The psychology of design: John Roa shares a look inside AKTA
“The cruel truth is that I’m not even a designer today,” said John Roa, founder of AKTA design studio. But if he was never a designer, then what made AKTA one of Chicago’s most sought-after design studios, and Roa one of Chicago’s most influential entrepreneurs? Roa’s journey was riddled with successes, failures and a carefully [...]... Read More
Archive for the ‘Boston’ Category
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Fetchnotes And Box Bring 25 Gigs Of Free Storage To The People
BY: Corey CummingsThis week simple note taking startup Fetchnotes announced that its users can net 25 gigs of free storage from cloud service Box by simply signing up through the app’s website.
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The Tap Lab Experiment: Geo-Social Gaming, Without Check-Ins
BY: Jon ChristianA Boston-based startup wants to breathe new life into the shriveled husk of location-based gaming by discarding the ubiquitous “check-in” mechanic.
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PollBuzzer Crowdsources “Blindingly Fast” Market Research
BY: Jon ChristianNoah Seton found himself wondering why there wasn’t a platform to quickly gather data on a few points, and ultimately decided to create one in the form of Boston-based startup PollBuzzer.
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Gamify Programming With Buildcoin And Play For Cash
BY: Jon ChristianBoston and San Francisco-based startup Buildcoin wants gamify programming, with a system that plugs into Git and Jenkins.
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TipTheWeb Is An Internet Tip Jar
BY: Jon ChristianA Flattr-like service based in Newton, Massachusetts is looking to shake up online revenue by giving readers a new option for showing their appreciation for online content with small monetary donations.
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Meet The Boston Startup That Helps Ads Go Viral
BY: Jon ChristianA Boston-based startup says it can work with advertisers to turn promotional clips into viral sensations on the social web, but the company’s founder says that it’s more about brand engagement than mind control.
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Could This Fuel Cell Keep Your Phone Charged For Weeks?
BY: Jon ChristianAn MA developer says so — that that it’s been approved for in-flight use.
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Researchers Leverage YouTube To Diagnose Autism In Minutes
BY: Lindsay ONealResearchers have found a way to reduce the time from it takes to accurately detect autism in young children from hours to minutes using parent-submitted videos.
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KIVA Systems Automates The Warehouse, Saves Your Back
BY: Corey CummingsMassachusetts startup KIVA Systems is out to revolutionize the day to day operations of warehouses everywhere, with automated robots that bring items to packers.
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Un-Printer Inventor: This Could Work
BY: Jon ChristianResearchers at Cambridge University and the Bavarian Laser Centre published a paper last week on how laser radiation can be used to remove the toner from laser-printed pages. But could the technique ever be environmentally feasible? A lead researcher on the project thinks it could – and sooner than you’d think.
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Sqoot Apology Round 2: “We Can Do Better”
BY: Lindsay ONealYesterday we reported that sponsors of the ”Boston API Jam” were pulling out after the host, daily deal API service Sqoot, listed women as an event ‘perk’ ( See more here). After being berated with criticism by both men and women in the tech community, Sqoot’s cofounders Avand Amiri, and Mo Yehia released a Google Doc with what many thought was a half-hearted apology: “While we [...]
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New Startup School Intelligent.ly Launches in Boston
BY: Kathryn HoughWhat do Mark Zuckerburg, Brad Feld, and Paul Graham all have in common? Yep, they are all wildly successful and they all earned their startup stripes in the Boston area. As a New Englander myself, I know that you have to say Boston area, because these founders actually made their marks in Cambridge, the city [...]
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What Are The 3-D Printing Youngbloods At Formlabs Working On?
BY: Jon ChristianCambridge-based startup Formlabs may be working to bring a new generation of 3-D printer to the consumer market.
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Gunslinging Hackers On The Web Frontier: Dust And Whiskey And Pistols
BY: Jon Christianhere’s coding, according to programmer and free culture advocate Rich Jones, and then there’s hacking. The idea behind his new project, Gun.io, is to connect hackers to paid gigs, drawing money into the open source movement.
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SaneBox Keeps Your Inbox From Driving You Crazy
BY: Scott BlitsteinThe elusive Inbox Zero – the zen utopia of the Internet professional. An indicator of the mastery of one’s own time and schedule. We all say we want it, a small few accomplish it, the rest of us feel proud when we’re in double, or even triple digits. Managing your email is a priority for [...]
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Twine: Connect Your Things To The Internet, Without A Nerd Degree
BY: Lindsay ONealGraduates of graduates of the MIT Media Lab, David Carr and John Kestner developed Twine’s technology using 2.5″ small wireless sensor square enabled with WiFi connectivity that can be programmed by its user to preform certain actions on command.
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