Technology
Not Blowing Smoke
Todd Hansen (left) and Scott Reynvaan, co-founders of InTheWorks Inc., are marketing a catalytic converter for boats. InTheWorks Inc., a Bainbridge Island-based clean techstartup, has developed a catalytic converter for boat motors that promises toreduce emissions, increase power and provide better fuel efficiency. InTheWorks was started by Todd Hansen while he was studyingchemistry at the…
Talking Points: Patrick J. Byrne
Since taking over the helm of Intermec Technologies Corp. in2007, Byrne has boosted research spending and accelerated product developmentto exploit an expanding market for the Everett companys hardy mobile devices. Thedevices are used for everything from issuing parking tickets to reading thebarcodes on package deliveries. Early Education: I grew up in Silicon Valley when it…
The Peach and the Fuzz
Even the smartest business people can be confounded by theownership rules governing intellectual property, IP, in the UnitedStates. And with good reason: the controlling statutes give courtswide discretion to interpret the legal principles at play. To begin tounderstand how these principles might apply to you and your company, here are afew fundamental tenets and rules…
Transportation Solutions for Billions
First of all, a disclaimer: this is still just a proposal. But now the cool stuff. Beijing is looking at a way of providing more mass transit that doesn’t add to congestion (in a city that already packs them in like sardines) by putting their … what is it, a bus? Rail line? … above…
F5 On Hiring Spree Underscoring Importance of the Cloud
F5 mades it onto Forbes’ list of midsize companies nationwide that are hiring aggressively, underscoring the growing importance of cloud computing and highlighting one of our region’s most successful mid-sized companies. F5 sells software that improves the security and speed with which large customers like Facebook can store and transfer information. F5 says it has…
A Ticking Clock Over in Redmond
It the end, it’s not Windows Vista, or Zune, or any other bungled consumer product that may spell doom for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. But a stock that’s fallen nearly 50 percent since he took over in 2000? Cue the ominous music. The Daily Beast has an interesting article that reports on the increasingly vocal…
Ryan Wuerch
During a church service, he saw his pastor take out his PalmPilot to look up a Bible passage. He noticed dozens of others in thecongregation doing the same. The answer to Ryan Wuerchs quest of startingsomething himself had at last appeared. Wuerch took all his own money in 2001 and invested it in hisnew company…
Douglas Brown
Douglas Brown wanted to play college rugby, only his schooldidnt have a team. But instead of settling, Brown created his own team. Itsbeen 35 years since he did that, but many of its players have since developedrugby teams of their own and each year, members of the original team and teamsthat have come after reunite…
Tim Jenkins and Darran Littlefield
Tim Jenkins and Darran Littlefield have always been at oddswith convention. Both came from the same traditional accounting firm where longhours and heavy travel demands made them question the very basis on which theindustry was structured. They each had families and lives outside work. Wasthere a way to make themselves happy while also keeping their…
Building a Better Robot
Sometimes, smaller is better. Thats the philosophy behindRobot Co-Op, a five-person Seattle web development company thats ratchetingits way up Seattle 2.0s Seattle Startup Index with 1.3 million unique visitorseach month. Robot Co-Op started in 2004 with a list of 75 ideas for acompany. The founders created a platform to track ideas, and this platformbecame 43Things.com,…
Mobile Migration
Microsoft Tags connect print with the web by letting usersembed Tags with links. Download the Tag Reader software for a smartphone orother device at tag.microsoft.com and scan the tag below with its camera. Two major revolutions, the adoption of the personal computerand the invention of the internet, changed the face of business forever. Now,mobile devices…
Beaming Up
How it Works: Laserbeams send energy to UAV from a fixed or mobile base station. Specialsolar cells on UAV convert beam into electricity, charging battery in flight. Wirelesspower enables UAV to fly farther and stay in the air longer. Specialtracking system on laser keeps beam focused on solar cell as UAV flies aroundbase station. Today,…
Swype Going Big-time
Following up from Leslie’s earlier post here, Swype, the technology firm creating an innovative way to “type” on a touchscreen device, is getting lots of favorable press, this time in the New York Times this morning. Readers of this magazine and website are probably familiar with the Swype story. The same engineers who designed the…