Friday Fun: What Motivates You?
If you haven’t seen this yet, take a look. This is a great example of how to inspire your people to be more innovative by helping them work in their “sweet spot.”
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Billboard turns humidity into drinking water
In many places around the world, fresh and safe drinking water is hard to come by. But some engineering students in Peru have teamed up with an advertising agency to create a billboard that turns the nation’s humid climate into water that is so desperately needed. The University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) teamed up…
Trend: Will your retirees take their learnings with them?
I read an interesting article over at InventionMachineBlog about a trend we’re seeing as our workforce ages. Did you know that half of our workforce today is eligible for retirement in the next 18 months? The Bureau of Labor Statistics says as our US labor force grows older, our percent of 55+ workers will be…
No need for an outlet with this battery charger
When an earthquake shook Haiti’s capital Port au Prince in January, communicating by cell phone was impossible. The cell towers high in the hills of the capital city that covered most of the island nation became inoperable. But a new palm-sized fuel cell that turns water into electricity might be a game changer in developing…
Trend: A golden opportunity for investors
Here’s a trend that I find interesting: The ability to purchase gold through ATM-like machines branded Gold To Go. We first saw these machines appear this spring in Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace Hotel and in Germany. I remember wondering about the kind of investors who would seek out these machines. As it turns out, the…
Crowdsourcing levels the playing field for sports company
It’s hard to compete with big names like Nike and Adidas in the sportswear realm, but a small London-based company called Tribesports has found a way through crowdsourcing. By building a community of loyal fitness fanatics, it is making its products more affordable and more appealing. The marketing strategy Tribesports uses started with the community…
Bird-drone keeps airports safe
Birds flying near plane engines are dangerous. If they get sucked into the engines, there will definitely be an “incident report.” Now one company, Clear Flight Solutions, has developed “Robird,” a drone that flaps its wings to frighten other birds. The developers say they designed Robird to mimic the movements of a raptor, gliding through…
Friday Fun: What Motivates You?
If you haven’t seen this yet, take a look. This is a great example of how to inspire your people to be more innovative by helping them work in their “sweet spot.”
Enjoy!
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Consumers, trendwatchers roast tweeting refrigerator
This begs the question: Just because you can, does it mean you should? Samsung’s new over-the-top refrigerator can play Pandora radio music, send tweets, check your Google calendar and more, but attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show 2011 think it may be overkill. Check out this video from Mashable.com on the Wi-Fi-enabled appliance: The International…
California’s drought problems need innovators to step up
I travel to California frequently, and have seen first hand the devastating effects of the drought and the water problems facing people and businesses. And many other states will soon feel the pinch of what’s happening to our California friends, by way of food shortages and the like. But for those who live and work…
CreoPop 3D Pen uses cool nanotechnology
Here’s an exciting invention that uses nanotechnology and 3D printing – as a pen. It’s called CreoPop, and it’s not like most 3D pens I’ve seen. With CreoPop’s 3D printing pen in hand, you can create multi-dimensional pictures and structures freehand, in real time. CreoPop uses nanotechnology to provide an exciting range of inks including glittering…
Robots helping hospital patients
I found this interesting. What do you think? Robots have already invaded the operating room in some hospitals, but in Belgium they will soon be taking on the potentially more difficult task — for robots, at least — of greeting patients and giving them directions. The Citadelle regional hospital in Liège and the Damiaan general…
Robotics becoming more life-like
If you haven’t heard and seen “Sophia” talk and interact with people before, you should give this a look. Sophia is Hanson Robotics’ latest robotic creation. The company says it created her based on actress Audrey Hepburn, with a little bit of company founder David Hanson’s wife. The world got its first look at Sophia…
Scientists record the first video of thoughts forming in the brain
What do thoughts look like? Here is a fascinating video of how Japanese researchers recorded a real-time video of thoughts forming in the brain. This brain is of a live animal called a zebrafish — a species with a translucent head — as it was stalking its prey. The scientists used a fluorescent protein that…
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