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Posted at 04:51 PM ET, 08/16/2012

Lift releases invite-only beta; mobile app aims to help users track daily habits
By Emi Kolawole
Q&A | The habit-tracker app is released to a handful of first-time users.

By Emi Kolawole  |  04:51 PM ET, 08/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Technology

Posted at 03:46 PM ET, 08/16/2012

Study: Heroin, morphine addictions can be blocked
By Gregory Thomas
Scientists in Colorado, Australia collaborate on a non-addictive ‘super morphine.’

By Gregory Thomas  |  03:46 PM ET, 08/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:05 PM ET, 08/15/2012

Gates Foundation makes poop a priority, puts toilet innovation front and center
By Emi Kolawole
When it comes to innovation, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is putting the toilet front and center.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:05 PM ET, 08/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Invention, Research, Technology

Posted at 04:52 PM ET, 08/15/2012

Is a moon colony on the horizon?
By Benjamin Gottlieb and Sarah Parvini
Imagine a machine that could build a 2,000 square foot home in under 24 hours. Imagine one that could do that on the surface of the moon?

By Benjamin Gottlieb and Sarah Parvini  |  04:52 PM ET, 08/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Research, Technology

Posted at 03:36 PM ET, 08/15/2012

‘We’re NASA and we know it’ parody marries NASA and LMFAO for the best viral video you’ll see today
By Emi Kolawole
Viral video marries popular LMFAO hit with Curiosity rover mission factoids.

By Emi Kolawole  |  03:36 PM ET, 08/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  #Quirky, Video, The Lunch Break

Posted at 02:41 PM ET, 08/15/2012

Hypersonic craft X-51A fails latest test
By Emi Kolawole
The X-51A lost control over the Pacific Ocean near Point Mugu on Tuesday.

By Emi Kolawole  |  02:41 PM ET, 08/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Invention, Research, Technology, Video

Posted at 01:19 PM ET, 08/15/2012

Mars Curiosity team members to do reddit AMA
By Emi Kolawole
Members of the Mars Curiosity team are heading over to reddit Thursday for an “Ask Me Anything.”

By Emi Kolawole  |  01:19 PM ET, 08/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education, Research, Technology, Video

Posted at 11:50 AM ET, 08/15/2012

Are there blue rocks on Mars?
By Emi Kolawole
A filter applied to images taken by the Mars Curiosity rover shows Mars through Earth-colored lenses.

By Emi Kolawole  |  11:50 AM ET, 08/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Research, Technology

Posted at 10:19 AM ET, 08/15/2012

How to kill someone on Twitter
By T.J. Ortenzi
In the latest high-profile case, it was @OfficialSkyNews with the Twitter account on the Internet.

By T.J. Ortenzi  |  10:19 AM ET, 08/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Technology, #Quirky

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 08/15/2012

App.net and the myth of the social network do-over
By Dominic Basulto
App.net is the latest in a growing line of Facebook and Twitter alternatives. But can it succeed?

By Dominic Basulto  |  07:00 AM ET, 08/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 02:38 PM ET, 08/13/2012

Know what it takes to grow U.S. innovation? Prove it.
By Emi Kolawole
Do you think you have the best idea for encouraging U.S. innovation? Prove it.

By Emi Kolawole  |  02:38 PM ET, 08/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education, Invention, Research, Technology, Urban Development

Posted at 02:03 PM ET, 08/13/2012

IBM announces research laboratory in Kenya
By Emi Kolawole
The company announced a new research laboratory, IBM Research — Africa, Monday.

By Emi Kolawole  |  02:03 PM ET, 08/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Research, Technology

Posted at 12:45 PM ET, 08/13/2012

Obama to NASA Mars Curiosity rover team: Let me know ASAP if you find any Martians
By Emi Kolawole
The president congratulated the Mars rover Curiosity team during a call Monday.

By Emi Kolawole  |  12:45 PM ET, 08/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education, Research, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/08/2012

Is this what superhuman looks like?
By Dominic Basulto
Oscar Pistorius may not have won gold, but he has forever changed the definition of the Olympic athlete.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Health, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 08/03/2012

Olympics 2012 and the tyranny of now
By Dominic Basulto
The Olympics is showing how much our lifestyle clock has changed. But here’s the question: Are you “synchronous” or “asynchronous”?

By Dominic Basulto  |  07:00 AM ET, 08/03/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Dominic Basulto, Morning Read

Posted at 06:00 PM ET, 07/24/2012

Are we building a techno dystopia?
By Dominic Basulto
It’s almost as if our consolation prize for losing the “War On Poverty” was lots of bright shiny gadgets.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 PM ET, 07/24/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Dominic Basulto, Invention, Technology

Posted at 12:32 PM ET, 07/19/2012

Olympics 2012: Innovations going for the gold
By Dominic Basulto
The London 2012 Olympic Games, like its predecessors, will introduce a number of new innovations.

By Dominic Basulto  |  12:32 PM ET, 07/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Invention, Technology

Posted at 01:00 PM ET, 07/10/2012

DARPA, George Mason seek ‘trailblazers’ for eight-week Innovation House Study program
By Emi Kolawole
The program would provide eight teams an opportunity to work on visual and geospatial analysis.

By Emi Kolawole  |  01:00 PM ET, 07/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 07/10/2012

Josh Klein on finding and exploring hidden connections: ‘Start with what you're curious in’
By Emi Kolawole
Technology consultant Josh Klein answers five questions about innovation, including how to find hidden connections.

By Emi Kolawole  |  07:00 AM ET, 07/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 06/27/2012

IBM, Livermore Laboratories announce new partnership, third-party services
By Emi Kolawole
A new partnership gives third parties an opportunity to leverage some of the world’s fastest computers and brightest minds.

By Emi Kolawole  |  08:00 AM ET, 06/27/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 06/25/2012

The low-wage ‘genius’ of Apple
By Emi Kolawole
Does Microsoft have an opening to compete with Apple via the wages of its storefront employees?

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 06/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 12:23 PM ET, 05/25/2012

A siren song, Facebook’s special, TED , Gatsby and immortality: The week that was in innovation
By Emi Kolawole
There was a siren song, the death of a buzzword and the secret to immortality.

By Emi Kolawole  |  12:23 PM ET, 05/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Lunch Break, Video, The Arts

Posted at 01:07 PM ET, 05/24/2012

Vallejo’s innovation push: A city reinvents itself
By Emi Kolawole
Residents of Vallejo, Calif. are employing a series of strategies to turn around the flagging city.

By Emi Kolawole  |  01:07 PM ET, 05/24/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Urban Development

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 05/23/2012

Mobile: The health-care fix we’ve been waiting for?
By Emi Kolawole
A new study paints an updated picture of the mobile health landscape.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 05/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Health, Technology

Posted at 05:16 AM ET, 05/22/2012

SpaceX Dragon capsule enters orbit after historic launch (video)
By Emi Kolawole
Updated | SpaceX launches first commercial spacecraft to bring supplies to the International Space Station.

