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Innovative Start-Ups Founded by Women

Destination Innovation

A report by the Kaufmann Foundation found that only 3% of technology start-ups are led by women. Proximie , based in London, develops remote surgery technology using augmented reality. The system is designed for children aged 6 to 18 and is based on gamification ideas. Nadine Hachach-Haram. We need more women entrepreneurs.

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Designing for Social Interaction

Boxes and Arrows

Let’s look at each type of tie, and how we might design for them. 9 So, when we’re designing for strong ties, we’re designing for small groups of people. This pattern of technology being used for strong tie communication is not new. Weak ties: People we are loosely connected to, like friends of friends.

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Why are innovation ecosystems important?

Paul Hobcraft

Recently, I presented my framework to the GIMI think tank GIMI was initiated by a worldwide group of chief innovation officers, innovation executives, academics and consultants in 2009. So, I want to explain the importance of shifting our thinking towards designing innovation ecosystems.

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IDEA 2009: An Interview with Thomas Malaby

Boxes and Arrows

As IDEA 2009 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. The rise of digital technologies poses many challenges and opportunities for ethnographic research. Can you describe how your research process was structured for this writing effort? I think Second Life already has.

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14 LGBTQ+ Innovators, Inventors and Scientists who changed the world

Idea to Value

She worked at MIT, IBM, Xerox PARC and DARPA and invented dimensionless, scalable design rules that greatly simplified chip design and design tools. It was IBM’s loss, as her later work at MIT, Xerox and DARPA on VLSI microchip design revolutionised the industry. However, her journey was not a simple one.

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Five Benefits of a Diverse Innovation Team

IdeaScale

Nikon is a crown jewel of Japanese engineering and imaging technology, and yet a lack of diversity resulted in a camera Japanese people couldn’t use. Leaving aside the embarrassment, Nikon cut itself off from over a billion customers, all thanks to a simple lack of diversity in the product design concept.

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Beyond Bitcoin: The Future of Blockchain Technology

Daniel Burrus

Bitcoins were introduced in 2009 to great fanfare. Since then, I’ve seen no need to change either designation, as there are now more than 100 different cyber currencies. At the same time, as Bitcoins struggled to gain widespread use, blockchains—the technology Bitcoin transactions are handled with—were growing.