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Dust Off That Science: Marblar Wants To Bring The Crowd To Tech Transfer (And Change The World)

Marblar, which today sees its public launch with a platform that — with the help of the crowd — aims to find commercial uses for the thousands of scientific discoveries otherwise laying dormant in universities around the globe. And in doing so, may actually have the potential to not just change science but (indirectly) change the world.

Specifically, the problem that Marblar is trying to solve is that all too often, the authors of scientific discoveries and inventions simply don’t know what practical uses, if any, their breakthroughs might have. As a result, universities have a pretty poor track record of commercialising their research (research that is largely funded by the taxpayer). But by setting more eyes on the problem, in a way that encourages lateral thinking, greater creativity, and a coming together of people with different disciplines, Marblar thinks it can change that.

Steve O’Hear

Full Story: http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/22/dust-off-that-science-marblar/

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