Innovation
How Augmented Reality (AR) is changing our world.
Although AR has been around for some time, new developments and applications of the technology keeps pushing the boundaries of merging the physical real-world environment with virtual computer generated imagery. Many of us have heard about AR but are still somewhat uncertain as to what it exactly entails and what it actually does.
I found an [...]
Will 2010 be the year of the tablet PC?
Many technology companies are rumored to be working on tablet computers; companies such as Asustek, Dell, Microsoft, Apple and the like. Well, that’s according to PCWorld who takes a closer look at the rumors. My take is that if there is any truth in the rumors, our trend-following nature will suck is into yet another [...]
Are you ready for the Wave?
Google is about to change the face of the email inbox with their new product, Wave.
Google Wave is a new model for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year.
Wave is a web-based application that merges multiple forms of communication and collaboration, including chat, mail and wikis, into a unified interface. Everything inside [...]
Google’s Android: First open and free mobile platform
I came across Wired’s article “Google’s Open Source Android OS Will Free the Wireless Web” today that provides an expose of the birth of the project through to its current status. Google is positioning itself with the increasing demand of people’s preference to connect with each other and everything else via their mobile phones. Hence [...]
World's fastest computer
A USA government computer in New Mexico is the first supercomputer to perform at one petaflop (one thousand trillion calculations per second). Designed and built by IBM, the Roadrunner uses both traditional computer chips and the Cell Broadband Engine. The cell processor was originally designed for video game consoles such as the Sony Playstation 3.
Roadrunner [...]
Innovative microfinance business model brings financial services to the poor
Kiva, a US-based company, initiated an innovative bussiness model that applies Internet technology to bring financial services to the poor. It’s creation of an online marketplace for lenders and borrowers has led to explosive growth of over 30% per month since the websites founding in 2005.
In essence Kiva lets you lend to a specific entrepreneur [...]
The Wheelsurf Motorized Monocycle
Imagine surfing on land inside a wheel… Sounds farfetched huh? Well, with the Wheelsurf apparently you can…
The Wheelsurf is a single-wheeled, ride-inside conveyance that’s sure to get you noticed. But how does it work? According to Wheelsurf:
The Wheelsurf consists of an inner and an outer frame. The inner frame has three small wheels that make [...]
Changing The World: Project Better Place
I enjoy spreading the news of people who change the world…
One such person is Shai Agassi… Agassi, a former SAP executive, has launched a company that focuses on one of the 21st century’s biggest challenges – developing a sustainable, environmental solution for converting country-wide transportation systems toward electricity and away from fossil fuel.
Agassi’s company, Project [...]
Dirtbike Innovation: The Quantya FMX
Every six months BrandNew pays homage to innovation. The jury of the world’s largest competition for start-up companies in the sporting goods industry convenes to test and rate fresh and groundbreaking products and brands. For eight years now, the event has been a benchmark for the newest and latest.
The jury of the 17th ispo BrandNew [...]
Growing Interest in Corporate Entrepreneurship
The growing interest in the use of corporate entrepreneurship as a process for companies to enhance the innovative abilities of their employees and increase corporate success can be ascribed to factors such as intensifying global competition, corporate downsizing and de-layering, and rapid technological progress that heightens the need for compaies to become more entrepreneurial in [...]
