Why Does Technology Need Young Women?
The benefits of encouraging young people to seek STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers are many. Those who seek careers in these fields will not only have jobs in the future,...
View ArticleWhy I Make Robots the Size of a Grain of Rice
By studying the movement and bodies of insects such as ants, Sarah Bergbreiter and her team build incredibly robust, super teeny, mechanical versions of creepy crawlies … and then they add rockets. See...
View ArticleTehachapi Innovation
For the innovation practitioner, the Tehachapi Loop is worth exploring as a set of guideposts for innovation.
View ArticleDesign Thinking in Lima Peru
Silicon Valley's Innovatioship recently three days leading an open-invitation workshop in design thinking. It attracted a wide range of participants from Lima and other parts of Peru, from local CEOs...
View ArticleShape-shifting Tech Will Change The World As We Know It
What will the world look like when we move beyond the keyboard and mouse? Interaction designer Sean Follmer is building a future with machines that bring information to life under your fingers as you...
View ArticleCalling All Engineers: Beyond Form, Fit and Function for Formulated Products
Like most engineers, I learned about rules of interchangeability back in school. These rules help companies decide whether a product change should require a new item number or simply a revision of the...
View ArticleTED talk: "I am not a visionary, I’m an engineer" [video]
Linus Torvalds transformed technology twice -- first with Linux, which helps power the Internet, and again with Git, the source code management system used by coders worldwide. In a rare interview with...
View ArticleMoroccan Innovation
Morocco is a land that has mystified and enchanted travelers for ages. Situated between the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlas Mountains, and the Sahara Desert, Morocco is a place of geographic and cultural...
View ArticleLines of Innovation – Part 1
First of a two-part series: "Because of the numerous examples of lines in innovation, these provide important lessons for the modern innovation practitioner."
View Article4 Myths About Innovation You Need To Avoid
The unicorn is perhaps unique among myths in that the creature doesn’t appear in the mythology of any culture. The ancient Greeks, for all of their centaurs, hydras and medusas, never had any stories...
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