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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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...