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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.

In 2011, There Should Be Only One Question in Tech: “Can My Parents Use It?”

In 2011, There Should Be Only One Question in Tech: “Can My Parents Use It?”

The scene was one familiar to many tech geeks. It was after the launch of Netflix's PS3 app, and I,...

This Solar Powered Cinema Is Also The World’s Smallest

This Solar Powered Cinema Is Also The World’s Smallest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8gs1MN-eM When you think about a movie theater, you usually envision these huge rooms with hundreds of seats and a...

24 Hours of Flight: An Amazing Time-Lapse Look

24 Hours of Flight: An Amazing Time-Lapse Look

There is no question that there are a ton of planes in the sky at any given point. Understanding just...

What Does USB Stand For?

What Does USB Stand For?

Just discovered an offbeat comic series that I'd never seen before. Extra Ordinary artist Li Chen has posted 160 comics...

The Walls of Professor Ernest Albright: “Fiat Lux”

The Walls of Professor Ernest Albright: “Fiat Lux”

Every now and then you come across a piece of art (in this case, a very elaborate drawing) that makes...

ATT Pushes “Don’t Text While Driving” Campaign To A New Level

ATT Pushes “Don’t Text While Driving” Campaign To A New Level

"I sent one stupid, meaningless text - 'LOL' - and killed a man." When AT&T launched their campaign against texting...

Online Games, Social Networks Lead List of Biggest Office Time-Wasters

Online Games, Social Networks Lead List of Biggest Office Time-Wasters

It's no secret that many of us who work in an office with a computer spend a good portion of...

Apple Attempts Avoidance of Antennagate 2 with New Patent

Apple Attempts Avoidance of Antennagate 2 with New Patent

Antennagate sure was a mess, wasn't it? Maybe 'mess' is the wrong word. All things considered, it was pretty tidy...

Is the Internet Hurting the Environment?

Is the Internet Hurting the Environment?

Being online is part of our lives in civilized cultures. Most of us are online at some point during the...

Happy Holidays, from SCIENCE!!

Happy Holidays, from SCIENCE!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmK8ec9MruM As a Canadian, I am well-versed in the art of snowcraft. The frozen North tempers us with flakey hides...

Obama Name-Drops Jobs As ‘Incentive’

Obama Name-Drops Jobs As ‘Incentive’

In a speech yesterday, Mr. President took a moment to give Big Steve some props, citing him as an example...

Japanese Researchers Create Tweeting Mouse

Japanese Researchers Create Tweeting Mouse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QQpL4BhtAI Alright, before you read too far into that headline, let me immediately reassure you that we're not talking about...

First Photograph of Non-Existent iPad Mini Will Make You Believe… Or Not

First Photograph of Non-Existent iPad Mini Will Make You Believe… Or Not

Oh, hi there. Remember that 7-inch iPad? Here's a photograph of Taiwanese pop idol Jimmy Lin holding one. Yeah, I'm...

The Good, The Bad, and the Mobile

The Good, The Bad, and the Mobile

From the file labelled 'stuff you didn't expect to hear about today' comes this puzzler: LG has announced that it's...

Black Friday was Strong, But Mondays Ruled Shopping on the Web

Black Friday was Strong, But Mondays Ruled Shopping on the Web

Cyber Monday broke the $1 billion mark for the first time as online shopping grew across the board in 2010....

Blogging is Serious Business

Blogging is Serious Business

Everyone knows that the Internet is serious business. Many are starting to understand that blogging is now serious business as...

Memes 2010: The Year in Review

Memes 2010: The Year in Review

Memes have been a staple of the Internet since emails were sent out with subject lines that started with "RE:...

If Web Browsers Were Celebrities

If Web Browsers Were Celebrities

What people use as their favorite browser is often a tell-tail sign about their personality and understanding of the Internet....

Where CNN Goes, Other Mainstream Media Sites Will Follow. Yesterday, it was Tumblr

Where CNN Goes, Other Mainstream Media Sites Will Follow. Yesterday, it was Tumblr

CNN may not be the first mainstream media outlet to create a blog on Tumblr, but their entrance there yesterday...

First Kinect Sex Game Announced – And Yes, We Have a Video

First Kinect Sex Game Announced – And Yes, We Have a Video

Hands-free just got hands-on, as Microsoft's would-be Wii-killer, Kinect, is the first to get its own sex game. Though the...