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[View the story "Ideas@Innovations Wrap-up #3" on Storify ]Ideas@Innovations Wrap-up #3 The Dragon capsule floated in space on its way to the International Space Station, Peter Thiel is singing a siren song to America's youth (according to Vivek Wadhwa) and 'CmdrTaco' offers his take on immortality. Yes, it's time -- yet again -- for the week that was in Innovation. Storified by Emi Kolawole · Fri, May 25 2012 12:19:27
Monday ICYMI: Our own Vivek Wadhwa was on CBS's 60 Minutes this past weekend. So, we, naturally, started the week with his follow-up on Peter Thiel's then-most recent appearance advocating for kids to reconsider going to college:
Peter Thiel sings siren song to America's youthThiel made this statement based on a 2011 calculation by Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff, which found that plumbers make m...
We also couldn't resist bringing to your attention this wonderful piece from our esteemed colleague Joel Achenbach:
Facebook IPO and Twitter meet Copernican PrinciplePosted at 11:49 AM ET, 05/21/2012 Mazel tov to Mark Zuckerberg and his lovely bride! Now let's talk about that Facebook IPO again. Your b...
And VentureBeat had the story about Reddit's latest gift-giving effort. Featuring Stephen Colbert for the win...
Reddit kicks off new gift exchange to boost troop moraleEver the patriot, The Colbert Report's Stephen Colbert (pictured) was among the first to sign up for the new gift giving program. The new...
Video of the Week: The "Sports-ageddon" conversion for the Kings-to-Lakers-to-Clippers. Have at it sports fans...
STAPLES Center "Sports-ageddon" Conversion - LA KINGS to LAKERS to CLIPPERSscntmarketing
Tuesday The day started at 2:30 in the morning, at which point I promptly made the Twitter error (hastily corrected) that the SpaceX launch was happening in 30 minutes, when I had the glory of a full hour's wait ahead of me. Well, it was worth it. The launch happened and Twitter was ablaze. I live blogged. It was, in the end, a great start to the day.
SpaceX Dragon capsule enters orbit after historic launch (video)Updated 5:48 a.m.: Members of NASA and SpaceX staff convened for a press conference Tuesday morning, including William Gerstenmaier, Alan...
Then, I started wondering about who, exactly was behind the launch. A note to NASA and SpaceX: more photos of your staff please.
The SpaceX mission: Names to knowPlacing names to faces for the SpaceX mission to the International Space Station.
Then our colleagues over at Wonkblog (in this case Suzy Khimm, specifically) had this science fiction lover swooning by writing this beauty:
How Thomas Edison, Mark Zuckerberg and Iron Man are holding back American innovationAmerica needs its heroes, and it's no different when it comes to innovation. "From Thomas Edison to Iron Man, you have this idea of singl...
And that brings us to the video of the day: The SpaceX launch was too obvious. Also, I'm a huge Great Gatsby fan. I am also a gigantic Baz Luhrmann fan. This means that this is where you will find me on Christmas Day -- experiencing sensory overload by watching a film where the extravagance of the story is matched only by that of the director.
GREAT GATSBY Trailer (2012) Movie HDmovieclipscomingsoon
Wednesday It was mobile Wednesday! Okay, that's not really a thing for us, but we started the day with coverage of a new study from the Brookings Institution on mobile and the future of health care:
Mobile: The health-care fix we've been waiting for?It is projected that there will be more than 10 billion mobile devices in use around the world by 2016, and a new report from Brookings I...
Apple's Jonathan Ive is a knight now -- in addition to designing products that have people around the world lining up around block after block...after block...
Sir Jonathan Ive: Apple's chief designer knightedApple's chief designer was knighted by the princess royal on Wednesday.
Rob Malda, aka "CmdrTaco," has a touching story of a short piece online and how the Internet grants us all immortality:
The Internet and the secret to immortalityDuring my daily news consumption, I bumped into a cute story that seemed a bit familiar. The story was a suggestion to switch to an 18 ce...
The Maker Movement has also received a big push, since TechShop and the DOD are joining forces:
Report: TechShop to team up with Defense Department, DARPAThe Defense Department and the popular DIY workshop chain will reportedly pair up.
