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With $250k On The Line, One Spark 2013 Was An Inferno Of Innovation!

by Arnold Carreiro

Jacksonville, Florida’s huge crowdsourcing event for inventors, innovators and creative dreamers has come and gone, leaving me to showcase the most popular ideas of the One Spark event.

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What Is Next For Xbox? Find Out May 21st!

by Arnold Carreiro

While we don’t have too much to tell you about the future of Microsoft’s hit entertainment brand just yet, the third in the series of Xbox gaming machines will be revealed on May 21st.

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Chinese Poultry Feather Removal Machines May Be Spreading H7N9 Bird Flu

by China.new

Poultry feather removal machines are commonly used to pluck freshly slaughtered chickens, ducks and geese at China's urban live poultry markets. Trouble is, hot water steam and spray emanating from the machines could be a transmission vector of the virulent H7N9 bird flu virus.

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Caveat Emptor, When Rippln Comes Rippln [Videos]

by Ron Callari

Normally, MLM (multiple level marketing) pyramid schemes appeal to desperate folks who are down on their luck and/or are willing to buy into anything that promises them a quick return. It's built off a non-sustainable business model that promises payments or services, primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, rather than supplying any real investment of sales of legitimate products and services.

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45-Year-Old Vietnam War Photos Rediscovered

by Arturo Rubio

Charlie Haughey, who served during the Vietnam War, shot almost 2000 pictures during his tour of duty. Upon his return to the States his negatives were put into storage and forgotten. Now, almost 45 years later, many of those images are being published for the very first time. And so begins the Chieu Hoi Project.

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Are The 9th Annual IMGA Winning Games On Your Mobile Device?

IMGA picks most innovative mobile games of 2012

by Arnold Carreiro

Ever since 2004, IMGA has picked out the year’s most innovative and worthwhile videogames made for mobile phones. With all of the fantastically inventive games in the running, it was a huge competition for gifted game developers who specialize in mobile gaming devices.

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Finger Guardz Helps To Keep Your Toddler Happy

by Cornelius Fortune

Toddler's have a bad habit of slamming their fingers in things, especially doors. The Finger Guardz product was designed to put parents at ease, and keep children's eyes free of tears.

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'iSteve' Movie Examines An Unexamined Life From The Great iBeyond

by Ron Callari

The just released movie "iSteve" is a creative spoof satirizing the life and times of Steve Jobs, in a way that not only takes liberty with the historical facts but also ironically casts in the title role the actor that helped make "Mac" a household name. That's right, while Ashton Kuthcher's portrayal of Jobs is still a way's off, Justin Long of "I'm a Mac" fame has assumed the role of iSteve in this online mockumentary, available to any and all, on a computer near you!

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Experience “Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination” At The Tech

Enjoy Star Wars features at The Tech museum

by Arnold Carreiro

Get ready to play with the sci-fi technology that’s fascinated audiences for decades when the “Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination” exhibit lands at The Tech Museum of Innovation starting October 19th in San Jose, California. You don’t want to miss out on hanging out with R2-D2, Chewbacca and Yoda!

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Branson & Virgin Altantic Use Hard Sell To Poke The Competition

by Ron Callari

When the competition goes highbrow, what's the CEO of a competing airline to do? Well, if you're Richard Branson you might seek out advertising space that goes below the belt. That's right. . . while politicians, the likes of U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner have lost their jobs over public images pertaining to to their 'junk,' Virgin Atlantic's number one publicity junkie exposes himself to the world at large - and to boot - getting off "Scot" free (literally)!

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Calling All Inventors: Submit Your Best Healthcare, Education, Or Sustainability Ideas

by Cornelius Fortune

Got an idea to change the world? Verizon wants to hear it, and it might even get you a cool $10 million.

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Facebook Hits A Homer, While G+ Strikes Out? [Videos] [Updated]

by Ron Callari

When Facebook rounds 3rd base for a home run On April 12th -- with it's new Android app called "Home" -- one has to wonder if Google missed a golden opportunity? With a stock uptick of 3% as a result of this announcement, the new FB app is boasting its functionality to turn any compatible Android phone into a socially-smart Facebook phone.

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Whole Foods' Brand Patina & Magnetic Marketing Expands Into Travel

by Ron Callari

Sometimes it takes a brand decades to use its specific combination of logo, words, font type, design, colors and value to evolve into a lifestyle choice. The promise, look, personality and feel is the brand's patina. It transcends the commercial transaction igniting what I call 'magnetic marketing,' or the time when the buyer and seller travel on the same wavelength, where they are more tightly attracted to each other, than any other time in the customer-brand relationship cycle.