By Emi Kolawole  |  05:16 AM ET, 05/22/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Invention, Research, Technology, Video

Posted at 02:58 PM ET, 05/11/2012

From Lincoln’s fake Facebook to SWAG and Valley gangsters: The week that was in innovation
By Emi Kolawole
A weekly summary of Ideas@Innovations coverage and then some.

By Emi Kolawole  |  02:58 PM ET, 05/11/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:27 PM ET, 05/07/2012

Not your parents’ storytelling: StoryCode and Film Society of Lincoln Center host ‘Story Hack: Beta’
By Amanda Lin Costa
An event in New York City highlights new innovations in storytelling.

By Amanda Lin Costa  |  01:27 PM ET, 05/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Lunch Break, The Arts

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 03/20/2012

Neil DeGrasse Tyson asks us how much the universe is worth; the Web responds
By Emi Kolawole
Inspired by astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, individuals are taking to the Web.

By Emi Kolawole  |  08:00 AM ET, 03/20/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Invention, Morning Read, Technology, Video

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 03/14/2012

‘Star Wars: Identities’ exhibit asks, “What forces shape you?”
By Emi Kolawole
A new exhibit appearing in April will feature art from and inspired by the Star Wars series in an effort to explore human identity.

By Emi Kolawole  |  08:00 AM ET, 03/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Arts, Video, Morning Read

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 03/12/2012

Iran and the era of cyber infection
By Dominic Basulto
Will hackers and cyber-activists in hooded sweatshirts determine the future of war?

By Dominic Basulto  |  08:00 AM ET, 03/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 02/16/2012

Jeremy Lin: Could STEM advocates catch ‘Linmania’?
By Emi Kolawole
The basketball star has a degree in economics from one of the world’s most elite universities, and he’s not shy about it.

By Emi Kolawole  |  07:00 AM ET, 02/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education

Posted at 02:08 PM ET, 02/14/2012

Technology experts talk ideas and innovations
By Emi Kolawole
The idea of innovation itself, needs to change, said Dugan.

By Emi Kolawole  |  02:08 PM ET, 02/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Washington Post Live, American Competitiveness

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 01/30/2012

Adam Lashinsky on peeling back Apple’s skin
By Emi Kolawole
Adam Lashinsky’s new book, “Inside Apple,” takes a peeler to the company, going beyond the legacy of Steve Jobs to analyze how a company with constantly moving walls and changing security checkpoints turned into a powerhouse for consumer technology innovation.

By Emi Kolawole  |  07:00 AM ET, 01/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 01/28/2012

Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent on young people, unemployment and ‘cracking the code for growth’
By Emi Kolawole
Muhtar Kent doesn’t expect Coca-Cola to be alone when it comes to bolstering youth involvement in the World Economic Forum.

By Emi Kolawole  |  07:00 AM ET, 01/28/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Davos, Coca-Cola, World Economic Forum

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 01/27/2012

Davos: Millennial’s message to the young: ‘We have a place at the table’
By Emi Kolawole

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 01/27/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business

Posted at 08:50 PM ET, 01/23/2012

From corruption to discourse, Millennials finish first full day in Davos
By Emi Kolawole
The World Economic Forum’s youngest group gathered for its first day in Davos, Switzerland.

By Emi Kolawole  |  08:50 PM ET, 01/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education, Business, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 01/23/2012

The Global Shapers: Millennials convene at World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos
By Emi Kolawole
The World Economic Forum annual meeting begins on Jan. 25, and Millennials will have a special place at the gathering.

By Emi Kolawole  |  07:00 AM ET, 01/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Morning Read

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 01/20/2012

Innovation and the art of the story
By Emi Kolawole
Storify co-founder Burt Herman discusses innovation, the art of story creation and the future of journalism.

By Emi Kolawole  |  07:00 AM ET, 01/20/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Invention, Morning Read, Technology, The Arts, Video

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 01/18/2012

Harvard survey delivers more bad news for future of U.S. competitiveness
By Emi Kolawole
A survey of nearly 10,000 Harvard Business School alumni paints a picture of the U.S. in decline.

By Emi Kolawole  |  07:00 AM ET, 01/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, Morning Read, Research, Video

Posted at 01:00 PM ET, 01/04/2012

Leaping lizards and the power of interdisciplinary collaboration
By Emi Kolawole
A University of California Berkeley discovery shows the power of interdisciplinary research in scientific discovery.

By Emi Kolawole  |  01:00 PM ET, 01/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education, Invention, Research, Technology, The Arts, Video

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 01/04/2012

How disruptive is Apple TV?
By Dominic Basulto
One of most hotly anticipated tech products of the coming year is the new Apple TV set. But how disruptive will it be?

By Dominic Basulto  |  08:00 AM ET, 01/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Business, Technology, Morning Read, Invention

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 12/29/2011

Campfire Labs co-founders discuss Groupon acquisition: “The deal is closed”
By Emi Kolawole
Campfire Labs’ co-founders discuss their deal with the daily-deals site.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 12/29/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 12/24/2011

China, Russia and the new digital spy game
By Dominic Basulto
We have entered a new era of cyberwarfare that is strangely reminiscent of the Cold War.

By Dominic Basulto  |  08:00 AM ET, 12/24/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 12/22/2011

Can the U.S. government hack health care?
By Dominic Basulto
The path to fixing the health-care system in the United States could lead straight through your cell phone.

By Dominic Basulto  |  07:00 AM ET, 12/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Dominic Basulto, Invention, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 12/20/2011

Creative Coalition CEO Robin Bronk discusses how innovations are changing arts advocacy
By Emi Kolawole
As policymakers and experts debate about how best to increase U.S. competitiveness, Robin Bronk’s job is to make sure the arts stay in the discussion.

By Emi Kolawole  |  07:00 AM ET, 12/20/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education, Morning Read, The Arts

Posted at 01:18 PM ET, 12/19/2011

IBM Five-in-Five: Company makes tech future predictions
By Emi Kolawole
The predictions are part of the company’s annual Five-in-Five series, which looks at the “five innovations that will change how people work, live and play over the next five years.”

By Emi Kolawole  |  01:18 PM ET, 12/19/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Energy, Health, Invention, Research, Technology, Video, The Lunch Break

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 12/19/2011

Siri becomes Santa’s latest helper in new Apple ad
By Emi Kolawole
A new holiday season-themed ad from Apple, Santa calls on Siri for help.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 12/19/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Invention, Morning Read, Technology, Video, #Quirky

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 12/09/2011

Newt Gingrich, can the Internet trust you?
By Dominic Basulto
The GOP presidential hopeful’s story may play well in Iowa, but what about on the Internet?

By Dominic Basulto  |  07:00 AM ET, 12/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 11/28/2011

Innovator of the year 2011
By Emi Kolawole
Poll | Now you have the chance to vote for the person, place or thing that was the most innovative, or went the furthest in inspiring innovation.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 11/28/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Innovator of the Week

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 11/23/2011

The Internet’s culture of nonviolent retaliation
By Dominic Basulto
Where will we draw the line when it comes to the way we protect our civilians and government leaders?

