Zak Stone
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Smart Glove: Voice Recognition for Sign Language Users A sensor-equipped glove that translates gestures into audible words could be a game-changer for the speech and hearing-impaired.
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Localizing Kickstarter: Mapping Mashup Helps Keep Cash Close to Home ThingsWeStart brings geo logic to Kickstarter data with mapping and alerts for potential donors of nearby projects.
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Greasing the Wheels: An Ebay for Cooking Oil Could Help Tap Underused Fuel Want to convert to biodiesel, but overwhelmed by sourcing all that fryer oil? StayGreen Oil introduces an a marketplace for recyclable oils.
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Room with a View: Window Shutter As Micro Urban Garden Two French designers created a device that can turn any old window into a site for urban gardening
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Surfing Robot Tells Scientists Where the Sharks Are Stanford University marine biologists are using a surfing robot to track the migratory patterns of great white sharks.
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Fault Line Furniture: The Table That Could Save Lives in an Earthquake This lightweight table can withstand more than 2,000 pounds of impact, making it the perfect piece of furniture for classrooms in earthquake zones.
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Local Food Lab Is Helping Foodie Entrepreneurs Get Cooking Food entrepreneurs typically don't get the same support as tech startups. But a new business accelerator in Silicon Valley aims to change that.
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Wearable Instagram: Can Two Designers Revolutionize Photo Printing? The Lumi Process brings photography printing into the sunlight, and let's people print on any natural fabric.
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Cooling Off During Heat Wave Doesn't Have To be a Summer Bummer During California's heat wave, don't just turn down the AC. Turn it off altogether with some (super basic) suggestions.
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A Mobile Design Studio Hits the Road in Sweden Eriks Designbuss is bringing custom design to the Swedish countryside, in exchange for the necessities of life on the road.
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San Francisco Embraces the Pop-Up for Neighborhood Revitilization In San Francisco, pop-up incubator SQFT attempts to showcase the potential of temporary business for economic development
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Low-Tech Food Artisans Get High-Tech Online Home Can technology help craft food scale up? The Bay Area entrepreneurs behind Good Eggs are experimenting with a new business model for artisans.