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Covers:  robotics, mobile technology, science news, cleantech, gadgets & electronics, mobile innovation, science and technology, solar tech
Doesn't Cover: product reviews, downloads
Senior contributor at Forbes. Speculative poet, short fiction writer & podcast host of Tiny Little Victories. Stay crunchy.

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Jennifer Kite-Powell’s Biography

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I am a senior tech contributor at Forbes covering innovation and tech. I am also a feature contributor for Den of Geek and Thrive Magazine at Arizona State University.

I was voted one of the top 100 women in Technology by Women in Tech UK in 2012 and shortlisted for best tech journalist by TechCrunch Europas 2013. I cover robotics, clean tech, mobile, and gadgets. I look for stories about how tech changes our lives, or what technology makes us do differently. I don't care about record-breaking…

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I'm a senior tech contributor covering science and technology.

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New Technique Creates First Plastic Solar Cell

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3D Printed Pottery From Your Mobile Phone

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Why Tech Alone Can’t Fix Broken Food Systems

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TORONTO, ON - October 6 - Jess Russell, Operations Coordinator at the Urban Farm, is pictured holding some of the items grown at the farm as she speaks with the Toronto Star on the rooftop at the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre building at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto. In addition to growing food at the rooftop farm, the site also maintains various flower spaces including a natural dye garden.
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How Attenborough’s Film ‘Ocean’ Captured The Scale Of Life At Sea

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'Ocean' with David Attenborough on NatGeo. Filming of the limited series features underwater and above the water filming firsts. Here, a blue whale mother and calf in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Olly Scholey ‘Ocean’ with David Attenborough is a documentary film that captures the scale of life in and above the world’s oceans.
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Targeting Undruggable Proteins With A Molecular Glue

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Researchers at the Canadian Light Source have discovered a molecular glue that can bind two proteins together and will inactivate one, a discovery that could help scientists develop new ways to treat diseases driven by overactive proteins. getty Up to 85% of disease-causing proteins remain beyond the reach of conventional drugs because they have difficult-to-target structures.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Special features, fashion for Golf Magazine

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, and I still do.

How is social media changing news?

Evolution. The real-time nature of news ported via social was next step & needed, but it's still news & that doesn't change. SM isn't magic.

Awards

Top 100 Women in Technology In Europe

2012

9 different European countries (including the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Spain, Greece, Israel and Turkey) based on their leadership either locally or internationally as well as their contribution to tech and innovation.

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