The Smart Home — When Will People Get It?
Smart Home Tech No Longer Just a Luxury
Remote security monitors, thermostats and other smart gadgets that adjusts to customers’ habits have been mostly the domain of the well-off and techies.
Natalia Martinez: Why Entrepreneurs Should Think Small, Not Big
But where does innovation come from and how can its pace be sped up? How can companies innovate to create competitive advantages? How can cities encourage a culture of entrepreneurship? How do we democratize innovation for younger and more diverse segments of the population?
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The Smartest Bulb in the Box Will Talk to Your Smartphone. It's Affordable, Too!
More than a century after Thomas Edison got into the light bulb business, his bright idea is getting brainy.
Engineers at GE, the company Edison founded, have helped develop an affordable LED light bulb that can talk to its owners’ tablets and smartphones. The bulb, which starts at just under $15, contains a chip that can wirelessly connect to the Internet and communicate with users via a mobile app called Wink.
Let the Global Brain Do the Thinking: A New Approach to Making Things
Hanging a picture in the living room can be a vexing experience involving just a hammer and a nail. Now imagine bolting a jet engine to the wing of a passenger plane. Maintenance crews use special metal brackets to safely mount and dismount the engines that weigh nearly 13,000 pounds. The brackets are reliable but they are also bulky, adding extra pounds for the plane to carry around.
Honey, I 3D Printed the President: Fab Lab Space Pops Up Near the White House
Adults and kids alike can learn about rapid prototyping and advanced manufacturing, participate in hands-on training and listen to guest speakers.
That’s Cool: GE and Quirky Release the First Ever Smart AC on Amazon
When Garthen Leslie worked at the Department of Energy, his job was to conserve resources. But at home, his air conditioner was wasting them. “I was tired of choosing between wasting energy or suffering through the stuffy summer heat.” His summertime dilemma got him thinking about developing a smart AC that he could control from his office.
Bill Nye “The Science Guy” Hosts StarTalk Live, Judges Quirky Ideas at SXSW
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was in Austin, TX, on Saturday to deliver the keynote address at the SXSW Interactive festival. He was also launching Cosmos, a big-budget TV show that has turned him into an international science superstar last night.
When Home is Only an App Away: GE and Quirky Expand App-Enabled Home Product Line
GE and the collaborative design company Quirky will expand their partnership and co-develop and launch 30 new Internet-connected home products over the next five years. The partners will also build up Quirky’s WINK app platform, which makes it easy for consumers to access a range of connected products from smartphones and other mobile devices.
