Jim Miller and Mateen Greenway (a couple of other fellows here at HP) just posted an article on hp.com about Three Ways to Thrive in an Uncertain Economic Upturn . These are a different perspective of some of the same issues Jean and I talked about in our Innovation During a Downturn podcast a few weeks...
A few times on this blog I've talked about the use of the downturn as a jumping off point for innovation and advantage . The other day Jean Lehmann and I were interviewed by about why now is a prime time for innovation. I've put a link to the MP3 file here. Click here to play this audio clip
Back in March, I looked at a beta project HP had underway called Gabble . Since then it has improved tremendously. This site allows for individuals to create Twitter -ish small (2 minutes to so) video entries that others can subscribe to. You can define sub-groups related to specific topics... It allows...
Last weekend, we had the initial FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) in Dallas. Recently, I was a judge for the FIRST Lego League competition in Dallas (first picture). A pair of 7 th grade competitors described how they spent most of the previous summer learning new development tools and tackling projects...
Intel is inviting the public to come to ScienceSim (a virtual world ) and discover its possibilities for building collaborative visualization tools... "Within ScienceSim's world you'll find some starting buildings, templates for forums and conference centers and the like." But then...
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For the last 4 years I've put out a blog entry of my predictions for the coming year - like most others do. Since this is a year where the world will be coming out of a financial crisis, I'll try to be a bit more conservative than in the past. It this situation, the investments in technology...
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The Fellows have been discussing the perspective that, based on previous technology shift performance, 2008 is the year that is the tipping point to the next wave of computing. In a discussion with the Enterprise Irregulars about organizations and the adoption of new technology, it became apparent that...
There have been a number of entries in this blog on the use of simulation and modeling and the effect on IT of the future. I've seen a number of modeling tools, but this week, (as part of EDS' Top Gun Program with Oracle ), I was able to see some of the more recent work on the BPA Suite . The...
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NASA is looking to work with vendors on creating a virtual world to stimulate students’ interest in space. The virtual world will simulate real NASA engineering and science missions. According to the BBC , NASA wants to generate interest for space among students by creating a virtual world where...