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Disruptive Thinking: 5 attributes to consider

By John Julius Sviokla | Published August 7, 2010

Every once in a while you see something which is such a fresh solution to a problem you just say ahhhh.  Check out this skytrain/bus idea about how to float about the traffic in China and create efficient transport. It got me thinking as.

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Google’s App Inventor: More needed duct tape for our digital world

By John Julius Sviokla | Published July 12, 2010

When something gets modular, the opportunity to create many more innovations skyrockets.  Hundreds, or thousands or millions of inventors can give something a try and then the market can sort out what works and what does not.  Years ago in an interview in the.

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The Physicality of Information

By John Julius Sviokla | Published July 5, 2010

Today’s Boston Globe reports on some work at MIT’s Media Lab.  One of the projects is Proverbial Wallets — which creates a wallet that vibrates when there are transactions on your credit card; it becomes harder to open when you are at or over.

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Innovations in Interface: Guitar Band and Dance Central

By John Julius Sviokla | Published June 16, 2010

Harmonix, the people who brought you the ever popular game Rock Band, have now created two interesting innovations in technology interface using the Microsoft’s Kinect technology which needs no controller to connect to the computer.  Put another way, anything, including your body, can become.

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