Insights

FUZZY LOGIC: Could MacGyver Solve Boring Problems?

MacGyver troubleshooting principles can easily apply to any "boring" crisis. Channeling creative energy to problems like declining infrastructure has the added benefit of bringing innovative technology to market.

By Ezra Butler

Safe Space: Inside the European Space Industry’s Mission to End Space Junk

The European Space Agency launched the Zero Debris Initiative to tackle the space debris junking up Earth's orbit and threatening space safety.

By Kalea Texeira

Q&A: Fadi Micaelian, CEO of Sparkdit, Is Transforming AI Decision-Making by Incorporating Tradeoffs

Getting AI to individualize recommendations by incorporating human intelligence and weighing tradeoffs is complicated. Sparkdit develops software to do just that.

By Data Catalyst Institute

SMB Pulse: What’s On The Grill for Small Business Owners this Fourth of July?

DCI's Small Business Pulse launches and finds three in ten small business retailers will be eating barbecue this Fourth of July.

By Lilly Gillespie

FUZZY LOGIC: A Novel “Innovation Archetype Matrix” To Guide Government, Corporate, and Nonprofit Innovation Efforts

A new framework to classify innovation archetypes and how different kinds of organizations can maximize their innovation efforts.

By Ezra Butler

Ending Fee Caps on Delivery Apps Would Help Small NYC Restaurants

Persisting COVID-era price controls on restaurant food delivery app companies will only end up harming restaurants and consumers.

By Mark Drapeau

Sky High: New eVTOL Partnership Between Archer Aviation and United Airlines Takes Flight, Revolutionizing Urban Air Mobility

A new partnership promises technical advances in urban air mobility, bringing futuristic solutions to traffic congestion and long commute times.

By Kalea Texeira

Q&A: How Trust & Will CEO Cody Barbo is Helping the 70% of Americans Without Wills Access Estate Planning

Most Americans don't have wills. Trust & Will is a tech-forward company closing that gap with seamless, digital estate planning solutions.

By Data Catalyst Institute

FUZZY LOGIC: What the National Institutes of Health Can Learn from the 3 Body Problem

Challenge competitions are an efficient funding model to incentivize innovation, speeding up the rate of problem-solving, leveraging compelling rewards, and expending finite resources.

By Ezra Butler