SeeqGeist

We applaud Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for its continued support of emerging, cutting-edge technologies, and, as a company whose core technology originated at LBNL, we are honored to be a part of such a broadly recognized annual award. Also known as the “Oscars of Invention,” the R&D 100 Award for Technology Advances is an annual spotlight on the best of the best. The 2008 awards brings Berkeley Lab’s R&D 100 awards total to 48 (not counting two Editors’ Choice Awards).

The 2008 award designees are:

- Berkeley Lab PhyloChip - a DNA microarray that quickly, comprehensively, and accurately identifies species within microbial samples from any environmental source, without any culturing required. Congratulations to Gary Andersen, Todd DeSantis, Eoin Brodie, and Yvette Piceno of Berkeley Lab’s Earth Sciences Division.

- Biomimetic Search Engine - a search engine that mimics the human cognitive process to find hidden and contextually relevant information in literature, databases, music, and other digital content. (SeeqPod)

- FastBit Bitmap Index - the fastest indexing technology for accelerating searching operations of massive databases. FastBit is able to search up to 100 times faster than other technologies. Congratulations to Kesheng Wu, Arie Shoshani, Ekow Otoo, and Kurt Stockinger of Berkeley Lab’s Computational Research Division.

- Nanostructured Polymer Electrolyte for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries - a polymer electrolyte that enables the development of rechargeable lithium metal batteries with energy density that is at least a factor of two larger than that of existing technology. Congratulations to Nitash Balsara of Berkeley Lab’s Materials Sciences Division.

SeeqPod Inc. co-founders Kasian Franks and Raf Podowski will be on-hand in Chicago this October at the official R&D Magazine awards ceremony – more information about the awards can be found here: http://www.rdmag.com/awards.aspx

Over the weekend we added PodLists (a.k.a. playlists) to our search results. This is yet another way we are making it easier for YOU to find and discover new stuff.

If there is a specific artist you are ‘seeqing’ you can now hit the jackpot by discovering other SeeqPod users’ PodLists. When you execute a search, you’ll find both regular results as well as PodLists, which match the query by title and/or contents. For instance, if you search for ‘The Knife,’ you’ll find PodLists with ‘The Knife’ in their title, as well as PodLists that contain ‘The Knife’ in their results.

It’s also easy to save any PodList you discover to your account, simply by clicking ‘Save.’ You can rename it or save it as is!

What’s extra cool is that you can continue building on top of PodLists you find, and create a super-long mashup of multiple PodLists, by simply clicking on the green arrow for each PodList you see in the results column on the left. If you wish to keep them separate, remember to click ‘New PodList’ instead.

*Remember, if you’re not seeing PodLists in your search results, make sure you have the PodList filter checked:

Here is an example:

And a PodList for your enjoyment:

This week is an incredibly busy and exciting one with SeeqPod’s involvement in two top-notch industry events:

SeeqPod is proud to be recognized as one of AlwaysOn’s OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies. The honorees were chosen from among a group of 1,000 emerging technology companies in digital entertainment and media by a group of leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts. On June 10th and 11th, they will gather at the Sofitel in Hollywood to exchange ideas and discuss cutting-edge technology.

Our CEO Kasian Franks will be on location on June 11th at 9:45am to take part in a CEO showcase where 50 CEOs from top 100 companies will present their market strategies to a panel of industry experts.

For more information, and to purchase tickets visit the event page.

We’re also delighted to take part in SF New Tech’s June 11th event: Widgets Up the Wazoo! at Mighty in San Francisco.

Mike Muldoon, SeeqPod’s CTO, will be on hand to demo our widgets, participate in a round table discussion, answer questions, and generally spread the wisdom of widgets. Other presenters include Mike Harkey of Clearspring, Gerardo Capiel of Gydget, and Susan Coelius Keplinger of Triggit. Tickets can be purchased here.