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 11/23/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Morning Read, Technology, Video

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 11/22/2011

Warren Buffett and why IBM is just like a railroad
By Dominic Basulto
In real life, as in the board game Monopoly, railroads are valuable properties. Just ask Warren Buffett.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 11/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Business, Energy, Health, Morning Read, Technology, Video

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 11/16/2011

Occupy Wall Street and the high cost of the technology revolution
By Emi Kolawole
Two MIT authors write about the role the technology revolution has played in the rapid growth income dispartiy.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 11/16/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Business, Invention, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 11/15/2011

The Supreme Court could put health-care innovation on life support
By Dominic Basulto
OPINION | The Supreme Court’s decision could make it even more difficult to innovate in the health-care arena.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 11/15/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Health, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 11/08/2011

Is Stephen Colbert’s ‘Super PAC’ innovative or dangerous?
By Emi Kolawole
The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson spoke with the Post about where Colbert might go astray.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 11/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Video, Technology, Education

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 11/01/2011

U.N. Population Fund Exec.Director: ‘I wish them interesting lives’
By Emi Kolawole
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the Executive Director of U.N. Population Fund, spoke with the Washington Post about what to expect in a world of 8 billion people.

By Emi Kolawole  |  08:00 AM ET, 11/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education, Energy, Health, Morning Read, Technology, Urban Development

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 10/31/2011

We’re closer to mind-reading than you may think
By Emi Kolawole
Recent discoveries show that, when it comes to mind control, we’re closer than one might think.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 10/31/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Invention, Research, Technology, Video

Posted at 10:00 PM ET, 10/28/2011

Curing the Gen Y student loan hangover
By Dominic Basulto
OPINION | President Obama made an important first step in fixing the nation’s student loan problem. But is it enough?

By Dominic Basulto  |  10:00 PM ET, 10/28/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Education, Morning Read

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 10/27/2011

Beyond 7 billion: Innovation and the future of population growth
By Emi Kolawole
The world population is scheduled to reach 7 billion at the end of October. But what about a world of 8 billion?

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 10/27/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Health, Urban Development

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 10/26/2011

Mary Meeker: Web 2.0 requires economy 2.0
By Dominic Basulto
OPINION | Meeker reminds us that the bullish case for tech only makes sense when there is a bullish case for the economy.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 10/26/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Morning Read, Dominic Basulto, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 10/25/2011

Netflix, Apple and the rocky road to living room innovation
By Emi Kolawole
Steve Jobs said he “cracked” the code for an Apple television, while Netflix struggles to remain viable.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 10/25/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Business, Invention, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 10/24/2011

Beyond the ‘two revolutions’
By Emi Kolawole
What if the goals of Occupy Wall Street and Silicon Valley converged?

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 10/24/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Business, Technology, Video, Invention

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 10/21/2011

Could trimming the fat get the U.S. back on track?
By Dominic Basulto
OPINION | It’s not just the U.S. economy that’s sick and overweight, apparently it’s the workers, too.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 10/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 10/20/2011

Technology, innovation and cracking the job-creation code
By Emi Kolawole
Experts convened in Washington Wednesday to discuss what America must do to win the high-tech innovation race and grow the nation’s economy in the process.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 10/20/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, Research, Technology, Video, Urban Development

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 10/19/2011

Can innovators learn to slum it?
By Dominic Basulto
Innovators have been focusing on the top 10 percent for years. A new exhibit shows what happens when they focus on the other 90 percent.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 10/19/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 10/18/2011

Jordan’s King Abdullah calls meeting on job creation in the Arab World
By Emi Kolawole
Jordan’s King Abdullah has called for a meeting to debate how best to spur economic growth in the region.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 10/18/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Morning Read, Business, Education

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 10/17/2011

Digital deterrents: Preventing a Pearl Harbor of cyberspace
By Dominic Basulto
The Internet has become the back door and front door to controlling nearly every aspect of our national infrastructure.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 10/17/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 10/14/2011

Khosla Ventures new $1.05 billion fund means good news for clean tech
By Emi Kolawole
Khosla Ventures has raised $1.05 billion for a new fund, roughly half of which will be used to invest in clean technology.

By Emi Kolawole  |  07:00 AM ET, 10/14/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Business, Energy, Technology

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 10/13/2011

The high cost of keeping a secret
By Melissa Steffan
Some experts say the U.S. government is keeping too many secrets and it’s costing us.

By Melissa Steffan  |  07:00 AM ET, 10/13/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 10/12/2011

Where new media and religion meet
By Emi Kolawole
A new social media tool has emerged for Christian worshipers, as Twitter increases its outreach to religious communities.

By Emi Kolawole  |  07:00 AM ET, 10/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 10/11/2011

Moscow’s new high-tech hub: Riddle, mystery or enigma?
By Dominic Basulto
Russia’s version of Silicon Valley - an “innovation city” built from scratch on the outskirts of Moscow - is finally starting to take shape.

By Dominic Basulto  |  07:00 AM ET, 10/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Dominic Basulto, Morning Read, Technology, Urban Development

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 10/10/2011

A new age in monitoring infrastructure
By Emi Kolawole
New technologies may allow for “always-on” monitoring of the nation’s aging infrastructure.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 10/10/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Invention, Research, Technology, Urban Development

Posted at 07:17 AM ET, 10/07/2011

Innovators, data will set you free
By Dominic Basulto
OPINION | In any 48-hour period, more data is created than had been created by all of humanity in the past 30,000 years.

By Dominic Basulto  |  07:17 AM ET, 10/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Morning Read, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Business

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 10/05/2011

Report: U.S. should ‘like’ Latin America’s ‘friend’-ing social media
By Emi Kolawole
A new report from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee shows how Latin America’s adoption of social media is a good thing for the U.S.

By Emi Kolawole  |  07:00 AM ET, 10/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 10/04/2011

Banking on a new generation of payment alternatives
By Dominic Basulto
If you feel trapped by rising debit-card swipe fees, here are some options that may have banks reconsidering their next move.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 10/04/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 10/03/2011

iPhone 5 and the collective imagination
By Emi Kolawole
Fans, detractors and satirists alike contribute their ideas about what to expect from Apple for years before a new product launch.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 10/03/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Invention, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/30/2011

Amazon, Facebook and the evolution of privacy
By Emi Kolawole
Is privacy getting in the way of innovation when it comes to creating the latest, greatest digital products?

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 09/30/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/29/2011

Silicon Valley and the next $100 billion stimulus
By Dominic Basulto
A handful of companies in the technology sector are sitting on a combined cash hoard of over $100 billion.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 09/29/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Dominic Basulto, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 09/28/2011

How to create a nonprofit in Silicon Valley
By Emi Kolawole
Ednovo’s Prasad Ram has done what few have sought to do — create a technology nonprofit in the heart of Silicon Valley.

