Facebook’s secret lab signs rapid collaboration deal with 17 universities

 Facebook’s shadowy Building 8 research facility needs help from academia to invent futuristic hardware. But today’s pace of innovation doesn’t allow for the standard 9-12 month turnaround time it takes universities to strike one-off research partnerships with private companies. Enter SARA, aka Facebook’s “Sponsored Academic Research Agreement”. It’s a… Read More

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