The startup what3words wants to change the world by changing one of its most established naming conventions: the address system. Rather than rely on house numbers, street names and zipcodes, the app provides a three-word “name” for every location on the planet and helps you navigate to it using a traditional map app and a compass. It addresses holes in the U.S.’s address system, but, perhaps more importantly, it can work really well in developing nations.
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They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but they can also be a cancer researcher’s best friend – and contrary…
In case you missed it, the U.S. Department of Transportation launched the Smart City Challenge at the end of 2015,…
I like to refer to the 1980’s as “the good ol’ days”. Our computers were enormous, our action heroes weren’t…
If you didn’t think you needed a smart umbrella, you haven’t seen the Oombrella. Using Bluetooth, crowdsourcing and a connected app, this handy device will alert you of incoming weather conditions, remind you when you’ve left it behind, and can even notify you of incoming calls or alerts.
Food is a necessity, which means that there’s a constant demand for businesses that provide it in new, improved and…
It was hard to brag about technological progress when you were forced to manually fold your laundry, wasn’t it? Well those days are over … maybe. With two laundry folding machines poised for market, the technology shows promise but might not yet be ready to take over the household laundry duties.
When it comes to new tech, what’s old is new and analog is cool again. These innovations, from hand-written cards to a touch-sensitive keyboard for gaming to a turntable that takes your vinyl to MP3, are bringing old junk into the digital age.
The Vitals Birth Name: Sarah Goodman Nickname / Desired Superhero Name: The Goods Hometown: Toronto, Ontario (Been in Vancouver BC…
Remember when the video game “Guitar Hero” came out? It was fantastic because it let anyone become an epic rock God,…
If eternal youth meant swapping DNA with a lobster, would you be up for it? And no, I’m not using…
The Oxford University Press inducted “bitcoin” into its online dictionary in 2013, along with a bunch of other esteemed words…
Most of us associate Google with its search engine, but Alphabet (its parent company title) is actually in the midst…
Personal computing devices have grown progressively smaller in size every few generations. As screens shrink, typing with on-screen keyboards becomes…
If you take a look around the laptop section of your local electronics store today, you’ll see that touchscreens are…
From the Hackathon and its winning tool – a CMS with voice recognition – to the Battlefield and its winning startup – Beam and its SDK to integrate with Twitch – to the most interesting keynotes, here are all the highlights from 2016’s TechCrunch Disrupt in New York.
A team from the Future Interfaces Group has created a technology called SkinTrack that makes the entire arm a touchpad for smartwatches. So far it’s just a lab experiment, but the technology could be a game changer in the wearables industry.
If you’re looking to inject some extra personality and atmosphere into your surroundings, there is always the classic companion of…
Some cities were built on rock ‘n roll. Chicago was built on industry, and the startup scene, particularly the foodie…
Last night was the 2016 Met Gala. For those of you who don’t know, the Met Gala is a fundraising…
These three exciting startups are making the online bill payment process a little less horrible. From one consolidated bill to a tool to track your monthly subscription costs, each one offers something unique to take a little of the sting out of the task.
We’ve come across Ogo, a wheelchair that’s unlike any available on the market, thanks to its self-balancing mechanism which allows…
At any given time, there are good startup ideas and there are bad startup ideas. Here are 13 bad ones. Email, messaging, networking, collaboration and friend finding apps – they’ve been done. And smart toys, foodie apps, and selfie sticks are killing our collective souls. So, when you’re looking for the next great business idea, please pass on these. Please.
Facebook live video turned a costly process into a free feature accessible to billions. Shama Hyder discusses the affects on you and your business and why this might be the next game changer in social media marketing.
Most fitness tracker technology comes to us in the form of wearables, which makes sense since they focus on tracking activity.…
The world’s first mind-controlled drone races were just held by sixteen computer science students at the University of Florida. In an event that involved flying cameras, virtual reality headsets, and remote controls, it really was like something out of Star Wars.
Judging a book by its cover isn’t considered conventionally wise, but maybe there’s merit to the idea that external features betray inward…
Magic Leap has leapt back on the scene with a video suggesting a fully functional release this year of their augmented reality technology. We’re still not entirely sure what it does, but SnapMunk is here to offer some educated guesses.
Shama Hyder sits down with Austin Knight, UX Designer at HubSpot to discuss his anti-best practices for website and interface…
Email has come a long way since its humble beginnings, but not all the modifications made to it along the…
FlipFlic, now available through Kickstarter, automates the opening and closing of blinds with temperature and light sensors and a mobile application. This targeted smart-home device might represent a highly focused gadget for the internet of things.
