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Joi Ito: Open-source hardware is a no brainer

By Barb Darrow Jan. 11, 2012, 5:30am PT 5 Comments

The coming wave of open-source hardware, 3-D printing and other breakthroughs will open the floodgates to tech innovation, just as open-source software sparked the last tech boom by fueling the Google, Facebook software empires, said Joi Ito, director of MIT’s Media Lab. Read More »

Twine project blows by funding goals thanks to Kickstarter

By Barb Darrow Jan. 2, 2012, 2:58pm PT 14 Comments

When Supermechanical turned to Kickstarter to crowdsource funding of its Internet of Things project, it’s doubtful even company co-founders would have thought that they’d reap nearly a half a million dollars — more than 1,000 percent of goal — with time to spare. Read More »

The time for healthcare tech startups is now

By Barb Darrow Nov. 10, 2011, 1:01pm PT 13 Comments

Don’t listen to the naysayers. The time to jump into healthcare IT is now, said Frank Moss, director of the new media medicine at MIT’s Media Lab. Creative technologists working in mobility, social networking, nano devices, should seek health IT opportunities. Now. Read More »

Highlights from TED: Tim Berners-Lee, Pattie Maes, Jacek Utko

By Liz Gannes Feb. 6, 2009, 5:15pm PT 8 Comments

We’re now more than halfway through the 2009 TED Conference, the thought-provoking gathering of innovative and multidisciplinary presenters. While some of the talks — on topics like reducing environmental impact in carpet tiles and addressing the crushing pressure creative people feel — fall outside of the… Read More »

What you can learn from the sad fate of OLPC

By Carleen Hawn Mar. 24, 2008, 12:09am PT 4 Comments

LESSON: Your mission is the goal. Your model is the method. Do not confuse these two things. The sad story of the One Laptop Per Child project (OLPC) is like a case study in what not to do. I know it’s a non-profit, but in the… Read More »