By Emi Kolawole  |  08:00 AM ET, 09/28/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education, Entrepreneurship, Invention, Morning Read

Posted at 12:45 PM ET, 09/27/2011

TinySpeck opens ‘Glitch’ to the world
By Emi Kolawole
A new online game has arrived, the product of the imaginations of 11 giants.

By Emi Kolawole  |  12:45 PM ET, 09/27/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Technology

Posted at 09:00 AM ET, 09/27/2011

Zuckerberg lays down the law: One timeline to rule them all
By Dominic Basulto
Facebook’s relentlessly-hyped, celebrity-studded f8 developer conference is starting to rival Apple.

By Dominic Basulto  |  09:00 AM ET, 09/27/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Invention, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 09:00 AM ET, 09/26/2011

Innovation and the brotherhood of the Valley
By Emi Kolawole
Touring Silicon Valley and meeting with the area’s leaders, you see almost immediately that there is an hierarchy similar to a university class structure or a fraternity.

By Emi Kolawole  |  09:00 AM ET, 09/26/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Invention, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 02:00 PM ET, 09/22/2011

A time-lapse tour of San Francisco (video)
By Melissa Steffan
Filmed between June 2010 and August 19, 2011, in San Francisco, this video, created by videographer Wesley Townsend Kitten, uses digital, time-lapse photography to showcase the city.

By Melissa Steffan  |  02:00 PM ET, 09/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Video, The Lunch Break

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/22/2011

If Washington had a Klout score, what would it be?
By Emi Kolawole
We asked Klout CEO and cofounder Joe Fernandez for Washington’s number.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 09/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read

Posted at 04:00 PM ET, 09/21/2011

Enter, “The Nose”
By Melissa Steffan
A new technology gives people with food allergies reason to cheer.

By Melissa Steffan  |  04:00 PM ET, 09/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Lunch Break, Technology, Invention, Health, Video

Posted at 12:03 PM ET, 09/21/2011

Out of the Valley and into the Alley
By Dominic Basulto
Consider that some of the most exciting new start-ups over the past two years have been companies like Foursquare, Etsy, Tumblr, Gilt Groupe, Boxee and Kickstarter - all of which got their start in New York.

By Dominic Basulto  |  12:03 PM ET, 09/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/20/2011

Ideas@Innovations is in Silicon Valley
By Emi Kolawole
We’re teaming up with the Post’s On Leadership this week to cover some of the region’s most innovative leaders.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 09/20/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/19/2011

The intelligence community gets social
By Brian Fung
The intelligence community is beginning to ramp up their effort to track open intelligence via social media.

By Brian Fung  |  06:00 AM ET, 09/19/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/16/2011

Say ‘good-bye’ to ‘too big to fail’
By Dominic Basulto
The FDIC, Federal Reserve and Financial Stability Oversight Council have united on the mandatory creation of "living wills" for the largest banks in the country.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 09/16/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Dominic Basulto, Morning Read

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/15/2011

AARP makes its presence known at Demo 2011
By Emi Kolawole
AARP’s senior vice president of thought leadership, Jody Holtzman, has his reasons for being there — all 78 million of them.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 09/15/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Innovations, Technology, Morning Read

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/14/2011

The starvation of America’s middle class
By Dominic Basulto
When you think “world hunger,” you probably think of far-off places. Think again.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 09/14/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Health, Morning Read, Urban Development

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/13/2011

PayPal co-founder: Innovation ‘between dire straits and dead’
By Emi Kolawole
Max Levchin and fellow co-founder Peter Thiel had some tough words for Silicon Valley at the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 09/13/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Entrepreneurship, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/12/2011

The Orion capsule begins to take shape
By Emi Kolawole
NASA may have shut down the space shuttle program, but the quest to explore space continues.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 09/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Innovator of the Week, Invention, Technology, Research, Morning Read

Posted at 03:46 PM ET, 09/09/2011

USA 2001 vs. USA 2011
By Emi Kolawole
Innovator of the Week | Did 9/11 impair our ability to, at our fullest potential, explore what’s next?

By Emi Kolawole  |  03:46 PM ET, 09/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Innovator of the Week, Invention

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/09/2011

The Postal Service’s path from zero to hero
By Dominic Basulto
The U.S. Postal Service is clearly in need of a radical overhaul, and it can be done.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 09/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Dominic Basulto, Morning Read

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/08/2011

Has the U.S. lost the will to compete?
By Emi Kolawole
The United States dropped in the World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness rankings for a third consecutive year.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 09/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Morning Read

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 09/07/2011

The Groupon IPO’s delayed. Whither the social media bubble?
By Emi Kolawole
Groupon is reportedly delaying its IPO. What does that mean for the oft-mentioned social media bubble?

By Emi Kolawole  |  07:00 AM ET, 09/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/06/2011

Welcome to your curated Web, courtesy of corporate America
By Dominic Basulto
The amount of content online is growing, and with it comes the need for a new kind of information gatekeeper.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 09/06/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Dominic Basulto, Morning Read, The Arts

Posted at 04:55 PM ET, 09/02/2011

9/11 memories and voices: a new kind of sharing
By Emi Kolawole
Innovations | We don’t share our memories the way we once did, but a world that, perhaps, could not hear you on 9/11 can hear you now.

By Emi Kolawole  |  04:55 PM ET, 09/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Technology, The Arts, Video

Posted at 01:52 PM ET, 09/02/2011

Wal-Mart vs. RankMyHack.com
By Emi Kolawole
It’s the establishment against the anti-establishment this week.

By Emi Kolawole  |  01:52 PM ET, 09/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Innovator of the Week, Invention, Technology, Video

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/02/2011

The underground venture capital economy
By Dominic Basulto
At a time when the above-ground economy seems to be stuck in perpetual neutral, something very interesting is happening in the underground, VC economy.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 09/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Dominic Basulto, Entrepreneurship, Invention, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/01/2011

Should résumés replace school transcripts?
By Emi Kolawole
Is it time to replace school transcripts with résumés?

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 09/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education, Morning Read

Posted at 04:57 PM ET, 08/31/2011

Innovations in death
By Emi Kolawole
Burying or cremating your loved ones — no longer your only options.

By Emi Kolawole  |  04:57 PM ET, 08/31/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Invention, Research, Technology, Video

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/31/2011

It’s official: Hacking has been gamified
By Brian D. Fung
The creation of a leader board interface for the world’s top hackers has officially introduced gamification into the world of hacking.

By Brian D. Fung  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/31/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Invention, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/30/2011

Don’t hate the new player, hate the new game
By Emi Kolawole
The video game industry has undergone a transformation, allowing new kinds of games to come to the fore. Their introduction means the rise of a new type of player, according to a new study.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/30/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 04:56 PM ET, 08/29/2011

Cornell lab discovers chatbot doesn’t get along with itself (video)
By Emi Kolawole
Scientists at Cornell’s Creative Machines Lab let a chatbot have a conversation with itself. The result was a bit strange.

