2012 – Page 22 – Impact Lab

Art, Breakthrough Thinking, Entertainment, Great New Product, New Discoveries, New Inventions, People Making a Difference

Detangle your earbuds and view your phone in style with PopSockets

October 9, 2012

All wound up with PopSockets.

PopSockets is an iPhone case with expanding buttons for propping, gaming, holstering, headset management, and looking good.

The case has two expanding sockets that function as a kickstand, a headset management system, a pocketless clip, a gaming cradle, a shoulder stand, and a one-hand stand. The sockets are replaceable and come in a range of designs, so it’s easy and fun to control the look of the case. (more photos after the jump…)

PopSockets is one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. This is your chance to check out how PopSockets work and see a wild variety of other amazing innovations!

Recently, David Barnett took a moment to answer some questions about the frustration of tangled knots of headset cords and using insurance money to finance a business…

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Breakthrough Thinking, Great New Product, New Inventions, New Viewpoints

Free your hands to jam with Air Turn

October 9, 2012

AirTurn manufactures wireless controllers for iPads, Mac & PC computers, and Android tablets. With an AirTurn, musicians can turn pages hands free or remotely control audio files. Speakers and broadcasters can control teleprompter apps wirelessly. The possibilities are endless.

AirTurn is one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. This is your chance to check out how AirTurn works and a wild variety of other amazing innovations!

Recently, VP of Marketing, Hugh Sung took a moment to answer some questions about conducting surveys, the wireless function and capabilities of their product and empowering people to do more than they thought they could…

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Breakthrough Thinking, Great New Product, New Inventions, New Viewpoints, People Making a Difference

Let tugo provide a safe haven for your coffee when travelling.

October 8, 2012

Save on drink spillage with tugo.

The tugo is a drink holder for rolling luggage that suspends between the extended handles of the rolling luggage allowing for easy traversing of concourses while in the airport or busy transportation hubs.

The tugo is one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. This is your chance to check out how the tugo works and a wild variety of other amazing innovations!

Recently, inventors Tom and Karen Porte took a moment to answer some questions about giving that travelers an extra hand, finding large scale distribution and domestic air traffic…

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Animals, Art, Crazy Photos, Crazy Stuff, Culture, Humor, Photo Perspectives

Top 10 Photos of the Week

October 7, 2012

Poor hairless kitty! Why you cry?

Quote of the Day – “I was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, “You’re gonna have to move, you’re blocking a fire exit.” As though if there was a fire, I wasn’t gonna run. If you’re flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.” – Mitch Hedberg

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Analysis, Business, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Inventing the 3D Pill Printer

October 5, 2012

Futurist Thomas Frey: The next big innovation in healthcare may very well be a printer. But this is no ordinary printer.

Professor Lee Cronin heads up a world-class team of 45 researchers at Glasgow University in England. His team has figured out how to turn a 3D printer into a sort of universal chemistry set capable of “printing” prescription drugs via downloadable chemistry.

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Analysis, Business, Health & Fitness, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Share decision making leads to better health outcomes for patients and lower costs

October 5, 2012

Shared decision making helps patients be better informed about their treatment choices and make better decisions.

Quality-improving and cost-cutting innovations don’t sit around for years while people keep muddling through with old technology in most industries. When an innovation is ready for widespread use, it disrupts the market, whether the market wants it or not. In the process, some entrepreneur usually makes a killing.

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Analysis, Brain, Historical Perspectives, Latest Trend, Medical Breakthrough, Science & Technology News

Humans are getting smarter

October 5, 2012

Don’t be surprised when your toddler can operate your laptop. There’s a rise in IQ levels all around.

James R. Flynn explains how he came to understand how our minds have gained in cognitive skills during the 20th century in an excerpt from his new book, Are We Getting Smarter? Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century.

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Analysis, Big Problems, Globalism, Science & Technology News

How organized crime is destroying the rainforests

October 5, 2012

Organized crime is behind the trade in illegal timber in the rainforests.

