Category: startup

robocular 3d scanner guide

Beginner’s Guide To 3D Scanning: What it is, and What it Can Do

This is the first article in our new series, Experts Explain. Read all about the series here, or check out other articles in the series here. In this article, 3D scanning expert Antoine El Daher will teach you what 3D scanning is, how it works, and how you can use it. So, what is 3D scanning exactly? 3D scanning turns physical objects into their...

the punny Decibullz custom fit headphones are the December Startup of the Month

Decibullz Affordable Custom-fit Earbuds – December Startup of the Month

December is here, and the holidays are in full swing (our gift guide linked), so I thought I’d focus on a very giftable, consumer-focussed startup this month. December’s startup of the month is Decibullz, one of the two only Kickstarter projects I’ve ever supported,  and one I’m very excited about. * Read about past startups of the month, or recommend your favorite startup in the...

flamestower charger

New Device Uses Fire To Charge Phones – Startup of the Month

We always feature hot startups in our “startup of the month” series, but this is the first one that’s literally hot. FlameStower, a recently funded kickstarter project, turns the heat from campfires, stoves, and Galaxy S4s (exploding ones anyway), into power for your phone or tablet. According to the FlameStower pitch, FlameStower’s charging is just as fast as charging from your laptop’s USB port,...

Startup of the Month: Followletter – A better Alternative To Email Newsletters and RSS

For our third ever installment of Startup of the Month, we’ve decided after much deliberation on FollowLetter. Essentially, FollowLetter allows for email newsletters without flooding your inbox. As a blogger, I personally subscribe to dozens of newsletters on marketing, technology, and business, and it often crowds out the more important and pressing emails in my inbox. The reason we debated naming them startup of...

Fast Fig: Startup of the Month

This month’s featured startup has an idea that I’m surprised we haven’t seen executed until now. The company is fast fig, and the product is a cloud-based math word processor. They’ve basically applied the Google docs model to math, making typing equations as simple as writing a sentence, and making math available anywhere. Problems and equations automatically format, and literally solve themselves as you type,...