The Report

Archive: 10-2012

• For this entrepreneur’s success, liquor is quicker

  New York entrepreneur Allison Patel wants to introduce Americans to French single malt whiskey.

  October 28, 2012, 5:02 PM PDT | By Audrey Quinn

• To innovate, scientists and engineers find inspiration in the arts

  In the innovation field, a rebirth of Renaissance thinking is brewing. Scientists and engineers are engaging with the arts to think creatively–an evident trend at the recent PopTech conference.

  October 27, 2012, 8:09 AM PDT | By Reena Jana

• Urban Prototyping and the dawn of DIY urbanism

  Can the technologists, artists, or tinkerers who live next door change how your city works? The Urban Prototyping Festival offers a platform to find out.

  October 25, 2012, 5:14 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor

• Design’s next challenges: embracing the counter-intuitive, dealing with Big Data

  At the annual conference of the Design Management Institute, speakers discussed the future of design in the era of both Big Data and big global economic challenges.

  October 24, 2012, 6:39 PM PDT | By Reena Jana

• New alliance could make cable a catalyst for cleaner power

  Dean Kamen is teaming up with telecom to work on commercializing an alternative-energy machine that can run on virtually any type of fuel - from hydrogen, to methane, to beer.

  October 24, 2012, 3:07 AM PDT | By Mari Silbey

• Near Field Communication slips, slowly, into the mainstream

  Oh whither, NFC? The time looks ripe, finally, for this enabling technology to get a foothold in the smartphone world.

  October 23, 2012, 1:47 AM PDT | By Mary Catherine O'Connor

• In pursuit of the perfect gift

  San Francisco-based startup Wantful wants to help choose your holiday gifts (so you don’t have to).

  October 22, 2012, 6:01 AM PDT | By Beth Carter

• Defining ‘resilience’ as an innovation strategy

  At the PopTech conference in Camden, Maine, a wide spectrum of speakers–and attendees–discussed resilience in humanitarian, technological, and even philosophical contexts.

  October 18, 2012, 5:51 PM PDT | By Reena Jana

• What’s really holding women back?

  Stanford psychologist Lauren Aguilar has an explanation for why women may underperform in the workplace.

  October 16, 2012, 5:31 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn

• The Internet2 experiment goes global

  Can advanced networking initiatives like Internet2 fuel a global renaissance?

  October 10, 2012, 3:07 AM PDT | By Mari Silbey