A new app has Italian shoppers using the cloud to help keep their refrigerators and pantries stocked. The app is called Rosie, and it learns users’ purchase routines to deliver items when they run out. After entering details about their household, such as number of residents, their age and regular buying habits, shoppers can then…
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…
We work with a lot of inventors to get their products in front of the right people who can help deliver success if there is a fit with their business needs. We create a unique Roadmap to Market process that builds on years of experience in product development and on extensive connections with industry leaders…
Some people can be creative anywhere, but many struggle with creativity. Given the right encouragement, many experts believe that anyone can be effectively creative, given the right encouragement and conditions. While this “nuture vs. nature” debate continues, in reality creativity is a combination of the two. The right environment will always help stimulate creative thought…
Food and beverage manufacturers today are capitalizing on natural trends in their search for innovation opportunities. We know food prices are increasing, but so are the number of health-conscious Americans. In a food industry increasingly competing for farmers market consumers, the buzz words on store shelves these days are raw, organic and GM-Free. Some of…
Researchers are hoping a new app called WhaleALERT will reduce the number of collisions between ships and whales. This new app can alert shipping operators if whales are nearby. Environmentalists are concerned that the noise of ships traveling through areas where whales reside can not only harm the mammals, but interfere with their ability to…
The Upper Midwest Regional VEX Robotics Tournament was held a few weeks ago at Xavier High School. This tournament was the state’s largest competitive robotics event, and the sheer energy and excitement of the participants was astounding. And this was just one of many robotics competitions that are happening across the country this year. Robotics…
If you’re going to shell out the money for premium ice cream, you would be pretty unhappy if your pistachios were soggy, right? That’s what one Massachusetts woman thought, and she decided to take her dissatisfaction all the way to the top. What she didn’t expect was an invitation to visit the Ben & Jerry’s…
Bon Appetit magazine is enticing a lot of “foodies” to check out its 25 Food Trends for 2013. One of my favorites is the homemade yogurt. Who knew it could be that easy? And as many of you have told me, the idea of being self-sufficient home farmers or canners is one that is definitely…
I spotted this interesting innovation over at Gizmodo on a new idea for vehicle tires. These haven’t come out yet, but the developers hope these will become invaluable to consumers looking for this sensory solution: Continental already sells tires packed with monitors that keep tabs on air pressure, automatically letting you know when it gets…