By Emi Kolawole  |  04:56 PM ET, 08/29/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Invention, Research, Video, #Quirky

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/29/2011

Carnovsky paper: Wallpaper that changes with the light
By Emi Kolawole
The paper that changes under red, green or blue light is on display at a bar in London

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/29/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Arts, Morning Read

Posted at 02:35 PM ET, 08/26/2011

Have a panel idea for SXSW 2012? Congratulations, so does everyone else.
By Emi Kolawole
There are over 3,000 panel ideas for SXSW. That is a lot. But is it over the top?

By Emi Kolawole  |  02:35 PM ET, 08/26/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Arts, The Lunch Break

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/26/2011

The Internet is whatever you want it to be
By Dominic Basulto
If you’re online, you’re probably in a bubble and you don’t even realize it.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/26/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Technology, Video, Morning Read

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/25/2011

Stubblebine: Lift is not a variation on Twitter
By Emi Kolawole
Tony Stubblebine, one half of the “Lift” founding team, shares some new details about the project.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/25/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Technology, Invention, Morning Read

Posted at 01:12 PM ET, 08/24/2011

Libyan rebels get high-tech eyes in the sky on Gaddafi forces (video)
By Emi Kolawole
Two Canadian firms are giving Libyan rebels a drone that lets them see their enemies without being seen.

By Emi Kolawole  |  01:12 PM ET, 08/24/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Invention, Research, Technology, The Lunch Break, Video

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/24/2011

Robots and the end of war as we know it
By Dominic Basulto
Technological advancement and market demand are converging when it comes to military robotics.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/24/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Innovations, Dominic Basulto, Invention, Research, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/23/2011

MIT, Stanford students communicate through ‘wormhole’
By Emi Kolawole
An MIT alum created a unique system to allow students to communicate across the country, face-to-face on a casual basis.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/23/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education, Invention, Research, Technology, Video, Morning Read

Posted at 03:42 PM ET, 08/22/2011

Take a museum visit without leaving your desk
By Emi Kolawole
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston captured their exhibit of Carlos Cruz-Diez’s art in video.

By Emi Kolawole  |  03:42 PM ET, 08/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Arts, The Lunch Break, Video

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/22/2011

A new era of hiring
By Emi Kolawole
Companies are meeting an urgent need by breaking down the walls to hiring by using peer-to-peer platforms.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Education, Morning Read, Video

Posted at 01:00 PM ET, 08/19/2011

Stephen Colbert’s head gets launched into space (video)
By Emi Kolawole
The folks at 3D-printer company MakerBot launched an electric-green 3D print of the comedian’s head into space.

By Emi Kolawole  |  01:00 PM ET, 08/19/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Invention, Technology, The Lunch Break, Video, #Quirky

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/19/2011

The web reacts to HP’s bombshell
By Emi Kolawole
Speculation is rampant as to what HP’s big announcement means for the company and the future of the PC.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/19/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Technology, Morning Read

Posted at 03:29 PM ET, 08/18/2011

Reid Hoffman: Today’s social media data will inform the next generation of companies (Video)
By Emi Kolawole
Reid Hoffman spoke with All Things D’s Kara Swisher after the LinkedIn IPO.

By Emi Kolawole  |  03:29 PM ET, 08/18/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Video, The Lunch Break, Business, Technology, Entrepreneurship

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/18/2011

The tipping point for Internet education?
By Emi Kolawole
Knewton, the company behind the Web-based customizeable education platform, thinks it is.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/18/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education, Invention, Technology, Morning Read

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/17/2011

Big ideas: Disruptive innovation and the patent war
By Emi Kolawole
We look at two pieces that bring together two popular innovation concepts: disruption and the ongoing patent war.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/17/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 02:44 PM ET, 08/16/2011

A new definition for ‘play with time’ (video)
By Emi Kolawole
A video takes the phrase ‘play with time’ and gives it a new meaning.

By Emi Kolawole  |  02:44 PM ET, 08/16/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Arts, The Lunch Break, Video, #Quirky

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/16/2011

Why smart-grid analytics are a big deal
By Emi Kolawole
A new study shows the value of the smart grid data analytics industry is growing fast.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/16/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Energy, Technology, Morning Read

Posted at 03:23 PM ET, 08/15/2011

BBC’s ‘Do you see what I see?' explores the power of perception (video)
By Emi Kolawole
A BBC series explores the power of perception and how one person’s perception differs from another’s.

By Emi Kolawole  |  03:23 PM ET, 08/15/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Video, The Lunch Break, The Lunch Break

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/15/2011

Solar light bulb sheds light on social entre­pre­neur­ship model
By Emi Kolawole
An inventor has created a solar-powered LED light bulb, but he’s not giving it away for free.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/15/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Entrepreneurship, Invention, Morning Read, Technology, Video

Posted at 06:34 PM ET, 08/12/2011

The iTableous looks like an iPhone except it’s 40 inches long (video)
By Emi Kolawole
Benjamin Bachmeier has developed a 40-inch iPhone replica.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:34 PM ET, 08/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  #Quirky, Video, Invention, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/12/2011

Get ready for the new era of manufacturing
By Dominic Basulto
Dominic Basulto | The future of manufacturing in America may look completely different from the way that you imagine it.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Business, Entrepreneurship, Invention, Morning Read, Research, Technology

Posted at 04:01 PM ET, 08/11/2011

Teachers, ACLU riled over social media ban
By Emi Kolawole
Missouri teachers, in concert with the ACLU are fighting back against a ban against direct contact between teachers and students over social media.

By Emi Kolawole  |  04:01 PM ET, 08/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/11/2011

Verizon opens Application Innovation Center
By Emi Kolawole
The new center was created to promote collaboration among developers of applications on the Verizon platform.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Technology, Morning Read

Posted at 02:23 PM ET, 08/10/2011

New technology may mean bad news for criminals (video)
By Emi Kolawole
A new gel provides the power of a microscope for a fraction of the cost.

By Emi Kolawole  |  02:23 PM ET, 08/10/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Invention, Research, Technology, The Lunch Break, Video

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/10/2011

This is the Internet, do not power it down
By Dominic Basulto
As a giant self-replicating organism, the Web may not evolve the way we think it will.

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/10/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Technology

Posted at 03:12 PM ET, 08/09/2011

Lando Calrissian to Han Solo: Nothing personal (video)
By Emi Kolawole
Actor Billy Dee Williams provides his take on a key plot point in one of the most innovative films of the modern era.

By Emi Kolawole  |  03:12 PM ET, 08/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Arts, The Lunch Break, Video

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/09/2011

DefCon opens its doors to pre-teen and teen hackers
By Emi Kolawole
DefCon opened its doors to teen and pre-teen hackers this year for the first time, since it was founded 18 years ago.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Technology, Education, Morning Read

Posted at 01:58 PM ET, 08/08/2011

California in tilt-shift perspective
By Emi Kolawole
We noticed this video via Gizmodo this weekend. It uses an interesting adjustment to perspective to show some of California’s skylines and locales.

