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Space Foundation Announces its Sixth Annual Student Art Winners The Space Foundation has just announced its student winners of its Sixth Annual International Student Art Contest.  Students from around the globe, ages 3 through 18, were invited to submit their original artwork for this year’s theme, "What Space Means to Me...” The contest was free to enter for all public, private and homeschool children from nations around the world. Space Foundation’s Sixth Annual International Student Art Contest has resulted in 25 winners from eight countries. Entries from around the world totaled 3,883 entries from 40 countries and 38 U.S. states for this year's contest. The entries were  judged based upon the following criteria:  (1) creativity and originality, (2) quality and execution, (3) adherence to the Theme, and (4) overall impression. Winners will receive a certificate and ribbon, a Fisher Space Pen , an art kit and a personalized autographed photo signed by...

NASA Rates the Realism of Star Wars, Star Trek and Alien Planets Photo Courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment Why is NASA rating Star War planets? Because they are N-A-S-A.  At NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, visualization specialist Robert Hurt breaks down the plausibility of sci-fi planets and galaxies in  Star Wars ,  Star Trek  and  Alien . Mr. Hurt's job at JPL gives him   an incredible opportunity to render some of the most amazing astronomical datasets into images everyone can enjoy.  Robert  says "When you see classic planets in Sci-Fi, one of the planets that stand out is Hoth, the icy world from the the Empire Strikes back."

Johnny Mota, Adolfo Foronda and Greg Viloria Discuss their 2016 CES Picks Let's make it easy for you. Adolfo, Greg and Johnny discuss their picks of the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show. Check it out!

Local Wise Teams up with Berkeley to Address Diversity in Startups Courtesy of Localwise Diversity in the startup space is an interesting topic where commonly there is data from the EEOC and others but that is with huge organizations. Even amongst big organizations, the underrepresented has held rather steady over the last 10 years according to the EEOC  data.  It is difficult as a startup to focus on this as their priority is product development and organizational development takes a back seat.  With startups, diversity data is difficult to be had - very small, distributed and portable teams. 500 Startups has even called  "Diversity Debt" akin to debt developed by engineering poor quality technology. The article claims that at employee #4 if you haven't thought about your diversity hiring strategy it will be almost difficult if not impossible to recover.  We interview, Ben Hamlin, co-founder of Localwise , who is co-hosting a job fair on January 28 ...

Adolfo Foronda and Greg Viloria Discusses the New Tech Year Things to Watch Video: Audio: Picks of the Week: Everything Google is working on for the new year but more importantly what Adolfo is looking to. Mozilla To Shut Down Firefox OS Smartphone Initiative, Find Out Why! Carmakers fret their industry is on the brink of huge disruption State of the US Urban Bike Culture Ad Tech Is the Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Advertising Speed Round : Smart motorcycle headlight lights the way around corners San Francisco Office Rents Pass Manhattan as Most Expensive in Country 15 interesting startups to watch in 2016 New wave in tech: hacking the brain Tips of the Week: Kickstarter Unboxed - FLUXO - the World's First Kickass Light Fixture Jamstik Nerdy Events : 1.20 -   SFNT @ Mighty! With PingPad, Affectiva, VapExhale, JobSpeaker, Evlo, and more! 1.20 - IoT TechMeeting Powered By The OIC

Co-Founder Robert Kopka Talks About Their Kickstarter Project Lighting is getting greener but is it getting any smarter? Robert Kopka and Lukas Pilat, co-founders of LukeRoberts , creator of FLUXO hopes to change that. The active Kickstarter , FLUXO , is the modern LED "Lava Lamp" that makes it easy to adjust the lighting for any space, time of the day, mood, or social situation. One can independently control downlight and uplight, which gives a pleasant indirect light to create different moods, which is not possible with other lamps. Their Kickstarter is well above the goals. Check out Robert's interview and find out about a new Kickstarter stretch goal that will let others develop with FLUXO.

Taffy Williams Talks About His Top Articles from 2015 Pictures by Taffy Williams Happy New Years everyone!. We wrap a another great year of  Startup Blog  Insights for 2015 with the Top 10 startup articles of the Startup Blog with Taffy Williams -- author, investor and entrepreneur. We do a deep dive on the top 10 blogs of 2015 with Taffy's insights into what he feels made them one of the top hits for 2015 Let's start off 2016 right, g ive it a listen or view of Taffy's top advice!

Endless, creator of revolutionary Endless computer and operating system, today announced the Endless Mini, the world’s first fully functioning desktop PC designed/created to bring the next four billion people into the information age. Priced at $79, the Endless Mini is an elegantly designed desktop computer that’s easy to set-up and simple to use for anyone in the world, especially for people who are unfamiliar with the experience of a modern day Mac or PC. The Endless Mini, which supports the latest Bluetooth and WiFi standards, is designed to work in regions where there are limited low broadband connections or in areas with little to no access to the internet. Like its  predecessor , the Endless Mini comes preloaded with over 100 applications and is ready to use the moment you turn it on. All that you need to get started is a keyboard, mouse and most use their TV today as a monitor. “As the entire world shifts online, Endless Mini will be a key catalyst in bringing t...