Remidi is a glove and wristband that turns anyone into a one-man band. Play, remix and record songs on the fly. The rhythm is in your fingers. It’s also not the only wearable that is designed to turn your body into a musical instrument, but it might be the best.
Suits are no longer for the stuffy and the self-important, folks. While some classic industries may require them, when it…
Boom’s supersonic plane will be capable of Mach 2.2 speeds (~1,451 mph), which means they’ll travel at more than double the speed of sound. And with 25 planes optioned, 10 of them by Virgin Group, and an upcoming graduation from Y Combinator, they are set to take off soon.
Law enforcement continues to need tech support from private citizens, open admission that government agencies like the FBI just can’t cut it. But what’s holding them back from hiring the best and the brightest? Perhaps it’s our government’s lack of innovation.
The Bios Urn, touted as a way to turn cremated remains into a tree, has gotten a lot of play on social media. Now Bios is Kickstarting a complimentary planter and monitoring system that syncs with a smartphone app to keep a close eye on the growth of the tree.
The most common reason for knee replacement in the United States is severe osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative, “wear-and-tear” type…
Did you know that there are hundreds of earthquakes occurring every day? According to the Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology,…
While most of America sits on the edge of their popcorn-crusted seats waiting for the live Oscar ceremony on Sunday,…
Exoskeletons first made the transition from science fiction to feasible technology in military and industrial applications. These are domains in…
Going to the gas station to fill up my car with gas is a chore. Yes, I realize that’s one of…
If you didn’t know any better, you could easily mistake the RocketBook Wave for a regular-old notebook. For one, it…
Well, folks, we’ve done it. We’ve made an app for absolutely everything, from finding a hooker in Germany to losing…
Hot off the heels of the Paris Climate Change Conference – a relatively successful one at that – more people…
Innovation is tough. I have trouble just finding ideas for starting another article about startups, let alone finding ideas for…
Last week was “American Thanksgiving”; the time when everyone in the United States comes together, farts out a few notes…
Science fiction doesn’t give us answers so much as it asks us questions. What if androids developed self-awareness? What if…
There seems to be some consensus among conscientious voices in the software community that most new applications undersell what we can…
Move over, iMovie (and, uh, Windows Movie Maker, I guess?): amatuer video editing is ready to explode, and it’s headed…
Apparently Hollywood is all out of ideas — most new movies are either a remake with better VFX than the…
For most of its two years as a startup, BioDigital played its cards close to its chest. Though it worked…
A look at five technologies and their possible ramifications in the near-future. The technology discussed includes virtual reality like the Oculus Rift, Android Robots like ASIMO, 3D Printing, Self-Driving Cars like those developed by Google, and Killer AI.
In 2011, Marc Andreessen postulated that software was eating the world. Just four years later, he might need to tweak…
You could succeed using a number of different angles, but these days it’s probably not the wisest one to lock yourself into what amounts to just a unique idea.
Some of the biggest players in the tech industry have been quietly developing initiatives aimed at connecting everyone around the…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last couple of years, you probably know what Uber is. You also…
Successful startups excel in one thing in particular: the art of discovery. But when a startup model evolves to a…
Deciding to follow your dream and live a tumultuous life as an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart.…
When procedural programming languages gave way to object-oriented programming languages, there was an uproar in the technological realm. Fear of change is natural though. After all, why fix it if it ain’t broke? However, it didn’t take long for the skeptics of OOP to come around as they no longer had to…
Any entrepreneur who has ever started a successful business will tell you that no phase is more stressful, grueling and…
Starting a business implies undertaking various fundamental tasks that no one can afford to skimp on. By becoming a venture…
To start a successful startup, you need to stay focused on that task at hand. Unfortunately, what often starts out…
Competition Inspires Innovation The need to excel past your competition gets the think tanks going. It gets the cogs of…
Leadership does not simply entail reaching the top of the corporate ladder and ordering people to do your bidding. It…
Leadership skills are vital to career success. There are many different ways to make a living. In each the path to long-term…
Smart entrepreneurs will make smart product – but what is a smart product? A smart product is designed to be…
Employee engagement in on the tip of everyone’s tongue these days. If you are a business leader and you aren’t…
It has been nearly three years since Steve Jobs passed away, and Apple has since faced a great deal of…
What makes a leader? Is leadership a quality that is inherent in the individual, or does it stems from a…
Confident entrepreneurs are often eager to launch their new ventures to capitalize on a brilliant opportunity before competition emerges. However,…
Becoming a thought leader in your field of expertise does not come quickly and requires continual action to maintain. A…