Tomorrow I intend to demo a couple of DaaS (Desktop as a Service) and/or Web-based Operating Systems as part of the “innovation” portion of my Purdue ENTR200 class [Intro to Entrepreneurship and Innovation]. One way or another, I’m going to move the mind set of students toward “cloud” conceptualization of computing’s future.So here’s some [...]

Do you check your email during dinner? Text while driving? Browse the web in bed? Ever feel like you need a little break? Join 52 Nights Unplugged, a Ning group to take an evening a week away from our beloved technologies. See video below for source of idea. Hank

Yesterday, 16 undergrad students and 11 Purdue Research Park and graduate students competed in the second annual Burton D. Morgan elevator pitch contest. It was really great to watch everyone in action, especially since 10 of the participants were either current or former students of mine. The icing on the cake was that Bruce [...]

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From www.widgetbox.com:

The following pitch and info is from the current vator.tv. The MedApps solution is a cost effective Remote Patient Monitoring System that utilizes Cellular and Wireless technology to connect people with their healthcare providers. MedApps, Inc. headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, is a new and emerging leader in Mobile Wireless Health Monitoring – designed to [...]

 siliconvalley.com had an interesting report about Boal’s company, Coupons.com. “About nine months ago, Steven Boal, founder of Coupons Inc., began to see the fabled hockey-stick-like growth that has made fortunes for so many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. That’s when he knew a recession was coming. … Boal, now 43, said he got the idea for [...]

In our beginning entrepreneurship and innovation classes @ Purdue University, we stress the need for students to base their “Big Idea” on disruptive technologies. We have in fact, developed a Disruptive Innovation Model which is available here: Recently one of my current students, Will P. pointed out a  PC World article on the most disruptive [...]

In past blogs I have addressed the coming of Cloud Computing. Tools to support this concept such as widgets, Adobe AIR, and now Mozilla’s Prism are becoming generally available and ready for prime time. Prism is a simple XULRunner- based browser that hosts web applications without the normal web browser user interface. Prism is [...]

I recently mentioned in a previous blog “donating” the OLPC-XO I received as my part of the G1G1  (Give One Get One) program to a relative for her two kids to use, way down in KY. Friday, she came by with her kindergarten-aged daughter in tow with “her” XO in hand to show us [...]

On Thursday, 3/20/08 a Bootcamp for entrepreneurs took place in Indianapolis, Indiana. Part of the program consisted of pitches by college students. Students “entered” the contest by submission of a summary of their idea, and ten were chosen to make a 60 second pitch to four seasoned entrepreneurs/investors. The first place winner was awarded [...]