Expensive by UK standards, but cheap vs Bay Area: Cambridge UK.
I've not been anywhere else that has the density of interesting people doing interesting stuff. London is not far if you need to break the bubble (and Stansted Airport even closer).
Downsides: salaries are generally lower than SV (esp for technical work), Brexit uncertainty, weather is fairly average, limited outdoor sport options (other than running, road cycling, rowing)
Cambridge is crazy cool and one of my favourite cities but it's expensive by many standards, not just UK ones. "vs Bay Area" nearly everything in the world is cheap.
For those looking to spend though: Cambridge has a cool tech/startup scene, almost everyone bikes and there's no cars in the city center. It's a fairly small city, very green, both quiet and lively.
I did my PhD in a lab with a few people do 3d printing of organ scaffolds. Many (all?) of them used gelatin over collagen - I think the main factor was cost being much lower. There may have been something about gelatin being easier to extrude in a 3d printing process as well. I think the idea is that gelatin is a prototyping material.
Its great that the NFL is supporting biomechanics research (and will hopefully help the sport as well).
However, while the models are open source they seem to be created for LS-DYNA, which is a fairly expensive program. I'm not aware of any good open source finite element packages, but I bet this will limit uptake of their models.
I don't think it's 100% of either of these (outcome vs tech used). If its true research, the outcome isn't known. There are major benefits in developing technology for it's own sake, which then provides tools that can be used towards other applications.
The major goal here would be to screen for people to go for a more advanced test, like an MRI. But even that wouldn't hit the 90-95% level of predictor.
There is an interesting additional link between cardiovascular disease and bones: calcification (calcium deposits in arteries) also seem to have some link with heart attacks and strokes.
Seen similar things, with the effect of learning curve being fairly massive - particularly for the first 5-10 procedures done. Really understated in the article for being a fairly major factor.
I've not been anywhere else that has the density of interesting people doing interesting stuff. London is not far if you need to break the bubble (and Stansted Airport even closer).
Downsides: salaries are generally lower than SV (esp for technical work), Brexit uncertainty, weather is fairly average, limited outdoor sport options (other than running, road cycling, rowing)