The internet was abuzz Monday with news that Google had doubled down on robotics, specifically in the drone variety. Google acquired Titan Aerospace, a company that makes solar powered drones that can fly 65,000 feet above sea level without needing to land, reports TechCrunch. The company was reportedly in talks to be acquired by Facebook [...]
For whatever reason - we haven't been able to figure it out - there was a proliferation of daily deal platforms/apps/websites at One Spark. There was a ton of variety in these projects, and some really great offerings, and one of them, Eatrhguy, won the popular vote in the technology category. However, the most interesting [...]
Synergy it's the one "startupy" word I absolutely hate to use but unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) it continued to come up all last week in Jacksonville Florida for OneSpark, the World's Crowdfunding Festival. The crazy event, which ran from Wednesday through Sunday,saw over 235,000 attendees. Let's let that soak in for a second, a sophomore [...]
A new company called Brellabox is looking to rent Umbrellas in New York City and then expand out to other large metropolitan areas. Business Insider reports that the company is similar to ZipCar/Citibike which are overwhelmingly popular, but definitely not in the same realm. Zipcar relies on the fact that many people in metropolitan areas [...]
After five days of through deliberation, interviewing each and ever technology creator, the judges have reached a unanimous decision. The winner of the $10,000 technology prize is Partpic. It is not hard to see why, they have built an amazing platform. Partpic allows users to identify nearly any replacement part for industrial machinery through a [...]
Personal safety devices are nothing new. Pepper spray has been around for decades and there are a ton of personal safety devices either tied into apps, or cell phone cases. Run Safety, while not in the direct "tech" category, is a personal safety device currently on the market that makes incredible sense. It's actually hard [...]
Several companies have tried to reinvent the rewards and discount system. Serial entrepreneur Ben Tyson has an unusually loud pulse on the space. He was actually early on in the rewards space with his company Five and Fifty but with the onslaught that was Groupon and Living Social he let those projects take a back [...]
Interests are an important part of a person's personal make up. But so often one of the hardest questions to answer for somebody is "what do you like to do". At OneSpark on Saturday I spent some time with Scott Hooks the founder of Yubixi, the Personal, Interest network, and watched as he asked hundreds [...]
The internet of things explosion continued at OneSpark. We saw several different creator projects that would fit into the wide net of "internet of things". One of those things was Miami based company Verti Labs and their Verti Bluetooth finder. There are several other Bluetooth finders around today. You can find some on the market [...]
This year at One Spark, in addition to the popular crowd vote, there is a $10,000 juror awarded prize for the top creator in each category. Today, the jurors narrowed down each category to 3 finalists. The three finalists in the technology category are, in no particular order: Flip Our Class: Here is what we wrote [...]
