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January, 2004, Vol.1 Number 1

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The World's Best Technologies 2004

The National Association of Seed and Venture Funds and the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer proudly present World Best Technologies Event in March 21-23, 2004 in Wyndham Hotel-Arlington, TX

The World's Best Technologies Showcase (WBT) is a national event showcasing seed and pre-seed stage technologies developed at the nation's top universities, federal labs, and federally supported research and development institutions. The target audiences for these new and emerging technologies include seed and corporate investors, commercial licensing partners, and a variety of service providers and intermediaries that cater to technology based startups or high growth/high-tech companies (consultants, attorneys, etc.). The WBT is produced in cooperation with the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) and the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF). The FLC represents over 700 federally funded research centers and laboratories throughout the U.S. The NASVF is a national organization of public agencies, private investors, and public/private partnerships serving those who invest in America's entrepreneurs.

The WBT is designed to support the movement of world-class technologies from leading laboratories and universities into the marketplace by providing the opportunity for entrepreneurs, scientists, commercialization program managers, and seed investors to develop new relationships. By facilitating these new relationships, the WBT serves as a catalyst between university and lab-based technologies, the investment community, and ultimately, the marketplace. More

Technology Pioneers for 2004

The World Economic Forum announced the 30 companies selected worldwide as "Technology Pioneers" for 2004. Company nominations are made by the international venture community and members, constituents and collaborators of the World Economic Forum. Candidates are reviewed and evaluated by an external Selection Advisory Committee. The emergent technology trends represented by the Technology Pioneer companies selected are: ubiquitous computing, nanotechnology, biotechnology and energy technology. Ubiquitous computing will become the fabric of everyday life by integrating computing and communications power into almost everything, from fridges to clothes to door-handles to wallpaper. Nanotechnology, by integrating nanoscale components with conventional electronics, is now in the stages of creating nanotech products. Biotechnology is making rapid progress in the understanding of computer data which has led to new approaches in drug design and discovery. Alternative energy technologies are beginning to switch to a "hydrogen economy," which involves using hydrogen as a medium for the storage and transmission of energy. More

Nanogens New Patent Boosts the Competion in Biochip Industry

The new Nanogen patent describes a unique electric field 'pick and place' process that facilitates the bringing together or integration of diverse DNA nanocomponents, thereby helping solve difficult scaling issues.Combining the top-down electric field process with the bottom-up DNA self-assembly process enables more selective and higher precision incorporation of nanoscale components into higher order devices and structures," said Dr. Michael J. Heller, co-founder of Nanogen, one of the inventors, and currently a Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. "The technology described by Nanogen's new patent may provide a technological foundation for the effective use of nanocomponents in many diverse applications, " said Nanogen Chairman and Chief Executive Howard Birndorf, adding that the company plans to pursue licensing and partnering opportunities. More