Thinking Outside the Company’s Box »

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ONE of the oldest barriers to innovation is “Not Invented Here,” a persistent bias of even the most creative people toward their own creations and against those of people who work for other companies. And the problem of N.I.H. isn’t limited to business; it can also infect the military and government research [...]

Psylock: Biometric Security Without Sensors »

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Need an easy way to add biometrics to an online project? Psylock has an answer. It’s a Flash-based interface that compares your typing style against a list of known styles and logs you in based on your individual typing fingerprint.
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Improving innovation »

Search engines could be the answer
OVER the past decade, innovation has emerged from the shadows to become a new industrial religion, worshiped by public figures, investors and businessmen alike. Around the world, the rhetoric of innovation unites politicians on the left and right, having replaced the post-war language of welfare economics.
Board members see it [...]

Innovation Wednesdays Uninnovate! »

Hear Ye, Hear Ye!
Let it be known that IW (Innovation Wednesdays) are hereby adjourned until further notice.
We all got a little tired chipping icicles off of one another
We will resume again when the temperatures return to saner conditions and our heating system joins us in the 21st century.
This has been a blast up [...]

Border Crossing Alert! »

We don’t normally post stuff like this BUT, this “innovation” is a really important and nasty idea that anyone who crosses the border should consider carefully.  Thanks to Sandy Burton for the information.
CROSSING INTO UNITED STATES BY CAR
This is a good warning!  Please pass this on to as many Canadians as you know. We need [...]