By Emi Kolawole  |  01:58 PM ET, 08/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Video, The Arts, The Lunch Break

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/08/2011

The downgrading of America
By Emi Kolawole
What does the S&P downgrade and Morgan Stanley’s downgrade of LinkedIn mean for our innovation future?

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Morning Read, Technology, Video

Posted at 02:05 PM ET, 08/05/2011

Balding men of the world rejoice, then groan (video)
By Frank Yonkof
In this short video clip, reverse playback was used to create a, we’ll just say it, creepy illusion.

By Frank Yonkof  |  02:05 PM ET, 08/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  #Quirky, Video, The Lunch Break

Posted at 11:25 AM ET, 08/05/2011

Gold, silver, both or neither: What do you do when markets crash? (#MarketTips)
By Emi Kolawole
Bad economic news has people debating whether to buy gold, silver or both. But is there a better way to beat back the recession?

By Emi Kolawole  |  11:25 AM ET, 08/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Entrepreneurship

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/05/2011

Let’s make a deal for an economic recovery
By Dominic Basulto
Could deal sites like Groupon help save the economy via America’s small businesses?

By Dominic Basulto  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Business, Morning Read

Posted at 02:34 PM ET, 08/04/2011

‘A trip of a lifetime’ (video)
By Frank Yonkof
What do you get when you send 3 guys on a 38,000-mile trip around the world, visiting 11 countries in 44 days? The trip of a lifetime, apparently.

By Frank Yonkof  |  02:34 PM ET, 08/04/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Video, The Lunch Break, The Arts

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 08/04/2011

Goodbye debt ceiling debate, hello startup visas
By Emi Kolawole
The White House has a new series on their blog, and it’s all about entrepreneurs.

By Emi Kolawole  |  07:00 AM ET, 08/04/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Entrepreneurship, Morning Read

Posted at 03:15 PM ET, 08/03/2011

‘I now pronounce you husband and wife,’ said the computer (video)
By Frank Yonkof
Miguel Hanson and Diana Wesley decided to tie the knot in front of Rev. Bit, a virtual Minster on a computer screen.

By Frank Yonkof  |  03:15 PM ET, 08/03/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Invention, Technology, #Quirky, Video, The Lunch Break

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 08/03/2011

Innovations in the fight against famine
By Emi Kolawole
As emergency aid is being sent to Somalia, efforts are underway to stem, if not reverse, the tide of world hunger.

By Emi Kolawole  |  07:00 AM ET, 08/03/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Health, Technology, Morning Read

Posted at 02:10 PM ET, 08/02/2011

Scientists create robot that thinks for itself (video)
By Frank Yonkof
Scientists in Japan are developing a robot that can learn from its surroundings and solve specific problems that it is not programmed to solve.

By Frank Yonkof  |  02:10 PM ET, 08/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Video, The Lunch Break, Invention, Research, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 08/02/2011

For GM’s EN-V, it’s hurry up and wait
By Emi Kolawole
The automaker continues to deny rumors that its autonomous vehicle, the EN-V, is anywhere near production.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 08/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Energy, Invention, Technology, Urban Development, Morning Read

Posted at 01:26 PM ET, 08/01/2011

CDs go from waste to art in Paris
By Frank Yonkof
An artist-architect duo is France is finding a new way to make use of 65,000 abandoned CDs while creating a public work of art.

By Frank Yonkof  |  01:26 PM ET, 08/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Arts, The Lunch Break, Video

Posted at 12:01 AM ET, 08/01/2011

Adobe Edge marks pivot to HTML5
By Emi Kolawole
The company released their HTML5 design tool before it reached beta to give developers a chance to provide feedback.

By Emi Kolawole  |  12:01 AM ET, 08/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Technology, The Arts, Morning Read

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/29/2011

Medical records get Uncle Sam’s permission to meet iPad app (#nexthealth)
By Emi Kolawole
How would you feel if your doctor walked into the examination room with an iPad?

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/29/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Health, Invention, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/28/2011

10 ventures chosen to give COMMON Pitch
By Emi Kolawole and Frank Yonkof
One team wants to make affordable public showers for the homeless. COMMON Pitch may be its chance to realize that dream.

By Emi Kolawole and Frank Yonkof  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/28/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Invention, Morning Read, Technology, The Arts, Video, Urban Development

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/27/2011

Is U.S. innovation experiencing death by patent?
By Emi Kolawole
Patents have been popping up in the news quite a bit over the last few weeks. As the economy continues to stumble along, companies and investors are working even harder to find ways to make a profit. This includes enforcing their patents.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/27/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Entrepreneurship, Invention, Morning Read, Research, Technology

Posted at 01:00 PM ET, 07/26/2011

Marine Rye Barkott: ‘You don’t have to wait to make an impact’
By Emi Kolawole
Marine and author Rye Barkott addresses an audience at The RSA in England, arguing that a nation’s fundamental change can start from within.

By Emi Kolawole  |  01:00 PM ET, 07/26/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Video, The Lunch Break

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/26/2011

The social movie is here. Welcome to ‘The Inside Experience’
By Emi Kolawole
The morning read | Intel and Toshiba launched a marketing campaign Monday in the form of a film that lets you in on the action.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/26/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Video, The Arts, Business

Posted at 07:07 AM ET, 07/25/2011

Fake Apple store under investigation in China
By Emi Kolawole
The Chinese government is investigating one unauthorized Apple store as part of a broader invesitgation into Chinese electronics retailers.

By Emi Kolawole  |  07:07 AM ET, 07/25/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/25/2011

Educating innovators and entrepreneurs in Nigeria
By Emi Kolawole
THE MORNING READ | Two new centers in Nigeria plan to educate and mentor budding innovators and entrepreneurs.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/25/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Education, Entrepreneurship, Business

Posted at 02:30 PM ET, 07/22/2011

Student receives $10,000 grant to create more efficient solar panels
By Frank Yonkof
Eden Full is only 19, yet the Princeton University student has come up with a way to make solar panels 40 percent more efficient.

By Frank Yonkof  |  02:30 PM ET, 07/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Video, The Lunch Break, Invention, Energy

Posted at 10:21 AM ET, 07/22/2011

Ashton Kutcher, Madonna’s manager back mysterious ‘Amen’ project
By Emi Kolawole
Actor Ashton Kutcher and Madonna’s manager Guy Oseary are backing a new, highly secretive project.

By Emi Kolawole  |  10:21 AM ET, 07/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Technology, Entrepreneurship, Business

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/22/2011

When do you stop innovating to beat the heat?
By Emi Kolawole
Some may want to use the heat wave as a chance to reduce their carbon footprint. But being safe is just as important.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Health

Posted at 12:38 PM ET, 07/21/2011

Apple’s OS X Lion is the new king of the technology jungle
By Dominic Basulto
Ideas@Innovations | The greatest innovations from Apple are not always obvious.

