similar to Nordstrom's Innovation Lab?

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-10-25/strategy/3032...

Yeah. Walmart created their own innovation labs, and the gift suggestions is a result of that.

also, they made another acquisition, http://www.baycitizen.org/technology/story/inside-walmart-la... and bought Kosmix to improve their recommendation engine

Disastrous, add more weight to a sinking ship.

Sony Ericsson has been consistently profitable. Not hugely, but still. I don't see how adding a profitable company to their portfolio will somehow endanger them.

i make the software for romo, and the robot can come as a kit.

Yes, iPad, computer or any phone.

Does the phone have to be activated or will it work over wifi?

I've got an HTC Incredible laying around after my upgrade and it would be great to use it for something like this.

I'm trying to dig around on the Romo site (http://romotive.com) but it's up and down.

Btw, I bought/funded one.

how do you sign up people to be infected with HIV?

You don't. But given a large enough group of people, some will contract the infection "organically." So some people get a vaccine and some get a placebo and then you check back in years later and see if the vaccine group has a lower infection rate.

Phase 1 trials are for safety, not efficacy -- they don't care if the participants are infected with HIV, because they only want to make sure that the vaccine doesn't hurt them.

In this case, they seem to be testing the blood for markers that should indicate an ability to repulse an HIV infection. Not the most scientifically informative experiment one can imagine, but also pretty straightforward ethically.

Actually, since HIV infects the blood (white blood cells, specifically), it's a rather accurate measure of its effectiveness.

trusko,

i think a graphical programming 'language' would be best for introducing the core concepts without getting bogged down by syntax.

have you found something yet? i'm interested to know.

-p

my chrome browser froze upon "inspect element" - perhaps that is intentional of the author to prevent me from seeing how he made those cute clouds move.

However, M1573RMU74710N makes a good point - engineers are tested on their code.

M1573RMU74710N just gave Loren the answers to the interview questions "how would you optimize this site?"

seems like the comments validate OP's point on Linkedin being big recruiting mechanism. Does it add anything more than being a Monster 2.0? I'd like to think so. It's a good global address book of my contacts.

However, the interface is quite bad. Linkedin could be so much more than it is right now.

same reaction here. I think we're too accustomed to news about criminals...

thanks! i didn't see the thread