Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy for research and talent that will cement Canada's position as a world leader in AI. The $125 million strategy will attract and retain top academic talent in Canada, increase the number of post-graduate trainees and researchers studying artificial intelligence, and promote collaboration between Canada's main centres of expertise in Montreal, Toronto-Waterloo and Edmonton. The program will be administered through CIFAR, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. The new program was announced in the federal budget released on Wednesday. "The Canadian government clearly recognizes the importance of artificial intelligence as a platform technology that cuts across many areas of innovation today," says Dr. Alan Bernstein, President and CEO of CIFAR.

Instead of talking about artificial intelligence (AI) many describe the current wave of AI innovation and acceleration with – admittedly somewhat differently positioned – terms and concepts such as cognitive computing or focus on several real-life applications of artificial intelligence that often start with words such as "smart", "intelligent", "predictive" and, indeed, "cognitive", depending on the exact application – and vendor. Despite the term issues, artificial intelligence is essential for and in, among others, information management, medicine/healthcare, data analysis, digital transformation, security (cybersecurity and others), various consumer applications, scientific advances, FinTech, predictive systems and so much more. The historical issue with artificial intelligence – is cognitive better? There are many reasons why several vendors doubt using the term artificial intelligence for AI solutions/innovations and often package them in another term (trust us, we've been there). Artificial intelligence (AI) is a term that has somewhat of a negative connotation in general perception but also in the perception of technology leaders and firms.

Information and communications technology (ICT) stands at an evolutionary inflection point as 3rd Platforms comprised of cloud, Big Data and social technologies are being adopted on a massive scale, according to a digital transformation forecast from IDC FutureScape report. Enterprise-scale businesses are assembling and making use of these 3rd Platforms more rapidly than initially anticipated, and that's driving a digital transformation of their businesses and the economy, according to IDC. The market research provider forecasts that this digital transformation, or DX, will be macroeconomic in scale and reshape the global economy over the next three to four years. Digital Transformation Forecast To wit, IDC makes the following 10 predictions in the digital transformation forecast in the company's new FutureScape report: By 2020, 50% of the Global 2000 will see the majority of their business depend on their ability to create digitally-enhanced products, services, and experiences. For industry leaders, the fastest revenue growth will come from information-based products and services.