Innovation

Sony’s rollable OLED display

Check out this awesome 4.1-inch screen with a resolution of 432 by 240 pixels. It’s so flexible that this can literally roll around a pencil! Just imagine the applications – video screen that doubles as a wallpaper, or even the living room window curtain? What about “wearable” video display units!! Check out the video below. [...]

Design, Innovation

Dennis Hong: My 7 species of robot

At TEDxNASA, Dennis Hong introduces seven award-winnning, all-terrain robots — like the humanoid, soccer-playing DARwIn and the cliff-gripping CLIMBeR — all built by his team at RoMeLa, Virginia Tech. Watch to the end to hear the five creative secrets to his lab’s incredible technical success. Tags: Business, Darwin, Dennis Hong, Innovation, robot, Technology, Ted

Business, Innovation, Technology

Jonathan Drori: Every pollen grain has a story

Pollen goes unnoticed by most of us, except when hay fever strikes. But microscopes reveal it comes in stunning colors and shapes — and travels remarkably well. Jonathan Drori gives an up-close glimpse of these fascinating flecks of plant courtship. Tags: Innovation, Jonathan Drori, pollen grain, Technology

Innovation, Technology

Dean Kamen: The emotion behind invention

Soldiers who’ve lost limbs in service face a daily struggle unimaginable to most of us. At TEDMED, Dean Kamen talks about the profound people and stories that motivated his work to give parts of their lives back with his design for a remarkable prosthetic arm. Tags: Dean Kamen, Design, Innovation, Inspiring, Invention, Prosthetic Arm, TEDMED

Design, Innovation, Inspiring

Don Tapscott on Gen-Y

The leading business strategy authority brings fresh focus to Gen-Y through the story of one over-achieving millenial who doesn’t read books (and it’s ok). Tags: Don Tapscott, Gen Y, Innovation, millenial, Talent

Innovation, Talent