Just what every environmentally-friendly, eco-sustainable army needs: a fully-armored, diesel-electric two-seat hybrid all-terrain vehicle. And did I mention that it’s capable of running in super-silent stealth mode as well? According […]
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n Looks like the old Don’t Trust Anyone Over 30 maxim that was popular during the rebellious 1960’s has been re-mixed by Baby Boomer Silicon Valley venture capitalists to become […]
The three keys to creativity [Edward de Bono] Thoughts to make work better and your life easier [Thoughtopsy] Hugh Macleod introduces the Blue Monster cartoon for Microsoft [Gaping Void] Weyerhaeuser […]
n nWhen (or if) you think about innovation within the chemicals industry, names like DuPont, Dow Chemical or maybe a big conglomerate like GE come to mind. But did you […]
Who knew? Apparently, the opposite of “shoplifting” is “shopdropping.” According to The Consumerist, shopdropping is when people print out “improved” labels at home and attach them to items in retail […]
n nImagine being able to tap into a worldwide resource of ideas and innovation concepts, contributed by a mix of amateurs and experts from a range of different industries and […]
At a time when product lifecycle times are rapidly shrinking and the global economy is forcing organizations to adopt high-velocity business processes, is it really possible that even the most […]
One advantage of working in the Times Square area is the ability to check out interesting new billboards on a daily basis. The other day, this billboard over the Westin […]
Over at Marketing Profs: Daily Fix, Elaine Fogel recently riffed on the fact that many university sites have become almost impossible to navigate, due primarily to a proliferation of poorly-organized […]
Within the financial services space, the P2P social lending phenomenon continues to gather momentum. Now, as alarm:clock points out, it looks like billionaire British tycoon Richard Branson has stepped up […]
In a feature called Innovators at the Gate, FORTUNE magazine recently profiled 24 disruptive innovators, including Craig Venter (the guy who helped map the human genome), Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel […]
Couldn’t pass this up. The small business community Ekaweeka has been featuring this YouTube video of a photo shoot for Innovator Jeans on its front page: young lovelies dance around […]
Gerald “Solutionman” Haman, the head of Thinkubator Chicago and a truly original thinker, is looking to recognize the world’s most innovative and creative talent as part of the Innovation Idol […]
Archaeologists have long struggled to explain how the Egyptians got blocks weighing tons to the top of the 481-foot-high Great Pyramid… Now we know the answer – and it doesn’t […]
As part of its innovation-themed Future Summit series, CNN International is running a special segment on the future of virtual worlds starting tomorrow: “CNN Future Summit: Virtual Worlds will premier […]
n nIn an interview for CIO.com, Harvard Business School CIO Stephen Laster talks about the future of Web 2.0 technologies. He’s bullish about the collaboration opportunities created by Web 2.0 […]
On Saturday, the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers hosted the first-ever public demonstration of Microsoft Surface, the digital interactive table with a 30-inch touch screen that might just revolutionize […]
When Microsoft first unveiled its Surface computer about a week ago, it was clear that something special within the world of technology innovation was happening. For example, this Popular Mechanics […]
In a brief blog post called “The Cubicle Warrior’s Guide to Office Jargon,” Lifehacker has reprinted (with permission) a few definitions of white-collar office life from Penelope Trunk’s new book, […]
I almost knocked my coffee over when I read this: “Brash Entertainment, a start-up game developer that plans to focus on games based on licensed film, TV and music properties, […]
n nIn response to a surge of grassroots interest surrounding Web 2.0, some universities have started to offer for-credit academic classes on subjects related to social networking. At the University […]
n nNASA is experimenting with Second Life as a platform for broader collaboration on the future of space exploration. The space agency has already created a virtual island in Second […]
When GE first announced its Ecomagination marketing campaign to promote all the ways that the company is leveraging innovation throughout each of its core businesses, it looked like a slam […]
A sign of the times that Google is starting to carry around some of that “technology monolith” baggage usually reserved for the likes of Microsoft or AT&T: Scott Heiferman, the […]
After a flurry of recent deals over the past month involving Google, Microsoft and WPP Group, it is no longer clear which companies are at the top of the digital […]
In this two-minute video filmed entirely in Second Life, the avatar of Xerox Chief Technology Officer Sophie Vandebroek talks about research in 3-D virtual worlds from Xerox’s innovation group. In […]
Apparently, young Americans have little or no idea of where the best innovation in the world is taking place. When in doubt, they simply assume innovative high-tech products come from […]
EcoGeek consistently tracks some of the most interesting and cutting-edge thinking related to green innovation. As EcoGeek explains, Google’s new Solar Power initiative is helping to raise awareness of alternative […]
n In the Sunday New York Times, Dave Itzkoff explains how and why TV networks and cable stations are experimenting with virtual worlds such as Second Life. It’s all part […]
It’s not only innovative technology companies like Apple and Microsoft that are rolling out cool new touch screen applications. Ralph LifschitzRalph Lauren recently announced plans to roll out a touch […]