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Lomography Announces LomoScanner App For iPhone

by Arturo Rubio

The first version of the free LomoScanner App is now available for download in the iTunes App Store. Designed to be used with the Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner, the LomoScanner App allows you to scan 35mm film with your smartphone.

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Two Inventions Get FTC Prize To STOP Robocalls!

by Myra Per-Lee

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may not receive many robocalls, but it gets more than 200,000 complaints about the buggers every month. It finally decided last fall to issue a challenge to the public to see who could come up with a way to stop the marketing calls before they reach your ringer. The Robocall Challenge winners, announced April 2, 2013, were not the most inventive invectives, but the most likely-to-be-effective technologies invented separately by software developer Aaron Foss and computer engineer Serdar Danis.

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Create Your Own Digital Board Games With DICE+

by Cornelius Fortune

Ever wanted to create your own version of “Clue” or “Monopoly,” but for the digital age? DICE+ wants your best ideas.

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Get Inspired @ Innovation Uncensored 2013 In NYC!

Learn from innovative giants at Innovation Uncensored 2013!

by Arnold Carreiro

If you’d like to learn a few tips and stellar advice from industry, energy, design and other innovative juggernauts, be sure to attend the Innovation Uncensored event in New York City April 23-24!

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RIP YouTube [2005-2013], The End Of An Era

by Ron Callari

Man, we were all fooled. We're being told today, YouTube was launched in 2005 with one sole goal in mind -- to surface the best video of all time. It's taken 8 short years, but the panel of judges are now ready to get down to brass tacks and start the hard work, which according to Google will take 10 long years hence.

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Not One, But 40 Peeps Shows For Easter 2013

by Toby

I bet 'Mr. Peeps' never dreamed 60 years ago that his yummy, gooey, marshmallow treats would be fodder for a cult. I bet he never thought that in 60 years there would be as many as 40 different Peeps Shows throughout the United States to commemorate Easter. And the thousands of talented Peep artists who create diaramas where Peeps play famous characters such as Pi or Pope Francis. Well, Mr. Peeps, aka Bob Born, must be eating these celebrations up - so to speak.

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Ubiquitous Marriage Equality Symbol's Evolution

Ubiquitous Symbol Of Marriage Equality's Evolution

by Ron Callari

Unless you've been living under a rock, sworn off using social networks or have been on an extended vacation, you've probably been stumbling over the marriage equality symbol that's cyberventilating its way across Facebook and Twitter. The pink equal sign on red background, with all it's various permutations is now considered the de facto logo of supporters of gay marriage. And as such, according to Chris Gayomali at theweek.com, "it ticks all the requisite checkboxes. . . it's simple, instantly recognizable, and well, everywhere."

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We’re Primed For The 2013 National Hardware Show- Are You?

See amazing and new stuff at the National Hardware Show!

by Arnold Carreiro

With nearly 2,500 exhibitors showcasing the latest innovations in home improvement, lawn & garden, pet care, plumbing, paint and enough helpful gadgets to choke a Home Depot this May 7-9, you bet that we’re excited for the 2013 National Hardware Show in Las Vegas!

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Steganography, The Art Of Data Hiding vs Data Mining

by Ron Callari

While conspiracy theories abound in all fields, the digital age has added a new playground for the nefarious to up their game. The next time you make a Skype call, you might want to be aware how third-parties could possibly hi-jack your transmission and encrypt a secret message with callers none the wiser.

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Lomo Celebrates 500k Facebook Likes, Offers Camera Discounts

by Arturo Rubio

Lomographic Society International has reached a 500k Facebook Like milestone, and to celebrate this it will be giving away voucher codes in the next five days starting today. If you're looking for a film camera now is the time to jump on the Lomographic bandwagon.

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Showcasing The Best Of The 2013 International Home + Housewares Show

Some of the coolest stuff from the 2013 International Home + Housewares Show

by Arnold Carreiro

Although the 2013 International Home + Housewares Show has come and gone, the convention’s 2,000+ exibitors from 35 nations left us with a massive hoard of innovative goodies. While there’s no way that I’d be able to share everything that was presented in Chicago’s ultimate new product party, but here are a few especially cool things that caught my eye at this year’s event:

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ROBLOX.com's BLOXCON Branches Out To New Heights

by Nicholas.Greene

I'm sure there are at least a few of you out there who've heard of ROBLOX. After all, as one of the largest user-generated game sites on the 'net; it's kind of a big deal, and getting bigger with each passing day. With this rapid growth in mind, the organization behind it is planning on branching out by expanding BLOXCON - ROBLOX's annual user conference. On Friday, I got the chance to speak to a few of the fine folks running the show.

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