In November, Apple took the computer world by surprise, launching a new RISC-based computer chip, dubbed “Apple...
Innovation
Wireless Entertainment: KEF LS50 Wireless II
For years, consumer electronics companies have been pursuing the holy grail of home entertainment, the ability to...
Paper-based Covid-19 Test Could Solve Need for Quick, Inexpensive Testing
The U.S. has performed 50 million Covid-19 tests as of July 22, 2020. The goal is 100 million tests by September. As...
lululemon Acquired this Interactive Mirror Startup for $500 million
Mirror positions itself as the “world’s first nearly invisible, interactive home gym that brings live and on-demand...
Live Roaches and Bloody Pig Face
They say truth is stranger than fiction and that’s certainly true of the strange case of six former eBay employees,...
Ford and GE Healthcare to Build 50,000 Airon-licensed Model A-E Ventilators
Ford Motor and GE Healthcare announced plans to produce 50,000 ventilators in the next 100 days with the...
Abbott ID NOW Lab-in-a-Box Innovation Delivers COVID-19 Results in Five Minutes
There is no question that when it comes to testing for COVID-19, the U.S. government has fallen short. Abbott has...
Dyson CoVent Ventilator Developed in 10 Days to Help Treat COVID-19 Patients
Dyson — the U.K. technology company best known for its distinctive vacuum cleaners, hairdryers, and fans — has...
Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 Is First 45-Minute “Rapid Point-Of-Care” Test
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based biotechnology company Cepheid has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for...
Celebrity Edge Magic Carpet
Celebrity Edge was named the best new cruise ship of 2018. That award was due to a raft of innovations and new...
Digital Banking: A Trend You Can Bank On
On June 8, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned that the growing presence of tech...
First Exoskeleton Suit Receives FDA Clearance
Marlborough, Mass.-based ReWalk Robotics has received clearance from Food and Drug Administration for the company’s...
Delivery Drones
In April, Alphabet’s Wing became the first drone delivery company to gain Federal Aviation Administration approval to...
Bird Launches Cruiser Electric Moped
Scooter-sharing company Bird will offer an electric moped in select markets this summer, called the “Cruiser,” the...
KLM Flying V Jet
Dutch airline KLM, working with researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, has launched the...
Panic Playdate
Panic, a 20-year-old Mac software company, has made a major splash announcing its first hardware device. Playdate is a...
Augmented Reality Retail Innovation
One of the standout innovations at SXSW was shown by Lush Retail, a U.K. cosmetics firm that sells, of all things,...
AI Is Reinventing Our World
If the technology behind ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com is any indication, AI is going to disrupt the visual sciences. A...
WeWork Co-Working Reinvents Commercial Real Estate
In a December 2000 Building Owners and Managers Assoc. (BOMA) talk, I predicted that future real estate promotion...
Auto Future: Self-Driving Cars
On Sunday evening, March 18, 2018, 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg was crossing the road in the middle of a Tempe, Ariz....
Airtable, A Spreadsheet On Steroids
Last August, we bestowed an “Ubercool Innovator” award on Airtable. We love Airtable because its simplicity and ease...
Face ID and Animoji
Now that we know more about Apple’s new iPhone X, let’s delve into two truly outstanding iPhone X innovations,...
Saks Fifth Avenue ConBody
The Amazon Factor will lead to as many as 8,600 store closings in 2017. Retailers have three options: Close up shop,...
ZIIP
As you may have read, microcurrent innovation is all the rage in health and beauty. If you’re wondering when the...
K-Beauty: DeepSkin Anti-Aging Mask
If you drive a Kia, own a Samsung TV, smartphone or perhaps a refrigerator too, you’re well on your way to...
Boom
In 1971, U.S. Congress halted federal funding of a next-generation supersonic transport, dubbed the “SST.”...
Public
In 1982, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell ignited the boutique hotel trend with the opening of Morgans on Madison Avenue,...
Apple Watch
The “wearables” field was already on fire when Apple threw its hat into the ring in 2015. In classic Apple fashion,...
Airbnb
Airbnb has ushered in the concept of “home optimization,” offering homeowners the same opportunity to boost cash flow...
Ultimate Lightning McQueen
Sphero, best known for its two-year-old BB-8 gadget made famous by The Force Awakens, is launching an innovative...
How Do You Create A Winning Innovation Strategy?
Now that the concept of innovation is defined, its history covered and its current importance explained, it’s time to...
What Is Innovation?
We are in the midst of an era of sweeping change, with major challenges to address, such as poverty, and new planets...
Starbucks
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is a visionary man. His Starbucks vision has catapulted the company to the exalted...