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TECHi Inspiration spotlights the founders, startups, and visionaries building the future. From billion-dollar funding rounds to bootstrapped breakthroughs, this section tells the human stories behind the technology. The ambition, the risk, and the execution that turns ideas into industry-defining companies.
The cost of social media
If you haven't heard, social media is big. For many businesses, they get onto it because they hear how awesome...
Massive chicken de-boning machine pulls 1500 breasts per hour
Science has been solving life's little problems for centuries, but one task that has remained manual over the years has...
How Twitter users are getting their questions answered
Have you ever asked a question out to the world in hopes of getting a crowdsourced response? Millions of people...
10 tips to keep your family safe online
Safety has been a concern online since kids started showing their parents how to surf. Now, as adults are realizing...
Why everyone should boycott the New York Post
We are at a very dangerous crossroads when it comes to the internet. Companies are doing what they think they...
The Evolution of the Batmobile
Few vehicles, real or fictional, have had as much of an effect on pop culture and geek dreams as the...
Is TechCrunch Disrupt a good indicator of future success?
Michael Arrington and Techcrunch have been called many things by many people over the years. They have a tendency to...
Maybe Jobs was right when he used the term ‘magic’ after all…
Magician Marco Tempest has coined possibly the coolest term you're gonna hear all week: technoillusionist. What is a technoillusionist? Why,...
State of the union of venture capital
Each year, college students drop out of universities, men and women leave their jobs, and people of all ages begin...
A fly on a touchscreen
Touchscreen technology has changed the way we do many things in our lives. The electric connection created by our fingers...
Investing like it’s 1999: Tech bubble 2.0 is here
With alarmists sounding the alarms and naysayers saying, "nay," it's certainly looking very similar to the way things were over...
Chickenosaurus: Paleontologist attempts to reconstruct dinosaurs from chickens
Michael Crichton and Steven Speilberg were onto something with Jurassic Park. Unfortunately, it wasn't real science. This is. Paleontologist Jack...
Two-thirds support Amazon’s bid to keep affiliates from paying state sales tax
Regardless of which side of the debate you're on, one thing is clear: Jeff Bezos and Amazon are fighting with...
Trolltendo
When Nintendo came out with Gamecube, many believed that it was their end. Sony and Microsoft had consoles that were...
Where ‘toy’ ends, and ‘badass’ begins
Add to your personal list of things that don't need to exist (everyone keeps one of those, right?) this remote-controlled...
The joy of social media through the eyes of Bob Ross
Bob Ross is beloved by millions who enjoy his easy-going demeanor and colorful ways of expressing himself through paintings. His...
Steve Jobs details plan for the Apple spaceship building in Cupertino
If you're Apple with a goal of 12,000 employees under one roof, what better place to put them than in...
Random video Wednesday: The original Star Wars trailer
With Star Wars Kinect previews coming out and disappointing real fans such as myself, I thought it was appropriate to...
How the internet has changed the scope of advertising
Poor television, radio, and print. What has the Internet done to you? Over the past several years, things have changed...
The first jobs of tech billionaires
Can you picture Michael Dell wearing anything other than a suit and tie? He was born in a dress shirt,...