Innovation and Economic Development

By Dean Whittaker Innovation is everywhere.  From “Technology Lead Economic Development” to transitioning to the knowledge economy, everyone has a strategy to commercialize the intellectual property of universities and the federally funded R&D taking place in...

The Music Genome Project

By Jami Miedema When I’m in the mood to listen to good music, there are few things more frustrating than hearing endless commercials on the radio followed by the same five song rotation. I like variety! By variety, I don’t mean different genres necessarily, but rather...

Time to Think

By Todd Smithee The amount of “noise” in our lives is increasing at a staggering rate.  Instantaneous access to information is not only available, but forced upon us.  Email, cell phones, podcasts, text messaging, and news alerts not only interrupt our lives, they...

Emergence of the Virtual World: Wii Fit

By Maria O’Connell We are all aware that America has a reputation for obesity, and most disturbing may be the rapidly increasing weight of young people. Many studies have placed strong blame on the video-gaming world – namely the idleness that is linked to this...

Process Mapping

By Jami Miedema If one were to ask two individuals the steps they perform to achieve the same end result, chances are, they will have different methods of completing the task.  While this may not matter for some assignments, it may be an inhibitor for getting other...