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Deep tech VC fund The Engine raises $230M for its second fund from MIT and new backer Harvard - Deep tech. Hard tech. Or, as The Engine dubs it, Tough Tech.
Venture investing today is essentially ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/yYFuyTL0JcY/ #venturecapital #greentech #theengine #hardware #katierae #harvard #boston #mit

WoHo wants to make constructing buildings fast, flexible and green with reusable “components” - Buildings are the bedrocks of civilization — places to live, places to work (well, normally, in a no... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/4RWzuU7Gj4s/ #fundings&exits #recentfunding #theengine #startups #katierae #funding #woho

Looking for a reference to the #ElizaEffect for a discussion with my students (founded), I come across this huge list of fictional #computers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_computers
#fiction #computer
Even just the names...
#TheEngine #GamesMachine #TheBrain #Joe #TheMachines #MARAX #EPICAC #EMSIAC #ThePrimeRadiant #MarkV #Karl #Mima #Gold #Bossy #TheCityFathers #Multivac #TheCentralComputer #Miniac #ThirdFleet-ArmyForceBrain #Microvac #GalacticAC #UniversalAC #CosmicAC #AC #Vulcan2Vulcan3 #GreatCoordinatorRobot-Regent #Merlin #Simulacron-3 #GENiE #Muddlehead #ColossusGuardian #FrostSolComDivComBeta #MycroftHolmes #TheOx #Supreme #WESCAC #TheBrain #Moxon #LittleBrother #AM #TheBerserkers #(unnamedcomputer) #HAL9000 #Shalmaneser #TänkandeAugust #TheThinker #Project79 #ARDNEH #Fess #UniComp #T.E.N.C.H.889B #Maxine #Müller-Fokkercomputertapes #HARLIE #TECT #Dora #Minerva #PallasAthena #Proteus #Extro #FUCKUP #UNITRACK #Peerssa #P-1 #CentralComputer #Domino #Obie #WellWorld #SigfridvonShrinkAlbertEinsteinPolymat #TOTAL #ZORACVISARJEVEX #TheHitchhiker'sGuidetotheGalaxy #DeepThought #EarthEarth2.0DeepThoughtDeepThought #Eddie #Spartacus #SUM #AIVAS #GolemXIV #TECTTECTinthenameoftheRepresentative #VALIS #Hactar #Shirka #SAL9000 #Kendy #BC #(unnamedintelligence)