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Category Archives: Innovation
The Ultimate Relative Price Change
This chart from Mark Perry goes a long way in capturing the decline in purchasing power of many Americans as the population ages (and gets heavier). We suspect the relative price shift is not fully captured in the Consumer Price … Continue reading
Posted in Inflation/Deflation, Innovation
Tagged Electronic prices, Health Care Costs, Real Wages
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Nonlinear Thinking: Wireless Doctors
The wireless revolution in the delivery of health care services is coming, folks. We’ve been all over this story. Click here, here, and here. Scanadu is a new company with a mission to give consumers affordable medical care alternatives and … Continue reading
Are the Droids Taking Our Jobs? MUST VIEW!
We really hope Fed Chairman Bernanke sees this Ted Talk by Andrew McAfee, a management research scientist at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. QE∞ will not rollback the technological forces that are shaping the global labor market and risks … Continue reading
Nonlinear Thinking: Perspective 2.0
Given today’s launch of the iPhone5 we thought you’d enjoy this Western Electric ad of “the phone system of tomorrow” from the October 1977 Technology Review. Perspective! Twenty-five years later we have the iPhone5, which can pay your bills, find … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Innovation, Nonlinear Thinking, Technology
Tagged Apple, Medical Apps, Technology Review, Wester Electric
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Nonlinear Thinking: Earthworm Robots
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. – Albert Einstein. The boys and girls at MIT, Harvard, and Seoul National University are keeping busy. This is truly amazing. Here’s to imagination getting you from … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Nonlinear Thinking, Technology
Tagged Earthworm Robots, Harvard, MIT, Seoul National University
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TR50: The 50 Most Innovative Companies (46-50)
Here are 46-50 and the last of MIT’s Technology Review’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in 2011. We have been posting in increments of five every few days as not to overwhelm you with info and required reading. Click here for 1-5 … Continue reading
TR50: The 50 Most Innovative Companies (41-45)
Here are 41-45 of MIT’s Technology Review’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in 2011. We’re posting in increments of five every few days as not to overwhelm you with info and required reading. Click here for 1-5 of TR’s most innovative companies … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Technology
Tagged Most Innovatitve Companies, SpaceX, Spotify, Square, Suntech, Tabula, Technology Review, TR50
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TR50: The 50 Most Innovative Companies (36-40)
Here are 36-40 of MIT’s Technology Review’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in 2011. We’re posting in increments of five every few days as not to overwhelm you with info and required reading. Click here for 1-5 of TR’s most innovative companies … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Technology
Tagged Innovation, Most Innovative Companies, Samsung, Shell, Siemens, Siluria, Skybox Imaging, Technology, Technology Review, TR50
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TR50: The 50 Most Innovative Companies (31-35)
Here are 31-35 of MIT’s Technology Review’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in 2011. We’re posting in increments of five every few days as not to overwhelm you with info and required reading. Click here for 1-5 of TR’s most innovative companies … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Technology
Tagged Innovation, Most Innovative Companies, PatientsLikeMe, Qualcomm, Roche, Safaricom, Sakti3, Technology, Technology Review
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TR50: The 50 Most Innovative Companies (26-30)
Here are 26-30 of MIT’s Technology Review’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in 2011. We’re posting in increments of five every few days as not to overwhelm you with info and required reading. Click here for 1-5 of TR’s most innovative companies … Continue reading
