In his engineering career, Robert Higgs has earned patents for the processes used to make everything from the heat shields on the Space Shuttle to the impact-resistant plastic covering car headlights to the Fig Newton.
It’s never too late to reinvent yourself. Or in the case of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology mechanical engineering sophomore Tim Balz, too soon.
Dr. Keith March at the IU School of Medicine is almost like a medical superhero, churning out patents at warp speed.
Tom Jernstedt has his fingerprints on almost every aspect of the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments—not to mention the association’s move to Indianapolis.
Julie Bombacino developed a nutritional food blend for her disabled son that’s now turned into a full-fledged business producing packets for people who need feeding tubes to eat.
Albert Chen, founder and CEO of Telamon Corp., made lots of course corrections during his decades-spanning career.
Vasiliki ‘Vicki’ Keramida isn’t big on multitasking. A nationally recognized environmental engineering expert, she believes the only way to find innovative solutions to a Big Problem is to give it your undivided attention.
Recent experiments show VR can be an effective “you are there” storytelling technique for journalism.
Innovation is about matching need with execution. It’s about changing the conversation and following through.
With e-commerce growing at an exponential rate, and with economic factors such as truck driver shortages, it makes sense to look at how drones can be used as an asset in logistics and distribution.
In driving today’s innovations, we sometimes take for granted that computers are woven into just about every aspect of our personal lives and businesses.
Countless examples of business successes are the by-product of mistakes, blunders and miscalculations.
Central Indiana has been the birthplace of groundbreaking innovation felt nationwide–even worldwide.
The reality is that food and agriculture present us with a greater opportunity for entrepreneurship and wealth creation than the Internet did back in 2000.
The optimism bias creates a common expectation and perception of innovation value versus real value.
Many of ExactTarget’s former employees and investors are still investing, advising and innovating right here in Indianapolis.
In the 1920s, Indianapolis was one of the most innovative cities in the nation. But after “the dark tragedy of the roaring twenties,” Indianapolis lost its edginess for decades and only recently has begun to regain it.
The city has a chance to once again become known for innovation. But only if it can avoid serious missteps like the one we saw earlier this year with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
I recently spent a few hours at the newest, oldest and biggest co-working spaces to see what all the hype is about.
Scott Stulen admits much of what he’s doing as the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s first curator of audience experiences and performance isn’t what people expect from a cultural museum.