The video of the day comes from Detroit and just left us asking one, simple question: Why?
Helicopter Dumps Hot Dogs Over DetroitHundreds of Hot Dogs Fell From the Detroit Sky (David Coates/The Detroit News) Look, up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's...a h...
Thursday The day started with a great piece from our own Ariana Cha
Vallejo, Calif., once bankrupt, is now a model for cities in an age of austerityVALLEJO, CALIF. - The first couple of years were ugly. After this working-class port city became the largest in America to declare bankru...
Which we couldn't help but bring on to the blog...
Vallejo's innovation push: A city reinvents itselfPosted at 01:07 PM ET, 05/24/2012 Vallejo, California is getting more than just a face-lift. The city, as the Post's Ariana Eunjung Cha r...
Then, of course, there was that Wall Street Journal finding about the (dare we say it) death of innovation as a buzzword. Actually, we're not sad about this at all. Keep reading to find out why...
The death of a buzzwordA report explores SEC filings and published books to show how "innovation" is being used...or over-used in corporate America.
And the SpaceX Dragon capsule continues to make its way towards the International Space Station:
SpaceX Dragon capsule one day closer to docking with International Space StationThe Dragon capsule completed its fly-by of the International Space Station Thursday morning.
And we went digging through the video archives and came up with a gem from Eric Ries, which is surprisingly relevant to the debate over Nick Hanauer's TED talk (and the controversy or non-controversy, depending on how you want to look at it).
About Nick Hanauer's TED talk: Eric Ries on why rich people are not 'job creators' (Flashback)Posted at 03:30 PM ET, 05/24/2012 There was a bit of a dust-up last week over a TED talk - a dust-up that has carried well into this week...
And Nick Hanauer responds! (Note: We updated the piece above with Hanauer's full response):
@emikolawole Entrepreneurs don't create jobs either. They create ideas. Riess is still stuck in the19th century paradigmNick Hanauer
In other news,
DARPA posted a press release detailing their collaboration with TechShop. It's looking like D.C. is going to get a TechShop of our very own (and DARPA's)...
@emikolawole Here's some more info on our partnership with @DARPA: http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2012/05/24.aspxTechShop
Here's an excerpt: "Now, thanks to a new collaboration between DARPA, the Department of Veterans Affairs and TechShop, a test-bed will exist to examine new methods and various approaches to creating an effective iFAB. At the same time, the facilities provide a space for innovators to access industrial tools, training and equipment needed to pursue their own 'make' ideas without the need for affiliation with a large manufacturer.
And that brings us to...
Love love love this video (and track!) for @UMO's "How Can You Luv Me," made of public domain footage http://j.mp/KjKzu5 (↬@kellianderson)Maria Popova
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - How Can U Luv Mebobbyp1214
Friday It was SpaceX day on Friday, with the private company making history as the first to send a spacecraft to dock with the international space station. There was video, live updates and, of course, tweets:
SpaceX Dragon capsule set for capture by International Space Station (Live video)Posted at 08:25 AM ET, 05/25/2012 SpaceX Dragon capsule set for capture by International Space Station (Live video) NASA posted an update...
And while many of you may know Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda as the creator of Slashdot, he's also a writer for the Post, getting his first byline in the Post Opinions section of the dead-tree edition. Further proof that old and new school journalism make good bedfellows.
.@cmdrtaco makes the @postopinions page. #nice @ Washington Post http://instagr.am/p/LDZN9Uhmww/Emi Kolawole
Google also released the first video taken using their Google glasses. We got the story via Venture Beat:
Sergey Brin and others debut first video taken with Google GlassesGoogle has debuted the first video taken with its new set of eyewear from its Project Glass project.
And that brings us to the Video of the Day. Since it's a long weekend, we're making it a short Friday. This Friday I'm featuring my former colleague (now gone to that other paper up in New York :) ), Mike McPhate. Here he is playing probably the best piece of music I've heard all week. 'Miss you, Mike.
'Penny's Tail'mcphate
Have a great long weekend, everyone. And happy Memorial Day...
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