Archive for November 7th, 2011
Steve Jobs Was a Tweaker, Not an Inventor
In Malcom Gladwell’s review of Walter Isaacson’s book Steve Jobs, Gladwell argues that Steve Jobs wasn’t an inventor. Instead, he was a tweaker. A tweaker, according to economists Ralf Meisenzahl and Joel Mokyr, was a a resourceful and creative man who took the signature inventions of the industrial age and tweaked them – refined and [...]
Techcrunch: Finally, there’s a way for me to carve up the slopes with my pizza-wedge turns without having to endure the condescending smirks of strangers. That’s because Liftopia, the startup gives you steep discounts on ski tickets and other snow-related activities, has just added a new feature: full-mountain rentals. Which means you can keep the [...]
Building Homes for Extended Families
A Southern California homebuilder is now building houses with a smaller home nested inside of the larger one. Lennar designers and researchers and an independent architect developed the floor plans this year to respond to the doubling-up trend that has affected more than 1 in 5 U.S. households. Executives with the Miami-based home building titan [...]
New Biz Making Anti-Venom for Pets
Flagstaff Business News: According to the Arizona Game and Fish Department, Arizona is home to the most dangerous rattlesnakes, spiders, lizards, and scorpions in the nation. So it is appropriate that researcher and veterinarian Dr. Craig Woods of BioVeteria Life Sciences chose Prescott, AZ as the home of his new business venture. BioVeteria is a [...]
AirPano is a noncommercial project focused on high resolution 3D aerial panoramas. The AirPano team is made up of Russian photographers who shoot aerial panoramas from helicopters, light jets, air balloons and radio-controlled helicopter models. This is an amazing idea, and someone needs to do it for profit!
Custom Jeans from 3D Body Scans
Fitted Fashion is using 3D body scanners and fancy software to develop custom blue jeans: The scans, says cofounder and recent Harvard Business School graduate Jamal Motlagh, helps Fitted Fashion derive a precise set of individual body measurements that he and his team can then use to make perfectly fitted clothing. “Self or tailor-made measurements [...]
Want to be a rocketeer? Using a jetpack isn’t easy! You can’t just fire off the thrusters, lean forward to go and expect not to crash. You need to go jet pack school first. Video below.
Gator Man Mike in Naples, Florida has started a business letting people hug his pet alligator for $5. The five-year-old alligator, Baby Bobby, weighs about 35 pounds and apparently loves being cuddled. The alligator wears a muzzle on his head and according to the Gator Man Mike, the gator loves the hugs: “They’re smarter than [...]