The illegal logging industry has become very attractive to criminal organizations over the past ten years. Up to 90 per cent of tropical deforestation can be attributed to organized crime, which controls up to 30 per cent of the global timber trade, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Program.

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Art, Breakthrough Thinking, Entertainment, Great New Product, New Inventions

Build your house of cards differently with Skallops

October 3, 2012

Skallops are simple devices that turn playing cards into an artistic adventure.

Skallops are laser-cut clips that attach to regular playing cards in dozens of ways, letting you build anything that you can imagine. The Skallops themselves are cut out of the highest-quality, sanded and finished birch plywood.

Skallops turn playing cards into an art form.

Skallops are one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. This is your chance to check out the all the cool Skallop creations and a wild variety of other amazing innovations!

Recently, co-creator Evan Murphy took a moment to answer some questions about protecting a house of cards, successful Kickstarter campaigns and the flexibility and creativity of building things with playing cards…

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Breakthrough Thinking, Entertainment, Health & Fitness, Human Behavior, New Inventions, New Viewpoints, People Making a Difference

Goose Guardian

October 3, 2012

Scare unwanted animals away with the Goose Guardian.

Goose Guardian is a wildlife deterrent that utilizes a patent-pending image-based object recognition system to detect the presence of specific species and triggers a hazing device to scare the animals away. Applications in development for the object recognition system include a deer/elk detector for highway traffic safety and a bed exit detector to reduce the risk of patient falls resulting in injury.

Goose Guardian is one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. This is your chance to check out the Goose Guardian and a wild variety of other amazing innovations!

Recently, inventor Neil McClure took a moment to answer some questions about wildlife deterrents, device triggers and image analysis algorithms…

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Breakthrough Thinking, DIY, Entertainment, Great New Product, New Inventions, New Viewpoints

The JaTiki Mount usurps gravity for your smartphone

October 3, 2012

iPhone 4 with JaTiKi Mount Part “A” (shown in anodized Blue)

The JaTiKi Mount is an innovative, first of its kind, multi-purpose mounting system for the iPhone 4/4s/5 and any other personal electronic device. By incorporating powerful rare earth magnets, 1/4-20 threaded holes, and other CNC machined features into a two-disc mounting system, we have completely eliminated the need to wrap or add unnecessary bulk to the phone itself (like a case). If a phone never falls does it still need protection? We are not saying you will never drop your phone, but chances are drastically diminished with the JaTiKi Mount. Without a case on your phone, the JaTiKi delivers a high level of functionality while staying true to the aesthetics and function of devices such as the iPhone.

Gear by Geeks is one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. This is your chance to check out the JaTiKi Mount and oodles of other amazing innovations!

Recently, inventor Alan Bratton took a moment to answer some questions about keeping your smartphone within reach at all times, gravitational annoyances and capturing 10% of the smartphone market…

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Breakthrough Thinking, Entertainment, Great New Product, Human Behavior, New Discoveries, New Viewpoints

ClearShot frees your hands for fantastic phone photos

October 2, 2012

Advanced phone photo taking capabilities are yours with ClearShot.

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ClearShot was designed to improve smart phone photography. It is an expandable credit card sized stand that acts as a tripod, and is compatible with every smart phone. YES, this includes iPhone 5!

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The reason for the ClearShot is simple – everybody wants to take better photos, but nobody wants to carry more stuff. The mini tripod+phone adapter has no place in the pocket of a cell phone photographer. ClearShot is wafer thin measuring only 0.09″ (equal to 3 stacked non-embossed credit cards) and slightly shorter than a standard credit card to ease insertion into a wallet.

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ClearShot is one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. This is your chance to check out ClearShot and oodles of other amazing innovations!

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Recently, inventor Mike Carney took a moment answer some questions about the phone camera revolution, product design revisions and smartphone trends …

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