By Dominic Basulto  |  12:38 PM ET, 07/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Dominic Basulto, Invention, Technology

Posted at 10:49 AM ET, 07/21/2011

Toyota developing new technology that avoids a collision when you can’t
By Frank Yonkof
Toyota is developing technology that will take control of your car before you crash, veering it to safety before impact.

By Frank Yonkof  |  10:49 AM ET, 07/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Invention, Research, Technology

Posted at 09:05 AM ET, 07/21/2011

Homeless in college: How do you make it work?
By Emi Kolawole
The number of homeless college students is on the rise. A law was passed to ease their financial burden, but could more be done?

By Emi Kolawole  |  09:05 AM ET, 07/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education, Morning Read

Posted at 08:05 AM ET, 07/21/2011

The space shuttle era ends. What’s next? (#SpaceFuture)
By Emi Kolawole
The safe landing of Atlantis signals the end of the space shuttle, but what’s next?

By Emi Kolawole  |  08:05 AM ET, 07/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/21/2011

Google Labs to close: Can Google still innovate?
By Frank Yonkof
Google Labs users are raising questions about whether the company will continue to be innovative.

By Frank Yonkof  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Technology, Research

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/20/2011

The IdeasLab: Where Big ideas meet big problems
By Emi Kolawole
A new interactive feature from The World Economic Forum peels back the curtain on their IdeasLab.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/20/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Education, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Invention, Research, Technology, Morning Read

Posted at 11:53 AM ET, 07/19/2011

The return of the blockbuster drug
By Dominic Basulto
Ideas@Innovations | A recent FDA announcement may mean the demise of the blockbuster drug may have been greatly exaggerated.

By Dominic Basulto  |  11:53 AM ET, 07/19/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Business, Health

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/19/2011

What startups can learn from News of the World
By Emi Kolawole
The morning read | GigaOm’s Om Malik writes that transparency is a transformative force.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/19/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Entrepreneurship, Invention, Research, Technology, Video, Morning Read

Posted at 01:00 PM ET, 07/18/2011

Fighting Kudzu with helium (video)
By Frank Yonkof
A 17-year old appears to have discovered a way to kill the aggressive vine without harming the surrounding plants and wildlife.

By Frank Yonkof  |  01:00 PM ET, 07/18/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Invention, Technology, The Lunch Break, Video

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/18/2011

Tech companies and the magic of the invitation
By Emi Kolawole
The morning read | Technology companies are taking advantage of the invitation-only marketing approach.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/18/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Invention, The Arts, Technology, Morning Read

Posted at 01:30 PM ET, 07/15/2011

Maajid Nawaz: We need an al-Qaeda for democracy
By Emi Kolawole
Video | In a TED talk in July, former Islamic extremist Maajid Nawaz discusses the reasons extremists appear to be so successful at spreading their message.

By Emi Kolawole  |  01:30 PM ET, 07/15/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education, The Lunch Break, Video

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/15/2011

Google’s a big infrastructure spender
By Emi Kolawole
The morning read | Why Google spent nearly $1 billion on infrastructure and college students build what may be the next generation of Foursquare.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/15/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Entrepreneurship, Invention, Technology, Morning Read

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/14/2011

University lab chiefs confront innovation challenges
By Emi Kolawole
The heads of some of the nation’s major university laboratories gathered in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/14/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Invention, Research, Technology, Video

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/13/2011

Save the bees, save the world
By Emi Kolawole
The morning read | As the number of honeybees continues to decline, scientists are working on making stronger bees.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/13/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Research, Technology, Video, Business

Posted at 11:13 AM ET, 07/12/2011

Silicon Valley’s great social experiment
By Dominic Basulto
Ideas@Innovations | In many ways, the creation of a new social network such as Google+ requires the mind of a sociologist or anthropologist, not a technologist.

By Dominic Basulto  |  11:13 AM ET, 07/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/12/2011

A boost for HIV-AIDS research; communication for the disabled; eliminating a food desert; intelligence ACES; how Android beats iPhone
By Emi Kolawole
The morning read | HIV/AIDS research groups to receive $70 million over the next five years.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Research, Technology, Urban Development, Business, Health

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/11/2011

South Sudan: live-blogging the birth of a nation; what Google+ is worth to Google; gazing past the iPhone 5; the 2012 African innovation prize; GAIA’s billion-pixel galaxy camera
By Emi Kolawole
The morning read | The birth of The Republic of South Sudan was welcomed with a live blog. Also, more on Google+, GAIA, the rumored iPhone 5 and the 2012 African Innovation Prize.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Invention, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 11:35 AM ET, 07/08/2011

The do-it-yourself health-care revolution gets a boost
By Dominic Basulto
Ideas@Innovations | If government, or the private sector, won’t give us an innovative health-care system, the people will create it themselves.

By Dominic Basulto  |  11:35 AM ET, 07/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Health, Invention, Research, Technology, Video

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/08/2011

ISPs institute six-strike rule; did Facebook reveal its music service?; the shuttle program through the years; innovating the meat we eat; GE’s hipster history
By Emi Kolawole
The morning read | Leading internet service providers back a six-strike rule for alleged copyright infringers.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Video, Technology, Business

Posted at 04:52 PM ET, 07/07/2011

Obama’s immigration dodge
By Vivek Wadhwa
Ideas@Innovations | The president didn’t answer the immigration question during his Twitter town hall. And time is running out.

By Vivek Wadhwa  |  04:52 PM ET, 07/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education, Vivek's Take

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/07/2011

Will Facebook’s Skype chat beat out Google+ hangouts; re-inventing capitalism; kids are predicting the Internet’s future; Japan’s lunar tech discovery
By Emi Kolawole
The morning read | The ‘awesome’ announcement has arrived, but will it trump Google+?

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Invention, Technology, Research, Morning Read

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/06/2011

Obama’s Twitter townhall (#AskObama); the end of unlimited data plans; tracking malaria cures; rescuing dying languages; an all-renewable island
By Emi Kolawole
The morning read | The president holds his Twitter townhall, while Verizon brings an end to unlimited data.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/06/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Technology, Morning Read

Posted at 02:13 PM ET, 07/05/2011

Is it possible to tweet a recovery?
By Dominic Basulto
Ideas@Innovations | Is it really possible to crowd-source a recovery via hashtags?

By Dominic Basulto  |  02:13 PM ET, 07/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 07/05/2011

The Global Innovation Index is out; tracking the big IPOs; decoding the term sheet; pilots get iPads; Prizes.org has arrived
By Emi Kolawole
The morning read | INSEAD released its global innovation index. But do we need one?

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 07/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Entrepreneurship, Technology

Posted at 08:42 AM ET, 07/01/2011

The tech bubble is coming. Prepare yourself.
By Vivek Wadhwa
Ideas@Innovations | Vivek Wadhwa argues that the high valuations of tech companies like Zynga and Groupon are a clear sign of an oncoming bubble.

