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High pressure US roadtrip sparks start-up innovation

Australian entrepreneur Mick Johnson is a firm believer in the principle that pressure gets people to focus.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

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Robotic jellyfish could one day patrol oceans, clean oil spills, and detect pollutants (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers are working on a multi-university, nationwide project for the U.S. Navy that one day will put life-like autonomous robot jellyfish in waters around ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New York is vying to become global high-tech hub

(AP) -- Just as a trench dug in the 1800s created a shortcut to the nation's interior and helped make New York a global trading hub, the city is now hoping for another "Erie Canal moment" with a high-tech research complex ...

Technology / Business

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Facebook falls flat in public debut (Update 3)

(AP) -- In the hours before Facebook's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company's 3,500 employees not to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding ...

Technology / Business

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Frugal innovation

Co-author of recently published book 'Jugaad Innovation', Professor Jaideep Prabhu argues that a frugal and flexible approach to innovation can generate breakthrough growth not only in the developing world ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Architecture of experience

Krystal Tung ’13 wanted to follow the yellow brick road. When the Cabot House resident heard that this spring’s House musical would be “The Wizard of Oz,” she headed straight for the stage.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research shows entrepreneurial differences between the sexes

A study of the sexes reveals that when it comes to starting a business, women are more likely than men to consider individual responsibility and use business as a vehicle for social and environmental change.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

'Big business' giving SMEs a bad name, says survey

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anti-business rhetoric, recently slammed as ‘dangerous’ and ’snobbish’ by the Prime Minister is more likely a reflection of the behavior of large corporations than a distrust ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Plug 'leaks,' create 'cradle to career' education system to meet world challenges: Top US educator

Plugging major "leaks" of students exiting formal education prematurely is a top priority in all countries -- developed and developing alike -- to successfully address a suite of problems confronting humanity in decades to ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Students design virtual ID badge to combat online hackers

A student entrepreneurial team at the University of Utah believes it has come up with a winning business plan for a virtual ID badge that operates off of any mobile device. The team, calling itself EMRID Technologies, developed ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Counties with thriving small businesses have healthier residents, researchers find

Counties and parishes with a greater concentration of small, locally-owned businesses have healthier populations — with lower rates of mortality, obesity and diabetes — than do those that rely on large companies ...

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created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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