Your car, home and even your clothes could one day soon be outfitted with soft, squishy and shock-proof batteries that are made from — wait for it — trees. Researchers at KTH’s Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC) used wood-based nanocellulose for this latest breakthrough, which dramatically expands the storage capacity of batteries. “It is possible … Continue reading “Wood you believe? Forests will produce more than lumber and paper”
Maybe it’s not as bad as “Soylent Green”; but it still doesn’t sound very appealing. “The economy recovered from that early recession – but at the cost of citizen trust in the government. Investors and business people grew protective of their assets, and everyone scrambled to create wealth. Only a few were successful …” These are not … Continue reading “Striking alternatives in postcards from the urban future”
Is startup entrepreneurship in danger of losing technology depth? Maybe not, but some of the experts here at the FOUNDER.org World Founder Forum agree that there is a trending lack of research-connected business ideas. Or at least, they’re not getting the attention that the more low-tech ideas do. “More people are chasing the fast track … Continue reading “More deep tech startups needed”
What do you do with an education if there are no jobs? You make your own. That’s the opinion of nearly a third of the students in the U.S. who face unemployment after graduation, says Michael Baum, an enormously successful tech entrepreneur (he founded Splunk) who is the driving force behind FOUNDER.org. This is no … Continue reading “DYI approach balances students’ passion with a career in challenging world”
What if you put 100,000 dollars in start-up funds on the table and asked students to come up with a business case for it? Better yet, what if those students were picked from the top talent at the world’s leading universities, and got to develop their ideas through a year-long mentorship program under the guidance of some of the world’s most successful … Continue reading “If you love startups, join us on Monday”
