Fledglings take flight: These 7 startups are looking to make the world a better place

Learning Lights lamps, made from recycled materials. Michelle Riggen Ransom photo

Earlier this year we introduced you to Fledge, a start-up incubator founded by Seattle techie Michael “Luni” Libes that’s working with non-tech focused “conscious companies.” These companies, Libes explains, are looking to address the needs of increasingly health, environment and sustainability-conscious consumers in a variety of ways. The first group of “Fledglings” have been selected… Read More…

Meet the 6-year-old entrepreneur who just wowed Startup Weekend

Ashwin Godwan

While checking out the action at Seattle Startup Weekend’s closing event Sunday, I stole a moment to sit down with the weekend’s youngest presenter Ashwin Gowland (also known as “Gap Tooth Kid”). Ashwin, just six-years old, presented his idea for washable stickers complete with slide deck and an easy confidence that won him the coveted… Read More…

Robotic fish swim the stories of the dead, design the future

darwin-devices

A fish may not need a bicycle, but a bicycle could learn a lot about the mechanics of movement from a fish. A group of robotics experts gathered today at a “Biorobotics Roundtable” sponsored by Kirkland robotics maker Coroware to discuss how building robotic fish can help us better understand evolution, locomotion, even swarm behavior…. Read More…