DEMO 08
I just returned from beautiful, sunny Palm Springs, CA and DEMO 08. It’s been a year since we re-launched the iBridge Network there, and it was great to be back! As part of the Kauffman Foundation’s sponsorship, we had a booth and a panel of faculty. Dr. Steven Barlow, from the University of Kansas and Dr. Yannis Papakonstantinou, from the University of California, San Diego, gave their insights on the research and turning ideas into innovations. In addition to our outstanding panel, I want to give many congratulations to all the DEMO God winners for 2008. There were so many outstanding innovations and products, it was really amazing to see all of them in action during the demonstrations. I loved the Pulse Smartpen and Livescribe Paper, it is a computer in a pen that records and links audio to the paper! I know pretty amazing, if only I had that in college. The other product that really caught my eye was Flypaper. Flypaper allows the regular Joe to create multimedia communication without having to figure out Flash. I can’t wait until they are all available to the public, so I can put them to good use!
We also had many questions for the iBridge Network, and many people who have heard about us through the grapevine. We were able to demonstrate the functionality of the Web site and show many of the exciting innovations that you all have posted.