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Virtual Has Become Reality for Phone Apps

A technology once considered science fiction is creating a new market for start-ups.  Read more

Scott Cook of Intuit on Product Innovation

The key, says Intuit's founder, is to get everyone involved  Read more

The Connected Car

The introduction of the Chevy Volt and other electric vehicles will require a vast ecosystem of entrepreneurial businesses.  Read more

The Future of the Human Body

Ten innovations that will improve quality of life—and bring down health care costs  Read more

The Bootstrapper's Guide to Launching New Products

Discovering the value of lean product development and minimum viable product  Read more

Review: Change by Design

Inc. reviews Change by Design by Tim Brown, a book about innovation in service.  Read more

Innovation: A New Rooftop Wind Turbine

The WindTronics turbine can generate energy at low speeds.  Read more

The Future of Manufacturing

A New Zealand company called Ponoko has reinvented the factory for the 21st century.  Read more

How to Outsource R&D

R&D isn't just for big corporations. Here's how you can use innovation to build your business, from selecting projects to tax advantages.  Read more

They Make Money While You Sleep

Three young inventors dream up a smart alarm clock that helps people sleep better.  Read more

Four Companies Making iPhone Video Apps

The market for iPhone video apps is exploding. A look at some of the up-and-comers  Read more

Crowdsourcing for Small Businesses

Using open innovation to solve targeted problems can help small companies compete with their larger competitors.  Read more

Lights Out For Incandescents?

Small businesses are trying to resuscitate the incandescent bulb, but can it compete with CFLs?  Read more

Crowdsourcing and One Exec's Case for Regulating Google

Start-up helps keep your, and Tom Brady's, private info private. After Sept. 11, the government launched a personal data-gathering campaign, unders...  Read more

A New Electric Motorcycle Hits the Road

A start-up company named Brammo introduces the Enertia, a battery-powered motorcycle  Read more

Innovation: A New Method of Irrigation

Absorbent Technologies creates Zeba, an agricultural superabsorbent that absorbs and releases water in soil  Read more

The Best New E-Book Readers

From the Kindle to Plastic Logic, the latest e-Book readers  Read more

The Business of the Museum

A look at companies that helped to create a dinosaur exhibit at Pittsburgh's natural history museum  Read more

The Return of the Walkman

Sony challenges the iPod Touch with its new X Series Walkman.  Read more

A Start-up Takes on Wal-Mart

Recently-launched Alice.com is Brian Wiegand's fourth Internet start-up, but the first to take on the consumer-packaged goods industry.  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Owl Power Turns Restaurants Into Mini Power Plants

Can $500,000 energize the company?  Read more

Biotech Start-up Wins Global Moot Corp

Novophage Theraputics from Boston University hopes to market technology that slows resistence to antibiotics.  Read more

Jim McCann of 1-800-Flowers on Strategic Partnerships

Q: How can I assess the viability, reputation, and ethics of a potential strategic partner without damaging the relationship?Read more

How to Bring Your Invention to Market

Here's a step-by-step process for turning a good idea for a new invention into a financial success.  Read more

Innovation: Coal Briquettes, Green Fields Coal

A company that turns slurry back into coal  Read more

Revolutionary Roads: Mapping America's Innovation Capitals

30 tales of following where the spirit leads  Read more

Oh, Shoot: Markus Frind 

January's cover features the sole figure behind the internet's number one dating site. Markus Frind is only 30, and with a mix of ingenuity and practiced ...  Watch video

Innovation: Companies on the Cutting Edge

Nanoparticle Powder | Kovio  Read more

Emotiv's Mind-Reading Headset 

A Bay Area start-up is creating a technology straight out of science fiction  Watch video

Blue is the New Green

Forget for a moment about carbon emissions. The world is facing a more immediate crisis -- it is running out of clean water. The prospect of widespread short...  Read more

Is Outsourcing to China Over?

A growing number of American manufacturers seem to be profiting from an anti-outsourcing backlash.  Read more

Can Outsourcing Better Protect Customer Data?

If your business stores customer data, you may be subject to laws and regulations regarding the proper protection of this data. Some businesses are now outso...  Read more