By Vivek Wadhwa  |  08:42 AM ET, 07/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Vivek's Take, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Business

Posted at 05:55 AM ET, 07/01/2011

Mark Zuckerberg is going to tell us something ‘awesome’; FTC digs into Twitter; ViralHeat is watching you; Net Neutrality is almost here
By Emi Kolawole
The morning read | Mark Zuckerberg says he’s going to announce something “awesome” next week. And so, we wait.

By Emi Kolawole  |  05:55 AM ET, 07/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Entrepreneurship, Health, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 05:23 PM ET, 06/30/2011

Wikileaks: We are ‘priceless,’ so please donate (video)
By Emi Kolawole
Ideas@Innovations | Wikileaks founder Julian Assange makes an appearance in the latest appeal for donations to the organization.

By Emi Kolawole  |  05:23 PM ET, 06/30/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Lunch Break, Video

Posted at 10:15 AM ET, 06/30/2011

Don Draper needs to re-brand infrastructure for the internet era
By Dominic Basulto
Ideas@Innovations | Don Draper needs to re-brand infrastructure for the internet era.

By Dominic Basulto  |  10:15 AM ET, 06/30/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Dominic Basulto, Energy, Technology, Urban Development

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 06/30/2011

Craig Newmark launches charity competition for veterans; Justin Timberlake takes on MySpace; and Larry Summers joins a VC
By Emi Kolawole
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark starts a charity competition for veterans’ families.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 06/30/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Energy, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 06/29/2011

Google takes on Facebook; Zynga’s IPO advances; Twitter’s Stone steps back; Sprint’s Hesse throws ‘nukes’
By Emi Kolawole
Google takes on Facebook and deals a blow to RIM, Zynga gets a step closer to an IPO and Sprint CEO Hesse starts tossing “nukes.”

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 06/29/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Business, Morning Read, Video

Posted at 11:00 AM ET, 06/28/2011

The driverless car: Innovation on autopilot
By Dominic Basulto
Ideas@Innovations | Google’s unorthodx approach to innovation has led the company to its next big idea: Driverless cars.

By Dominic Basulto  |  11:00 AM ET, 06/28/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Invention, Technology, Video

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 06/28/2011

Brookings and Aspen Ideas Festival take on immigration
By Emi Kolawole
The morning read | Brookings and The Aspen Ideas Festival take on immigration.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:00 AM ET, 06/28/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Invention, Education

Posted at 12:23 PM ET, 06/27/2011

Chief Justice John Roberts: ‘I don’t think any of us...tweet, whatever that is’
By Emi Kolawole
Ideas@Innovations | The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court discussed the impact of social media on the High Court both logistically and jurisprudentially.

By Emi Kolawole  |  12:23 PM ET, 06/27/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Video, Technology, The Lunch Break

Posted at 06:36 AM ET, 06/27/2011

LulzSec calls it quits; enter the internal social network and the all-digital textbook; where Google health failed
By Emi Kolawole
The morning read | Goodbye, LulzSec. Hello, internal social networks.

By Emi Kolawole  |  06:36 AM ET, 06/27/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Education, Entrepreneurship, Technology

Posted at 05:31 PM ET, 06/24/2011

Fail whale, meet the Chinese dragon
By Dominic Basulto
Ideas@Innovations | Far from being a Twitter copycat, China’s Sina Weibo has emerged as a force to be reckoned with.

By Dominic Basulto  |  05:31 PM ET, 06/24/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Technology

Posted at 02:04 PM ET, 06/24/2011

We need a black Mark Zuckerberg
By Vivek Wadhwa
Ideas@Innovations | Is Silicon Valley diverse? Yes. But it’s missing something: Blacks and Hispanics.

By Vivek Wadhwa  |  02:04 PM ET, 06/24/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Vivek's Take, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Business

Posted at 08:01 AM ET, 06/24/2011

India’s growth begins to falter; Google’s Page and Schmidt pass on Senate invitation
By Emi Kolawole
Morning read | India’s growth spurt begins to falter; Google executives Page and Schmidt tell Congress, thanks, but no thanks.

By Emi Kolawole  |  08:01 AM ET, 06/24/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Business, Video

Posted at 11:58 AM ET, 06/23/2011

Aimi Eguchi unmasked: The newest threat to Justin Bieber’s pop supremacy?
By Emi Kolawole
Ideas@Innovations | Aimi Eguchi may be the greatest threat to flesh-and-blood pop stars’ supremacy.

By Emi Kolawole  |  11:58 AM ET, 06/23/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Invention, Technology, The Arts, Video

Posted at 10:01 AM ET, 06/23/2011

Ready, Fire, Aim: The revolution will be photographed
By Dominic Basulto
Ideas@Innovations | Lytro’s revolutionary, but it may be lost on the hipster photographers of today who want their photos to look older — not younger.

By Dominic Basulto  |  10:01 AM ET, 06/23/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Invention, Technology, The Arts, Dominic Basulto, Video

Posted at 08:45 AM ET, 06/23/2011

Wired: Exit the troops, enter the drones
By Emi Kolawole
Morning read | Wired’s Ackerman says troops will be replaced by drones, as the economic recovery slows, and Google gets some bad news in Russia.

By Emi Kolawole  |  08:45 AM ET, 06/23/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Education, Business, Morning Read, Technology

Posted at 08:47 PM ET, 06/22/2011

The Afghanistan war and America’s innovation future
By Emi Kolawole
Ideas@Innovations | Has the Afghanistan war held America back or helped it move forward?

By Emi Kolawole  |  08:47 PM ET, 06/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Invention, Research, Technology

Posted at 02:27 PM ET, 06/22/2011

The men and women who want to live forever
By Dominic Basulto
Ideas@Innovations | New technology may eliminate the Faustian bargains associated with prolonging life.

By Dominic Basulto  |  02:27 PM ET, 06/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Health, Technology, Research, The Arts, The Arts

Posted at 08:29 AM ET, 06/22/2011

Is open government dead?
By Emi Kolawole
Ideas@Innovations | LulzSec is back on the attack, Uncle Sam’s looking to hire, and Afghanistan goes MacGuyver.

By Emi Kolawole  |  08:29 AM ET, 06/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read, Morning Read

Posted at 02:01 PM ET, 06/21/2011

Facebook needs to face the music
By Dominic Basulto
Ideas@Innovations | If Internet radio company Pandora could be valued at $2 billion, just how much is Facebook Music worth?

By Dominic Basulto  |  02:01 PM ET, 06/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dominic Basulto, Technology, Business, Business

Posted at 09:24 AM ET, 06/21/2011

The morning read: LulzSec suspect reportedly arrested in Essex, England
By Emi Kolawole
The morning read | The top five stories we’re reading this morning.

By Emi Kolawole  |  09:24 AM ET, 06/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Morning Read

Posted at 08:13 AM ET, 06/20/2011

The morning read
By Emi Kolawole
Ideas@Innovations | The day’s top five stories on innovation.

By Emi Kolawole  |  08:13 AM ET, 06/20/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Innovations, Morning Read