SFIP is pleased to welcome its new alliance partner, the Business Innovation Factory. Based in Providence, RI, BIF is a national leader in systemic and business process innovation, hosts a top-rated annual thought leaders summit, and is focused on the elder care, energy, and education areas. Together, BIF and SFIP plan to launch the Code Green Energy Innovation Laboratory, a user-centered residential consumer lab for new energy products and systems.
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• A national innovation center for complex, systemic
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• An applied solutions laboratory, engaging global leaders
• Trans-disciplinary collaborative teams, cross-sector
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• 200 TeraFLOP supercomputer cluster support
• Advanced visualization, simulation, and modeling
• Campus-like environment with collaboratory, private spaces
• Public-private partnership, self-sustaining operations
Innovation Observations
- FCC proposes a 10-year plan that will establish high-speed Internet as the country’s dominant communication network http://nyti.ms/dwxKGZ 3 days ago
- RT @SantaFeComplex: Santa Fe Complex Awarded NSF Grant, part of the New Mexico “brain trust”.... http://bit.ly/9DB1oF 3 days ago
- Excited to have joined Bioneers' Foodshed Summit: creative systems thinking on food, agriculture, health, water, more http://bit.ly/cqbsgY 5 days ago
- National Education Technology Plan from US Dept of Education: a model of 21st century learning powered by technology http://bit.ly/9KAOiq 1 week ago
- Energy Performance Score: "an amazingly innovative tool that will help us transform the real estate market"? http://bit.ly/9g0tev 1 week ago
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