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This Macbook charger shows how technology has grown exponentially

Idea to Value

In a brilliant component teardown article from 2015 by Ken Shirriff , he opened up the Magsafe charger which powered Apple’s laptop at the time. But as we spoke about recently on the blog, it is a fascinating demonstration of exponential technology and how fast the microchip industry has managed to innovate.

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Soren Kaplan’s April 2015 Leapfrogging Newsletter

Leapfrogging

In the past, new products and technologies consumed the vast majority of the innovation air-time. 175k Innovation Prize 2015 – Deadline April 30, 2015. Global Millennial Conference 2015 – May 15, 2015, Columbus, OH. Social Innovation Summit 2015 – June 11-12, Washington, DC.

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Soren Kaplan’s – March 2015 Leapfrogging Newsletter

Leapfrogging

Wharton Technology & Innovation Conference 2015 April 17 – 18 Philadelphia, PA. ASU + GSV Summit 2015 April 6 – 8 Scottsdale, AZ. Open Education Global 2015 April 22 – 24 Banff, Alberta CA. Building marketing and sales capabilities to beat the market. Must-Go Events & Conferences.

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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. Saasha Celestial-One and Tessa Clarke founded the food waste company, OLIO in 2015. Nadine Hachach-Haram. We need more women entrepreneurs.

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Understanding the Innovation Landscape needed for Enabling Technologies in the World’s Energy Transition

Paul Hobcraft

To have any chance to reverse these temperature rises there is an increasing emphasis on innovation solutions within the technology that is required for the Worlds energy system. Much of the investments need to be directed away from fossil fuels (the primary carbon emitters) into clean technologies. Behind-the-meter batteries.

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2024: A Pivotal Year

Digital Tonto

We have wars raging, authoritarian regimes on the rise, deep challenges posed by climate change, and the need to regulate our technology, especially, but not only, artificial intelligence. New technologies like artificial intelligence and synthetic biology are leading to not only life-saving cures, but potential solutions to climate change.

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What’s the key to success in corporate-startup collaboration?

HYPE Innovation

First, what are the key factors promoting harmonious and fruitful collaborative innovation between corporations and technology startups? Two important questions, in particular, still need to be addressed. And second, how can we increase the chance of success of collaborative projects between these asymmetric partners from the outset?