Innovation and Creativity

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Innovation and Creativity

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Astronomy / Space Exploration

Recent articles on Astronomy / Space Exploration

Physicist Michio Kaku discusses the future of the human mind.

On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 — one day after the release of his new book, The Future of the Mind — theoretical physicist Michio Kaku spoke to a standing room only audience at Milwaukee's Boswell Book Company about the future of the human mind.

Kaku said he interviewed over 300 of the world's top scientists for his new book. Read more...

Two Milwaukee educators chosen as NASA Astronomy Ambassadors

Milwaukee area educators Jean Creighton and Kathy Gustavson have been selected by NASA...

NASA symposium looks ahead (video)

The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Symposium took place this past Tuesday...

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Science / Technology

Recent articles on Science / Technology

The Scientific Method

The scientific method is at the heart of so much of our modern world, whether it’s the development of new treatments for serious diseases, the search for habitable planets around other stars, or your thought process of determining which driving route will get you to work fastest in the morning.

But what exactly is The Scientific Method? Read more...

Study finds sickly kids more likely to become geniuses.

A study conducted by researchers at the University of California has found....

Interview on the future of technology.

Over this past weekend, I was interviewed by the Marquette Tribune — Marquette University’s ...

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Milwaukee

Recent articles on Milwaukee

Where is Underground Milwaukee?

Many U.S. cities have some sort of hidden underground. Seattle has its underground downtown, Portland has its Shanghai Tunnels, Kansas City has a 5 million square foot office and industrial complex inside a network of reclaimed limestone mines, and Cincinnati even has a sealed-off subway system (with six completed stations) that never opened for business. Read more...

Natalie Ryan a fun dash through space-time

The new play “Natalie Ryan and the Rogue Traveler” (NR2) at Bay View’s...

The Milwaukee airship sightings of 1897

In 1896 and 1897, before the first successful dirigible flight had even occurred...

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Crohn’s Disease

Recent articles on Crohn’s Disease

Is generic Remicade (Humira, etc.) in our future? (Update)

There have been several significant developments since I wrote the original article “Is generic Remicade (Humira, etc.) in our future?” back in November 2009. What’s changed, what hasn’t, and are patients any closer to being able to use generic versions of biologics such as Remicade?

Remicade costs several thousand dollars a year per patient. Read more...

CCFA co-founder Suzanne Rosenthal dies

Suzanne Rosenthal, one of the co-founders of the National Foundation for Ileitis and Colitis...

CCFA Patient and Family Education Conference

Yesterday I attended CCFA Illinois’ 17th Annual Patient and Family Education Conference...

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Other Topics

Article Index: Innovation/Creativity

Articles examining innovation, creativity and related topics.

Apple’s “1984” Ad — Happy 30th Birthday

January 22, 2014 - Innovation/Creativity - Tagged: 1984, Apple, mac, marketing, Super Bowl ads — no comments

Thirty years ago today (January 22, 1984), the iconic Apple advertisement “1984” was first broadcast.

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Apple's "1984" Ad

The Double Date Adventure

September 6, 2011 - Innovation/Creativity - Tagged: Alternate Reality Game/ARG, CCFA, Crohn's Disease, double date, Team Challenge, ulcerative colitis — no comments

It all started innocently enough with a charity auction. It ended this past Sunday when I was kidnapped by an evil pharmaceutical company, rescued by two women who then were...

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Creative Implementation

August 23, 2011 - Innovation/Creativity - Tagged: creativity, idea implementation, Imagineering — no comments

It might be your most creative, groundbreaking idea in years, but if the people responsible for implementing that idea don’t know (or understand) your vision, that idea can fall flat...

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