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3 Hacks To Save Time And Energy
Thomas Thwaites set out to build a toaster from scratch. (Photo Credit: Daniel Alexander.) I believe everything can be done faster and better, period. If you’ve ever spent time with me you would probably know that.
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The next generation of U.S. global leadership in innovation will require closer collaboration between Technology and Defense
Driving on the freeway in the Bay Area today, you might find yourself surrounded by autonomous cars and trucks. Many people associate driverless vehicles with big tech from the West Coast — Uber, Google, and Amazon, to name a few.
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Survival of the (Digitally) Fittest
One the first American industrial magnates was also one of our first self-made entrepreneurs. He was a ruthless businessman, eliminating his competition by drastically reducing costs and cutting shrewd deals.
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Technology is Solving the Wrong Problems
FaceTime with 32 friends, updates to Siri and a walkie-talkie on your Apple Watch are just a few of the feature update announcements coming out of Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference this week.
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Dr. Irwin Adam Eydelnant: 4 Insights from the Mind Behind the Museum of Ice Cream
Dr. Irwin Adam Eydelnant, Founder & Creative Scientific Director of Future Food Studio and BEVLAB, is changing the way we think about food.
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AI For Good…Maybe a Little Hope?
As someone who lives on the front lines of AI at Uptake, I hear those terms and I react with optimism. Here’s why. Artificial intelligence (“AI”) and Machine learning (“ML”) are being used to do good. You might not read about it in the headlines, but it’s happening.
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Tech must address problems of consequence, not just convenience
Americans are falling out of love with the tech industry. We shouldn’t be surprised. Positive news coverage of the tech sector declined from 60 percent to 16 percent between 1986 and 2013, according to a study last year by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
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The Upside Podcast – Dr. Irwin Adam Eydelnant: There Are No Rules
Dr. Irwin Adam Eydelnant is a food design technologist known as the “Willy Wonka of Toronto.” As founder and principal of the Future Food Studio, he spins up out-of-this world experiences that have changed the way we interact with and experience food and drinks. And, unless you’ve been taking a hiatus from social media, you’ve…
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The Upside Podcast – David Axelrod: What Baseball & Politics Can Teach Us About Culture
David Axelrod has been hailed a political mastermind. A former newspaper reporter-turned-political strategist, David has worked behind-the-scenes on more than 150 campaigns. His most famous client? President Barack Obama. From 2004-2012, David helped the President to three victories: the 2004 Senate race, the historical 2008 Presidential election, and his 2012 re-election, where he served as…
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What Baseball & Politics Can Teach Us About Leadership: 4 Lessons from Political Strategist David Axelrod
On October 27, 1960 in New York City, five-year-old David Axelrod went to see John F. Kennedy on the campaign trail in Stuyvesant Town at the corner of 21st and 1st. As he sat on top of a mailbox and watched the young presidential candidate speak to the crowd, he had a sense that something…