After our first blog post of the new blog series ’innovative gadget‘ we introduce today Tocky – the runaway alarm clock. Oh… I just wanted to sleep five minutes more….  Where’s my alarm clock? Now it is time to get up. Because this clock gives you just one chance to shut it off, after that [...]

Not all Innovations result from an invention.  Mostly, it’s the impact we’re interested in.  One essential factor though is the uniqueness  of the innovative solution in meeting a need that exists in a novel way. Numerous techniques and strategies employed to create/recreate products and services in ways that capture the attention of people are intensifying [...]

Welcome to our  new blog series : ‘innovative gadgets’. Every second Tuesday, we will present a clever gadget, which we hope you’ll think is worth talking about. I don’t know if you are able to… but my breakfast eggs are always too soft or already overcooked. But this time is over. Here’s a sneaky solution: [...]

I must admit that I enjoy The Apprentice. I think it’s a fun show and it’s great to watch. However I wonder how much of that enjoyment is down to the business aspect of the show and how much of it is entertainment. To be more precise it seems to be a mixture of voyeurism [...]

It’s Friday again… In our weekly Friday5 blog we introduce members of innovatrs.com. Today we introduce LingoBite; a language learning platform by Ross Canwell. ONE: Please introduce your venture ‘LingoBite’ in no more than three sentences! LingoBite is an online language learning platform that helps busy people learn languages. By breaking down learning into digestible [...]

It’s our second Friday5 blog at innovatrs.com. This Friday we introduce Simon Vagn Larsen from Open Service Design Ltd. ONE: Simon, describe your venture in not more than three sentences! I’m no good with the status quo! Open Service Design Ltd is all about exploring, testing, probing, and creating new and better services in collaboration [...]

She’s a busy, talented, multi-tasker who makes the kids dinner while arranging the latest business meeting. Meet the mumtrepreneur, and if you don’t know her yet make friends with one, as she has access to a whole network of opportunities for creatives and marketeers. Social commentators often ignore this growing group of successful women who [...]

Welcome to the new Friday5 edition with eat247. ONE: Emma, please introduce eat247 in two sentences! eat247 specialises in supplying Restaurants and Takeaways with their very own ‘online order system’. We also supply a unique marketing and design solution to go with each individual ‘online ordering website’ that guarantees you more business to your Restaurant or [...]

Historically we equated Eastern Europe with great industry. Factories and production, a kind of trudge towards making uniform, utilitarian products that are designed to be useful and functional. What you may not realise that a lot of innovation and creative have come from this region and now it’s the hub of some great innovation and [...]

‘Sketch anywhere with your Inkling on any paper’. Bold words from Wacom to describe it’s newest graphics tablet on the market. A genuinely innovative product the Inkling is a beautiful looking device that is all about portability. Enabling creatives to sketch on the move, draw whatever they like, and then upload to a computer in [...]

It can be easy to forget the role that East Anglia in the UK has played in various media productions. Anglia TV reached its peak with award winning productions such as Roald Dahl’s Tales Of The Unexpected and the Anglia TV brand was respected for its documentaries and news coverage. This UK region has also [...]

In todays world it’s easy to become a little complacent with our need to build a sustainable future. Information is vast and sometimes over-powering and no doubt we are all a little guilty with letting it pass us by. However, as creatives we have a moral and ethical duty to educate and innovate and it’s [...]

How two major technology brands behaved very differently when consumers found fault with their innovation. One of the major problems with thinking differently, challenging convention and generally inventing a new wheel is that you’re taking a big risk. And the smallest thing can bring you down with a bump. Put another way, you may have [...]

Or, can we create environments that help us generate new ideas? Can we build places that increase our chances of thinking of the Next Big Thing? Archimedes had his bath, Aristotle had his lush gardens but most of us have to do our professional thinking in rooms almost deliberately designed to be sensory deprivation units. [...]

When people visit Norfolk in the East of England they are generally complimentary about the countryside and the more relaxed pace of life. What they may not suspect from this region is advances in science and innovation. However it may surprise you to know about the number of institutions in the local area that are [...]

It’s almost the end of January already and we’ve probably got new resolutions and new motivation, but are we about to go full speed on another year without a plan? I can’t stress how important it is to write down your business plan.  I learned the hard way by leaping straight into doing design work [...]

There’s nothing like the feeling you get seeing your new business in print for the first time, but PR is often seen as one of the great mysteries to startups, so here is a quick demystifying guide to how to get the best results. 1. Take your time building your story Go back to basics, What’s [...]

The Internet. Made for talking cats and skateboarding dogs. Oh, and innovative startups. So as we’re at that silly time of the year when people are trawling around Youtube looking for more cuddly things on video, we thought we’d show you 6 ways your startup is rather similar to your miaowing pal. 1. You own [...]

Creativity strikes at unexpected moments. Sometimes, Innovatrs have to go off the grid to get inspired. So our 5th and final innovative gift is The Cave from Heimplanet, geekily beautiful yet practical. Heimplanet was inspired by the molecular structure of a diamond, one of the most stable and efficient forms in nature. The geodesic Inflatable [...]

Spies and Innovatrs alike will love the Victorinox Flash Laser, 4th in our week of innovative gifts. It’s a pocketknife with a 64GB flash drive and a laser pointer, ideal for business trips. Amazingly, it’s also got a nail file, screwdriver, scissors, pen and blade. We think it’d be great for important pitch presentations. With [...]

For the 3rd day of our series of innovative gifts we bring you the Levitron Revolution, a genius little piece of technology that actually levitates small objects. You read that right. The base contains four electromagnets which levitate the small disc when it’s positioned exactly in the centre. Then you can put any 12oz object [...]

Welcome to day 2 in our weeklong series of gifts to delight the innovator in your life. Yes, these are a pair of gloves. They’re not your average, thoughtless gloves. Today we’re featuring touchscreen gloves, designed to keep those precious hands warm as they email you. They’re not the most spectacular present in the world, [...]

Innovatrs are disruptive. They think outside the system and create new paradigms. They’re also maddeningly difficult to shop for. What do you buy the innovatr in your life? Don’t worry – every day this week we’ll feature a different gadget to give you a gift idea. Have you ever wondered what your innovatr’s voice looks [...]

A few days ago we focused on Finnish innovation. Now it’s time for a look at Israel, another small country punching above its weight. Israel has an unusually high number of engineers per capita, products of the highly-esteemed Technion university in Haifa. Israel is also rated just behind the US in the number of companies [...]

Today, we’re taking a look at Finnish innovation. The little Nordic country is a hotbed of ingenuity and the birthplace of successful start-ups like Angry Birds. Finland has $46 of venture capital investment per capita, leading some to call it the Arctic Valley of Europe. Here are our three favourite start-ups, and our views on [...]