17 October 2009

Income Is Development ~ KickStart's Fisher...

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Thanks to Policy Innovations for spotlighting KickStart co-founder Martin Fisher 's Innovations piece, Income Is Development : Kick...

Lawnmower ~ Andover, MA Goes Old School;-)

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The Globe's Brian MacQuarrie writes Here’s something to chew on ... "In tough times, Andover has found a money-saving idea to ch...
16 October 2009

EnergyNight ~ Innovations NOW @ MIT Museum!

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The latest MIT EnergyNight is happening now 5:30-8:30p Friday 16 October 2009 at the MIT Museum ! I'm very glad that this activity I...

Rory Sutherland ~ Perceived Value & Intangibles

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Thanks to Dan Greenberg for spotting this TED talk by Rory Sutherland , an ad man with Ogilvy, speaking on the role of intangible value and...

Neurotech Clusters ~ Commercial Concentrations

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NeuroInsights and NIO just released their downloadable report Neurotech Clusters 2010: Leading Regional Leaders in the Global Neurotechnol...

African Plantoleum ~ Mali Biocarburant's BioDiesel

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Check out the latest video about Mali Biocarburant , a West African venture with smallholder farmer cooperatives as co-owners which sources ...
15 October 2009

Videomap ~ Integrative Visual Driving Directions

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Thanks to Rachel Kremen at Tech Review for spotting Videomap , Integrated Videos and Maps for Driving Directions ...

Owen Johnson ~ Betaspring, ConnectProvidence

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Great to have Owen Johnson join me again on MaximizingProgress.tv ! We talked about his latest activities in the innovation and entreprene...

Prepaid Debit ~ High Growth, Hidden Hazards...

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Thanks to intrepid NYTimes investigative team for spotting the The Hidden Price of Prepaid Debit ... In the related piece by Andrew Martin...

Vision 42 ~ Trans-Manhattan Sans Autos!

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Great to see Alison Gregor's NYTimes piece Without Cars, a Different Sort of 42nd St . Envision a prime avenue in Manhattan owned not...
14 October 2009

Dyson Air Multiplier ~ From Sucking to Blowing!

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Dyson does it again, now instead of sucking, he blows !

Jam Bot ~ iRobot's Shape-Shifting Dyna-Blob!

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MIT's Star Simpson spots another good one, this time iRobot's Jam Bot, a shape-shifting soft morphing dynamic blob!
13 October 2009

Every Mission ~ Visual History of Spaceflight!

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Thanks to John Mills for spotting A Visual History of Space Exploration by my favorite monthly journal plus exploratory society -- National...
12 October 2009

Cheating Death ~ Revived From Icy Nordic Grip...

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Epic story! David Martin, CNN's Senior Medical Producer, writes From an icy slope, a medical miracle emerges about Anna Bågenholm'...

Synthetic Food ~ Fueling the Need to Feed...

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The BBC today asserts Food production 'must rise 70%' to save us from mass-starvation by 2050. I've written before about the e...

Kurils Peace Park ~ Shared Sovereignty by Nature

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Why not use the neutrality and peacefulness inherent in a Transfrontier Conservation Area to resolve the ongoing official state of war be...

Mannahatta ~ Eric Sanderson @ TED on pre-NYC

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I wrote about Before New York earlier, but check out Eric Sanderson 's time warping TED talk! Stay 'til his last minute!

Access to Energy ~ NextBillion Spots BOP Report

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Thanks to Aileen Nowlan from NextBillion for spotting New Report: Clean, Safe Energy for the Base of the Pyramid , including the Ashoka-Hys...

Youngest Headmaster ~ BBC on India's Babar Ali

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Thanks to the BBC Hunger to Learn series host Damian Grammaticas for spotting The 'youngest headmaster in the world' , 16-year old ...
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Startup Bootcamp ~ Inspiring Lessons Now @ MIT

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The student-run Startup Bootcamp is happening now at MIT! Great lineup of folks speaking , including Robin Chase, Alexis Ohanian, Dan Bri...