A Focus on Implementation and Rapid Impact A Signal in the Noise About 2 years ago, I had a thought that it was time to offer a new type of course in the areas of AI/Data, and possibly extensible to the other digital transformations like Blockchain. To create anything of Read more…
Within the last year, several logistics and retail companies, researchers, and startups announced their interest in using blockchain technology for last-mile delivery solutions: Walmart implements blockchain-based delivery system Blockchain Technology: Possibilities for the U.S. Postal Service Carrefour implements blockchain as part of supply chain transformation This article gives a summary Read more…
http://scet.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Podcast-3_final.mp3 Alt.Meat & Greet Podcast Episode 3: The true cost of meat, an interview with Jason Ryder Hosted by Jessica Lynn and Gurshaan Madan In this episode of the Sutardja Center of Entrepreneurship & Technology’s podcast Alt.Meat & Greet, we speak with Jason Ryder, former vice president of research Read more…
http://scet.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Podcast-3_final.mp3 Alt.Meat & Greet Podcast Episode 3: The true cost of meat, an interview with Jason Ryder Hosted by Jessica Lynn and Gurshaan Madan In this episode of the Sutardja Center of Entrepreneurship & Technology’s podcast Alt.Meat & Greet, we speak with Jason Ryder, former vice president of research Read more…
The Blockchain Lab at the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) is pleased to announce support for students and faculty who are contributing to Blockchain’s future with cutting-edge projects. Blockchain is an emerging capability where Berkeley has great promise to contribute. The lab began in the Fall of 2015 with generous Read more…
Marissa Louie with her Animoodles before speaking at the SCET’s challenge lab class on disaster recovery in Puerto Rico. Last week, there was an unusual sight in UC Berkeley’s Industrial Engineering 185 course: stuffed animals. The toys, called Animoodles, put an innovative twist on the traditional plushie. As students passed Read more…
On Jan. 31 two UC Berkeley alumni held a pre-sale for SPN tokens, a type of blockchain token that’s required to access a new social media platform they created. In two hours, people had bought $12 million dollars worth of it. So why did their new social network, Sapien, create Read more…
Illustration by Jiani Hou “Well, in our country,” said Alice, still panting a little, “you’d generally get to somewhere else—if you run very fast for a long time, as we’ve been doing.” “A slow sort of country!” said the Queen. “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running Read more…
On February 20th, Michael Seibel came to speak to the A. Richard Newton Series course about his journey with Y Combinator (YC), a leading startup accelerator, and what entrepreneurs can do to be successful at YC today. Seibel was the co-founder and CEO of Justin.tv for four years and later Read more…
Future of Blockchain – A Berkeley Perspective Ikhlaq Sidhu, Alexander Fred-Ojala Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, UC Berkeley Feb 11, 2018 Current Situation: Blockchain is an Emerging Technology With a Significant Promise In 2009, a previously unknown cryptographer by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto Read more…