Kickstarter is really coming into its own as a channel for innovation. Here are a few impressive products.
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I like to combine tasks when possible. Multitasking isn’t a real thing, but some tasks involve a lot of skimming. Two tasks that combine well…
Sous vide is a cooking technique where you hold food at a constant temperature in a water bath. In all cases the principle is to…
Continue reading can we use a phase change material (PCM) for sous vide cooking?
Howstr is a system that makes it really easy to find out how to do things. In simple terms, Howstr considers writing and reading overrated. They’re great for sharing stories, but not great for getting work done.
Howstr replaces a simple story about a project with a complex model of what an expert knows about the project. Knowledge, not words. (okay, it uses words, but they’re used better)
The expert explains everything to Howstr. Howstr explains it to everyone else.
The votes are in. Here’s the new OSHWA-approved OSHW Certification Logo. I want to be supportive. I also want to mention that kerning (ugh). It’s close…
Here’s my contribution to the Open Source Hardware (OSHW) Certification logo call. This is a follow up to the certification conversation. I’m thinking that this…
The general principle behind why services like Uber are so successful is that they commoditize things. Getting someone to drive you around used to be…
Continue reading The Dark Side of Frictionless Digital Sharing
My Quora answer to What are some creative startup ideas you have?
The popular images of the future are fundamentally flawed because they always include us. We have to leave the Earth sooner or later and the…
I want my robotic sense vest to sense the exact amount of time people will let me show off my robotic sense vest http://www.ted.com/talks/david_eagleman_can_we_create_new_senses_for_humans