In the current era, it is quite clear that innovation is not confined to any one geographic location; it is worldwide. From bustling Indian software companies, to U.S. semi-conductor and hardware companies, to South Korean automobile manufacturers, innovation is truly global in scale.
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We just came across an incredibly cool Indiegogo campaign: The Body Dryer. The Body Dryer is a replacement for the towel. Although that sounds a bit crazy, replacing the towel, this device looks like it could do just that.
With One Spark beginning next Wednesday, now seems an appropriate time to do a quick rundown of all the creator projects that we are looking forward to seeing.
Ryan Whitman created Join The Effort, a Jacksonville non-profit in 2011. The initial idea was to create a platform of sorts that helped recruit and encourage people to volunteer at various events, causes and other non-profits across Jacksonville. As an example, Join The Effort partnered with last year's OneSpark winner Re-Threaded. In that effort, a [...]
"Project Ara is designed to make upgrading your smartphone’s guts as easy as putting together a LEGO set. (Think sleeker). Instead of having to splurge for a new handset if you want the fastest CPU, strongest battery or loudest speakers, the idea behind Ara would allow you to acquire those individual pieces and snap it onto your device."
It doesn't matter if you moved into a new subdivision, apartment complex, or town home community, getting to know your neighbors can be a daunting and intimidating task. People can go years if not decades and never know that person that lives across the street, down the hall or even right underneath them. It happens [...]
So it is no secret that Apple retail stores are incredibly successful. Currently, Apple has north of 360 retail locations, with each one generating around $49 million annually. That is a crazy number. $49 million per store. Further, all Apple Stores combine for around $18 billion in-store revenue each year.What's even more, Apple stores took more revenue per square foot than any other retailer in the world.
On Friday, April 4th, Nest - the company behind the smart thermostat, which was acquired by Google for $3.2 billion - halted the sales of their latest product: Nest Protect: Smoke + Carbon Monoxide alarm. One of the features of the Nest Protect: Smoke + Carbon Monoxide alarm, Nest Wave, could be accidentally activated, thus causing a delay in the alarm.
Over the past year we've seen quite a bit of great educational technology. From our coverage of FETC, TECA and SXSWedu we've seen a lot of systems that help teachers manage students, assignments, grades and more. Diane Bixler, an educator for nearly two decades, has developed a new workflow management system for educators, with a [...]
