I’m seeing a lot more hybrids and other fuel-efficient cars on the roads these days, as drivers battle the rising fuel costs. Here’s an innovative auto that promises 41-MPG on the highway: the “smart fortwo.” (The gas tank of the smart fortwo is 8.7 gallons!)

The inventors of the fortwo started sketching out [...]

The game-consoles market is one of the fastest-growing in consumer electronics, with more than 60 million sold and 14 percent growth last year, according to Datamonitor. Now the Greenpeace organization is releasing the results of a new investigation that shows these consoles not only contain hazardous chemicals, but also contribute to the fastest-growing type of [...]

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Appleton, Wis. (May 20, 2008) — Cheryl Perkins, Founder and President of Innovationedge, is pleased to announce the addition of Julie Gerstle to her team.

As Innovationedge’s Business Development Leader, Gerstle leverages her expertise in strategy development and marketing to help clients identify and execute innovative change, enabling them to harness [...]

The days of loose coupon clippings may be coming to an end, as the coupons we used to clip and carry are just about to go mobile. McDonald, Starbucks, Procter & Gamble, General Mills, Kimberly-Clark, Clorox and Del Monte and others are all posed to send their customers mobile coupons, either via text messages (with [...]

[ May 19, 2008 to May 21, 2008. ] Satyam is hosting its sixth “Satyam World Customer Summit,” an annual event held exclusively for our esteemed clients. The event will take place from May 18-20, 2008, at the La Quinta Resort & Club in Palm Springs, CA.

Cheryl will be delivering a keynote and panel discussion titled “Look Outside Your Industry for Innovation,” touching on [...]

[ May 28, 2008 to May 30, 2008. ] Join Cheryl Perkins for the Rapid Fielding of Innovation Conference in Savannah, GA on May 28-30, 2008. Sponsored by the National Nanotechnology Manufacturing Center, this working symposium will drill down the precise requirements for driving nanotechnology to military and commercial marketplaces.

Cheryl will share her knowledge with attendees in a keynote titled “Open Innovation: Partnering to [...]

 
 
The current food crisis is inspiring forward-thinking scientists to develop solutions for farmers in developing nations. Here is just one example I read about this morning: an 82-year-old scientist who was once dubbed the father of India’s Green Revolution is inspiring a perpetual revolution.
Forty years ago, Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan helped rescue the world from growing [...]

Speaker Roy Lubke
Many companies find success with one or two major breakthrough products or service offerings, then fail to build on their success with new and exciting offerings. It may not be that they aren’t coming out with enough offerings, but they may be developing too many products or services. Other issues companies [...]

 

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If you’re headed to Britain from any European nations this summer, you’ll get some face time at the security gate. It’s part of a new technology that will scan the faces of every passenger. European air travelers to Britain will be screened with automatic facial recognition technology in a bid to tighten security [...]

A special thanks to our new team member at Innovationedge, Dave Labno, for sharing his thoughts today on the Fortune Brainstorm Green 2008 Conference that occurred last week in Pasadena, California —Cheryl

Fortune Brainstorm Green 2008 Conference
By Dave Labno, Guest blogger
Four hundred leading thinkers and doers in the world of business, science, government and NGOs [...]