Research and Development


Recent Research and Development Articles

10 Start-up Incubators to Watch

By Matthew DeLuca |  Jul 15, 2011

Businesses that go through incubators historically have a close to 90 percent survival rate. We've pinpointed some of the most productive.  View slideshow


The Downside of Traditions

By Josh Linkner |  Jul 13, 2011

It's time to deeply question the traditions of the past and focus on reinventing the future. It's time to question. To imagine. To innovate.  Read more


Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: SpaceWorks Enterprises

By Dave Smith |  Jul 11, 2011

By analyzing and directing future space technologies, SpaceWorks helps decide which aerospace projects should take flight and which should stay grounded.  Read more


Is the Oil and Gas Industry Getting a Bad Rap?

By Curt Finch |  Jul 8, 2011

I’ve been researching the oil and gas industry lately.  This industry has a negative stigma attached to it as being very environmentally insens...  Read more


Renaat Ver Eecke Interview: Customer Research Leads to Success

By Curt Finch |  Jul 1, 2011

Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Navman Wireless’s  Vice President,...  Read more


How to Speed Up Your Prototyping Process

By Tim Donnelly |  Jun 30, 2011

Engineers who get too hung up on perfecting a prototype often lose sight of the bigger picture and waste precious development time. Here are a few ways you c...  Read more


5 Rules of Success From Brooklyn's DIY Masters

By Tim Donnelly |  Jun 28, 2011

Experts on makeshift innovation held court at the first DIY Business Association Conference in Brooklyn. They share their unconventional wisdom with Inc.com.  Read more


How to Get Unstuck

By Marla Tabaka |  Jun 20, 2011

Learn these simple steps to allow the answers to your problems to come to you rather than you chasing them.  Read more


7 Steps to a Culture of Innovation

By Josh Linkner |  Jun 16, 2011

Hyper-growth companies often credit a culture of innovation as their primary driver of success. They deploy creative thinking to attack problems big and smal...  Read more


The Case Against "Sexy" Innovation

By Christine Lagorio |  Jun 10, 2011

What the world needs isn't more ideas—it's better, more innovative systems for executing them, says author and ChangeLabs founder Peter Sheahan.  Read more


6 Cool Tools for DIY Prototyping

By Tim Donnelly |  Jun 3, 2011

A new wave of DIY engineers is transforming innovation into something that can be done at the kitchen table. Thank the maker movement for the technology that...  View slideshow


Coping With Fear, Frustration, and Euphoria

By Eileen P. Gunn |  May 31, 2011

Entrepreneurs need people to bounce ideas off of. They need people who are going through the same daily cycles of fear, frustration and euphoria they are.  Read more


Innovation: Silicon-Based LED Chips

By J.J. McCorvey |  May 27, 2012

Bridgelux says it has developed a cheaper way to produce LED bulbs.  Read more


Innovation: A Long-Distance Fingerprint Scanner

By J.J. McCorvey |  May 27, 2012

Advanced Optical Systems says it has developed a device that can capture fingerprints from up to 6.5 feet away.  Read more


Google Prank Becomes a Reality

By Curt Finch |  Apr 5, 2011

On April Fool's Day, the prank that was the biggest hit in the office was Google Mo...  Read more


Beyond Googling Yourself: Greplin

By Curt Finch |  Mar 23, 2011

Admit it, you've Googled yourself to see what pops up.  When I Google myself, what comes up on the first page is my company's website, Inc.com, Wikip...  Read more


Why Math and Science are The New Cool Subjects

By Lauren Cannon |  Mar 22, 2011

Neal Bascomb discusses his new book on the FIRST technology competition and the high school students whose hard work makes it possible.  Read more


Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Berkeley Bionics

By Venuri Siriwardane |  Mar 21, 2011

This California company developed a bionic exoskeleton that gives paraplegics new legs.  Read more


IBM’s Super Computer Watson

By Curt Finch |  Mar 2, 2011

On February 16 th , IBM's super computer, named Watson, Read more


When the Body Rejects Technology

By Curt Finch |  Mar 1, 2011

In November, I wrote about an NYU professor implanting a camera in the ba...  Read more


Discovering the Best Business Ideas

By Dave Smith |  Feb 23, 2011

Andy Boynton and Bill Fischer, authors of The Idea Hunter, talk about the keys to successful innovation.  Read more


An SBDC Focused on University Research

By Tiffany Black |  Feb 22, 2011

The North Central Indiana Small Business Development Center focused on spurring innovation by helping university researchers bring their ideas to market.  Read more


President Obama in the Valley

By Christine Lagorio |  Feb 18, 2011

What exactly happened at the president's CEO huddle? Plus, Apple's App Store investigated and the rest of the day's news for entrepreneurs.  Read more


When Hackers Become Makers

By John Gerzema |  Feb 14, 2011

How the practice of hacking is going mainstream and creating good.  Read more


Pandora Wonder

By Curt Finch |  Feb 9, 2011

If you are an old geezer like me and want to find new music that youngsters listen to, here's how: Open Read more