Technology & Innovation

Flyover Innovation Inc.'s remote-replacing device, Blumoo, will soon be available nationally in retail stores. (Dan Calderon | Flatland)

Local startup heading to the big leagues of retail

Like so many great technological innovations, Jason Carman’s was born out of annoyance. “I have outdoor speakers at my place but they are controlled by a receiver in my basement,” Carman said. “So I’d be out by the barbecue and if I wanted to turn on some music, I’d have to walk inside, find the…

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Diana Kander took the TEDxKC stage in 2014 and began her lecture with a personal story.

Your fave TEDxKC Speakers: Where are they now?

We catch up with three former TEDxKC speakers to take a look at their big ideas and what they are doing now. Speaker: Diana Kander Year: 2014 The ‘Idea Worth Spreading’: Most businesses are created with businesses, not people, in mind. Quote worth remembering: “Since the 1980s, we’ve had an explosion in the number of classrooms…

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Kansas City takes on the NASA Space Apps Challenge for 2nd Year

While many would consider going out on a Friday night to include dinner, drinks or going dancing, a select group of individuals went to Ingenology, a startup incubator in the Crossroads district, to build software for NASA’s Space Apps Challenge.

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