February 20, 2015
The project to colonize Mars took another step forward this month as the not-for-profit Mars One shortened its list of candidates for a 2024 one-way trip to the Red Planet.
Innovation
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation publishes content on innovation and related issues. Find and access current and archived items in our database.
February 18, 2015
Is America no longer an entrepreneurial country? Or are such fears overblown?
February 18, 2015
Over the past several years, the U.S. private sector has endured a regulatory frenzy with new rules popping up that more often than not seem to throw the baby out with the bath water.
February 6, 2015
AUSTIN - Central Texas' energy economy boasts 250 companies making $2.5 billion a year and employing some 18,000 employees. Not bad for a region in the shadow of the nation's energy colossus, Houston. Yet there's just one problem: monopoly. And not just any monopoly.
February 6, 2015
AUSTIN - "What is our moonshot?" Austin's medical technologists realize that their city is on the precipice of being a leader in the healthcare space. A new medical center is opening up. An innovation district is coming along. Capital is appearing and talent is plenty.
February 5, 2015
AUSTIN- This city's large and dynamic homeschooling community may be one of the key drivers of the city's ed-tech startups.
February 5, 2015
How can we balance the safety and privacy concerns over drones with their massive potential to help society?
February 4, 2015
The latest roundtable in the 1776 Innovation that Matters series focused on the startup culture in Austin, Texas.
January 29, 2015
A new survey suggests that Americans have lost their edge when it comes to innovating.
January 29, 2015
A recent report from the Federal Trade Commission on the Internet of Things places too much emphasis on theoretical harms.