Importance of meatspace

elements of flexibility of setup

infrastructure plus technicians

link to academia

relationship with faculties that have free resources

clear rules concerning IP rights ownership

coworking space organized around equipment not research area

clear regulations and safety management (safety courses, waivers)

good management of shared resources, such as reagents

elements of flexibility of collaboration

existing networks (ie. on the campus, when coworking space sits in the middle)

tap into existing online networks

examples of science hostels

Schloss Dagstuhl

new ways to organize research

VCRO

Freelancing

Research Parks

Craig List for empty lab spaces

areas of science suitable for new models of conducting research

field work (like geology, climatology)

basically most of safe (i.e. non-pathogenic) wet lab work, as long as it's dafety regs. compliant

all fields where computer is main tool (such as bioinformatics)