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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Eco-friendly leather: Made from mushrooms!
Leather is great, but it’s a resource–intensive product that many would rather avoid, for environmental and animal safety reasons. Here’s the story of how one company – MycoWorks – found a solution in nature. The company created a leather-like product grown rapidly from mycelium and agricultural byproducts in a carbon-negative process. In other words: Mushrooms!…
London Gets a Boost in Innovation: The New Masters Program at City University London
London may be getting a boost in innovation with an exciting new innovation training program, the “MICL” (pronounced like “Michael”), short for Masters in Innovation, Creativity, and Leadership, a masters degree program offered at City University London. See http://creativity.city.ac.uk/ for details. The program involves the arts, business, law, social science, and informatics. Looks like a…
Self-driving taxis hit Singapore
Starting on this week, residents of Singapore can hail a self-driving car as a taxi, thanks to It’s brought to U.S.-based nuTonomy by Renault Zoe and Mitsubishi. The new i-Miev taxis use an invite-only app. The trial will offer riders a commute through Singapore’s one-north business district: The startup, which in May received $16 million…
LEGO takes toy ideation to the crowd
LEGO® has found a way to bring consumers, manufacturers and anyone else with an innovative toy idea to try out crowdsourcing. LEGO CUUSOO (meaning “imagination” in Japanese) is a new international web-based open innovation and crowd sourcing platform. You simply create a LEGO project, share your idea and see what other people think. Once the…
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…
New Word Lens app bridges language barriers
A new iPhone app, Word Lens, is getting a lot of attention this week. The video by its developers has been seen by millions of people (Check it out below), and many are wondering what the future will hold with this new technology. The app allows you to point your iPhone camera at a sign…
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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Billboards reduce pollution
Here is a great idea that we’ve talked about before. More and more innovation companies around the world are working to curb the amount of air pollution – smog – that expose people to harmful toxins that can lead to lung disease. A massive billboard has been created by Lima, Peru–based engineering college UTEC. Last year,…
Would you Hop?
I do a lot of traveling around the world. I mean a LOT of traveling. While I enjoy meeting with clients and working with global companies, I often wish the process of airport travel was lighter. So I am delighted to share this innovation with you: Hop. Hop is a suitcase that follows close behind…
ApplePay and MasterCard’s new Innovation Hub
MasterCard has just launched a new innovation lab in New York City. The new 60,000 square foot facility will house those working on the MasterPass digital wallet, the Digital Enablement System, and MasterCard Labs’ Start Path, an accelerator for financial technology startups. The MasterCard Digital Enablement System’s tokenization service will secure ApplePay transactions: “This is…
Balancing act: A house that reacts to your roommate’s movements
Imagine a house that stays stable only if its inhabitants cooperate! Here’s a home that is balanced on an axis. It’s called ReActor, and is part of the 2016-17 Architecture Omi exhibition WOOD: From Structure to Enclosure. Check out this amazing video: The home was constructed at the Omi sculpture park in the Hudson Valley north…
Will robots with friendly personalities capture consumers’ hearts?
One of the top trends in robotics this year isn’t just about how cool the functionality is getting; it’s robots designed so that consumers will develop affection for them. There is a purpose in making these robots “cute” and friendly. Innovators know that the number one thing they would look for in a personal robotic…
Shopping in the future
In two more days Cisco is unveiling its vision for Borderless Networks, along with a cool new video that shows end-users what the future of shopping might look like very soon. Here’s a sneak peek Cisco is showing the world today: 5533D95C-8E7F-642D-4E37-A338F9B1024A 1.02.28
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