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Participa de la competencia de negocios InnoVenture

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El Puerto Rico Small Business & Technology Development Center (SBTDC) invita a los Investigadores e Innovadores en áreas de Tecnología e Informática, Ciencias, Aeroespacial, Energía Renovable y de Dispositivos Médicos a la:

Competencia de Negocios InnoVenture 2013

Premios totalizando $35,000 dólares

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Celebrating 50 years of discoveries

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Josefina Barceló Jiménez / jbarcelo@elnuevodia.com

This year, the Arecibo Observatory celebrates its 50th birthday. The site has been visited by countless of scientists from all over the world, by students from kindergarden to college and has become a famous touristic destination.

Among its important contributions to science, the Arecibo Observatory has helped elaborate maps of distant planets, calculated distances between galaxies, registered waves that have traveled millions of light years, and observed new galaxies being born. 

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Vieques lagoon could be one of the most contaminated in the world

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Alba Y. Muñiz Gracia/alba.muniz@gfrmedia.com

Puerto Rican scientists and environmentalists are demanding that a channel that linked the Anones lagoon in Vieques to the sea be closed and that the lagoon's grounds be opened to local researchers to perform environmental toxicity studies. The lagoon, which was part of the U.S. Marine's firing range, has been found to have lead, napalm, merucry, arsenic, and reduced uranium residues, making it one of the most contaminated bodies of water in the world. The new channel that links the lagoon's waters to the open sea, is a health risk for fishermen and consumers.

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A new opportunity for Puerto Rican startups

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Business Section, El Nuevo Día

Registration for the second edition of the Founder Institute, Puerto Rico launches on April 25, 2013. The event, provides training and mentoring from established entrepreneurs.

In 2012, the founders of nine startups participated in the program. These were: Memory Palace, Keynote Star, Stography, iGeo, iGenApps, Qeta, Voiz.met, Crowdville y Dubsplit.

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The democratization of education

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Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) have gained a lot of popularity in the last few years. Among other things, they allow one teacher to reach thousands of students with one class. The author reviews the offerings of three of the most populare MOOC programs: KhanAcademyedX, and Coursera.

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