January 2010
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New York Makes First Award: A BIG LASER!
Awesome NY have made their first selection!  It was tough NY - you completely blew us away with amazing incredibly brilliant ideas. But - this month, for our inaugural grant, we’ve picked a LASER TWEEZER that makes amoebas eat bacteria.  Awesomeness to the MAX. No - really, its a laser tractor beam that prods amoebas.  We’ve awarded January’s $1000 grant to Ben...
Jan 29th
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Jan 14th
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December Fellow Talk (Boston): "Tools for Improved...
Awesome Foundation for Arts and Sciences and dorkbot-boston Present: Lauren McCarthy: Tools for Improved Social Interacting http://lauren-mccarthy.com/socialinteracting/ Talk and Reception  FREE EVENT  Fri, Jan 15, 7-9PM  sprout - 339R Summer St, Somerville Directions: Talk at sprout’s offices which are at 339R Summer Street just outside of Davis Square in Somerville, MA. It’s set back...
Jan 12th
Providence Chapter Makes Music With Inaugural...
The Providence Chapter of the Awesome Foundation for Arts and Sciences is psyched to announce that Otto D’Ambrosio of D’Ambrosio Guitars has received the chapter’s first award. D’Ambrosio will take his $1,000 and complete a functional, four-foot replica of the renowned hollow body guitars the Rhode Island-based craftsman builds for musicians across the U.S. This time, the rare wood and antique...
Jan 4th
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Hello, New York!
Happy New Year! The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences is thrilled today to kick off 2010 by announcing that we are officially launching a new chapter of the Foundation in New York City. Additionally, we’re honored and seriously pumped to be welcoming a simply stellar cast of micro-trustees steering this project and forwarding the interest of awesome in the universe, including: ...
Jan 1st
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