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Pledge Your Bets: Charitable Gambling [One Spark]

By |Editors' Picks, One Spark 2014|

There are tons of creative projects on display in Jacksonville right now for One Spark. Tons. Three of our favorites are here by way of Tampa Bay. Pledge Your Bets, WeVue, and Drawer are all products of the Tampa Bay Wave accelerator. We have already told you a little bit about WeVue and Drawer, but [...]

SweetSpot: Cheaper, More Environmentally Friendly Alternative to Sugar Packets [One Spark Preview]

By |One Spark 2014|

Update: Updated product pictures One of the more practical One Spark Creator Projects that we have come across is the SweetSpot sugar dispenser. As someone who drinks a ton of coffee, probably too much, I can't believe that there is not one of these in every Starbucks. According to the companies One Spark Profile, "SweetSpot is [...]

WaZINIT: Make Smarter, Quicker Food Choices [One Spark Preview]

By |Apps, One Spark 2014|

WaZINIT is an application that helps users make better and more informed decisions about food. "WaZINIT will allow you to quickly scan products and compare ingredients against ANY of those you're trying to avoid."

CPALMS – Bringing 3D Printing to the Classroom

By |3D Faster, Education, FETC 2014|

The CPALMS 3D Initiative focuses on producing STEM curriculum resources related to 3D modeling and 3D printing. These resources will fall under four distinct model categories: demonstration, archive, problem-solving, and open-ended design.

CES Preview: XYZPriniting and the $499 3D Printer

By |CES 2014, Editors' Picks, Gadgets & Tech|

XYZPriniting offers a 3D printer, the da Vinci, for the insanely low price of $499. You can find them at CES in the 3D Printing Tech Zone: South Hall 3 (31717)

Lenovo Completes $2.9B Acquisition of Motorola

By |Acquisitions, Editors' Picks, Google, News|

On Thursday, Lenovo finalized the $2.91 billion deal to acquire Motorola Mobility from Google. The deal has been in the works for some time, it was first announced way back on January 29 of this year.Larry Page, Official Google Blog, "Lenovo to acquire Motorola Mobility," 29 January 2014 It is important to note, however, that Larry [...]

Vex Robotics Wows 6 Year Old Reporter At ISTE 2014

By |Editors' Picks, Education, ISTE 2014|

Vex Robotics ISTE 2014 Our 6 year old special correspondent Tatum F enjoyed playing with lots of robots at the International Society for Technology in Education conference. The first video interview she did was with a high school student who had won a Vex Robotics competition prior to ISTE. A robot called the Bee-Bot helped [...]

Tackk: A Simple One-Page Website Builder [ISTE 2014]

By |Education, ISTE 2014|

Tackk Simple One Page Website Builder There were a ton of great products at ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) 2014. The great majority of these products, in line with the EdTech theme, were education based. However, we came across one that can be used by just about anyone. Tackk is a simple website builder. [...]

Go Up To 20MPH on the Bat-Bike Electric Bicycle [One Spark]

By |Editors' Picks, One Spark 2014|

Just the other day, we saw the Marbel electric skateboard. Today we had a chance to check out the Bat-Bike electric bicycle. The Bat-Bike comes from maker of the Bat-Caddy line of electric golf bag caddys. I have to say, I am getting pretty excited about all of these electric powered personal vehicles. Anyhow, here [...]

Everywhere Else Returns To Memphis April 30-May 2nd

By |Editors' Picks, Events|

Last fall I spent three great days in Cincinnati hearing about the latest and greatest in technology, apps and startups, fine tuned and catered for creators, technologists and founders from "everywhere else". Nick Tippmann the co-creator of the Everywhere Else conference series says that they purposely target innovation from outside Silicon Valley, and to a [...]

King – Makers of Candy Crush – Post the Worst IPO of 2014

By |Editors' Picks, Investing, News|

King Digital Entertainment, the company behind such games as Candy Crush Saga and Farm Heroes Saga, wen public on 26 March 2014. King opened at $20.50, but closed at $19.03, down more than 15%.

This Flask Is Filled With The Powerful Stuff [CES 2014]

By |CES 2014, Gadgets & Tech|

There has been an abundance of portable battery chargers at this years International CES. They come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, colors and power allotments. It's hard to stand out in the power race but a company called Digital Treasures has done that with their PowerFlask. PowerFlask looks like any other flask, and because [...]

We Check Out The Qualcomm Toq Smart Watch At CES 2014

By |CES 2014, Editors' Picks, Gadgets & Tech, Wearable Technology|

We got a chance to go hands on with the new Toq smart watch. Smartwatches have become quite the rage and we have seen many new devices come to the market over the past few months. Qualcomm is usually thought of in the Android world in relation to their processors but they have recently announced the [...]

Best Technology Innovations of 2013 (Infographic)

By |Editors' Picks, Infographics|

We just came across a really interesting infographic from Entrepreneur.com. The image lays out some of the best consumer electronics that were released in 2013. There are some noticeable omissions from the list, namely smart watches and other wearables. What do you think? Are these the top releases from 2013?

First ever text message was sent 21 year ago today

By |Editors' Picks, Featured, Gadgets & Tech, Mobile, News|

The first ever text message was sent 21 years ago today and little did Neil Papworth from Vodafone know that over the next years how we communicate was going to be changed forever. On December 3, 1992 Neil Papworth, an engineer working in the UK, used a computer to send Richard Jarvis, one of Vodafone's directors, [...]

Indegogo and Project S – The $299 Smartphone to End All Smartphones

By |Android, Crowdfunding, Editors' Picks, Mobile|

On 12 November 2013, BungBungame launched its campaign to fund the development and production of its Project S Android powered smartphone. If successfully funded, this phone will crush Samsung and Apple.

The Orb: A New, Passive Form of Communication

By |Editors' Picks, One Spark 2014|

A few weeks ago, the Just Orb Me Team answered a few questions for us about their project, but we were still not 100% sure what the Orb was. The Orb itself is not an incredibly complex product, but there is nothing like it out there, so it makes a description difficult. After seeing it [...]

Winner of the 10K Juried Tech Prize is?

By |One Spark 2014|

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 [...]

Keep Track of Your Kids with NeverWander [OneSpark Preview]

By |One Spark 2014|

Tampa Bay's NeverWander has begun what looks to be an interesting and useful project. The company is in the process of building both hardware and software to solve the problem of keeping track of young children in a crowded place - amusement park, mall, and the like

FETC 2014: GameSalad – iOS, Web & Mac Game Development Without Coding

By |Editors' Picks, Education, FETC 2014|

One of the companies that were are particularly excited to see at this years Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) is GameSalad®. GameSalad provides a wide variety of game development tools that make "iOS, Web & Mac game creation accessible to the 99% who don't like to code." The company's game development tools, "are a top choice by educators when integrating game development technology into their classrooms."