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Here Are Eight Innovation Awards to Watch and Follow for Inspiration

IdeaScale

Last year’s winners included IBM’s autonomous ship, Origin Wireless’ remote patient monitoring system, and the fifth-generation Waymo Driver. The awards help innovators take the pulse of what the government views as important in the housing space, and also to view innovation from multiple sectors. BIG Innovation Awards, January 2022.

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Can Africa’s Entrepreneurs and Innovators solve Africa’s Problems?

Destination Innovation

What can save Africa from its many problems; grinding poverty, corrupt bureaucrats, incompetent governments and dire infrastructure? It is designed to be easy to assemble in rural communities. The design enables the toilet to quickly eradicate odors and bacteria. In some cases they leap-frog current Western offerings.

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Small Entities, Big Impact: The Surprisingly Sized World of Sustainable Development

Anaqua

The duality of economic and environmental pressures combined with active government leadership and a large tech industry make it an interesting and likely hub of CCMT innovation. One interesting application is for a wind turbine (patent # US9228564B2 ) designed for use in urban and suburban environments. 3: Xyleco Inc.

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11 female innovation leaders share their definition of innovation

Idea to Value

Then, have a process for aligning strategy (which pulls you forward) with budgeting (which anchors you backward) with project governance (which is usually a total mess) with people’s incentives. Karin is a former Verizon Wireless executive, and an Inc. I’ve been working on a tool to help with that, but it is really hard.

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Daniel Burrus’ Top 20 Tech-Driven Hard Trends Shaping 2017

Daniel Burrus

Business, government and education have moved cybersecurity from an underfunded back office activity to a major initiative going forward. Some are optimized for IoT applications, while others are designed for different levels of security and speed. Advanced Automation and Robotics will likewise benefit. Social Business Applications.

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Great Women Innovators and Pioneers – the Quiz

Destination Innovation

Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916-200) was the world’s first non-hereditary female head of government in modern history when she was elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in 1960. She worked with Charles Babbage on the first computer, the Analytical Engine, and published the first algorithm designed for the machine. Hedy Lamarr.

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IDEA 2008: An Interview with Elliott Malkin

Boxes and Arrows

But I was probably more interested in the traces of him that remained in the physical record, first at his gravestone, then on microfilm inside government archives. LD : What are the differences between designing for humans versus designing for, well, non-humans? Design has a functional purpose. My idea for Cemetery 2.0