A bottle of soda and a toothbrush. It is hard to imagine that these products can be made to stand out and even be desired above necessity… I went shopping recently and I was amazed by the pull of two products. The first a coke bottle, but not any coke bottle… it was a ball [...]
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Innovation made easy with modern advances in cost efficiencies, lower tool costs and shared spaces. The new tinkerers use Hackerspaces, a shared tool supply, space and a community. Tool prices including 3D printers, CNC machines and many others have plummeted from hundreds of thousands of dollars to a few thousand. An article (WSJ) and radio show [...] This past weekend I attended the Hampstead Mothers Club Craft Fair to sell my pens and my girl friend’s mothers purses and gooey apples. I’d rather not say that we weren’t prepared, but we didn’t have a sign, business cards or any of the other marketing materials the other vendors had, however we were selling [...] Left to Right: Frank Salcie, Dean Paul Zavracky, Tucker Marion and Jessica Chin A world of text messaging, text alerts and high tech employees on Blackberries and iPhones running around Boston, MA in pursuit of “Quest for Innovation”. This high-tech scavenger hunt focused on Boston’s history and leadership as a city of innovation and entrepreneurship. [...] At Flashpoint Development we have been using Twitter to share opportunities, technology findings and other items of interest. A few highlights include: Nice list of disruptive technologies: http://bit.ly/yay95 I am looking forward to IANE meeting next week… Daniela Stark is the inventor and developer of the Kidknows Outdoor Thermometer, which empowers kids to choose the right outdoor clothing even if they are not old enough to recognize numbers. Daniela was an award winning industrial designer for Product Genesis and Arthur D. Little, Inc. She [...] Want to know more about what investors want, valuations, … oh and keep everyone in the room entertained. check out Shark Tank on ABC. New companies, some based around products, are pitched and five investors decide on if they want to invest. Free episodes available online now through ABC. A few notes from selected shows First, the [...] The SMART Kitchen… A digital measuring cup. A fridge that tells you what food you need and then orders it from the organic grocery store around the block. A coffee maker powered by the sun. This is your future home full of automation, intelligent and technology driven appliances that need no more than an electrical outlet (or a rechargeable battery). Link to conference website http://iced09.stanford.edu/
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